This book tells the histories of
each of the one hundred and ten cavalry
regiments of the Imperial German Army of 1914
and shows their myriad uniform variations.
The stories of the individual
German cavalry regiments were tangled and
confusing from their formations in the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries until their
final actions in the First World War. Some
Prussian regiments were raised in Saxon or
Russian service, a Baden regiment was raised in
Bavarian service and predictably, some
Hanoverian regiments were raised in British
service. Many German cavalry regiments served on
opposing sides in the Silesian and Napoleonic
Wars. Some served in the Bavarian Greek Mission,
the Scottish Jacobite Rebellions, the American
War of Independence and the disastrous Invasion
of Russia. Many clashed against each other
during the brief Austro-Prussian War but they
were all united against common enemies in the
Franco-Prussian and First World Wars. Throughout
this time their titles as cuirassiers, dragoons,
hussars, lancers and others, frequently changed
as did their uniforms and insignia, which became
even more complicated between each different
designated branch of cavalry, their home states,
battle honours and other idiosyncrasies.
This volume is intended as an
accompaniment to my previous work, 'Traditions
of the Imperial German Infantry Regiments', also
available via Amazon.
The 270 page full
colour book is richly illustrated with period
photographs and paintings, dozens of photographs
of helmets and uniforms in modern collections and
exclusive new illustrated charts of every
regiment.
It's available in
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German Cavalry'. Meanwhile, here's
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