This is the German Army order of battle on the outbreak of World War I in August 1914.
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
German corps areas 1914
March in the West
Situation in East
The history of the German Cavalry in World War I is one of an arm in decline.
German Army cavalry re-enactment
German Army hussars on the attack during maneuvers, 1912
German cavalry of the 11th Reserve Hussar Regiment in a trench in France in 1916
Soldier of the Grenadier-Regiment "König Friedrich Wilhelm I." (2. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 3 in Königsberg during equestrian training