1st Cavalry Division (Reichswehr)
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The 1st Cavalry Division was a unit of the Reichswehr
, the armed forces of Germany during the Weimar Republic
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It consisted of 6 cavalry regiments, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th (Prussian) Regiments.
Its commanders were:
It was subordinated to Gruppenkommando 1.
Reichswehr
The Reichswehr formed the military organisation of Germany from 1919 until 1935, when it was renamed the Wehrmacht ....
, the armed forces of Germany during the Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...
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It consisted of 6 cavalry regiments, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th (Prussian) Regiments.
Its commanders were:
- General of the Cavalry Rudolf von Horn 1 June 1920 - 1 June 1921
- Generalleutnant Otto Freiherr von Tettau 1 June 1920 - 1 April 1923
- General of the Cavalry Walther von Jagow 1 April 1923 - 1 February 1927
- Generalleutnant Ulrich von Henning auf Schönhoff 1 February 1927 - 1 February 1929
- Generalleutnant Georg Brandt 1 February 1929 - 1 December 1929
- Generalleutnant Fedor von Bock 1 December 1929 - 1 October 1931
- Generalleutnant Werner Freiherr von FritschWerner von FritschWerner Thomas Ludwig Freiherr von Fritsch was a prominent Wehrmacht officer, member of the German High Command, and the second German general to be killed during World War II.-Early life:...
1 October 1931 - 1 October 1932 - Generalleutnant Ludwig BeckLudwig BeckGeneraloberst Ludwig August Theodor Beck was a German general and Chief of the German General Staff during the early years of the Nazi regime in Germany before World War II....
1 October 1932 - 1 October 1933
It was subordinated to Gruppenkommando 1.