3rd Guards Infantry Division (3. Garde-Infanterie-Division) | |
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Active | 1914-1919 |
Country | Prussia/Germany |
Branch | Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Approx. 15,000 |
Engagements | World War I: |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Karl Litzmann (1914) |
The 3rd Guards Infantry Division (3. Garde-Infanterie-Division) was a unit of the German Army, in World War I. The division was formed on the mobilization of the German Army in August 1914[1] as part of the Guards Reserve Corps. The division was disbanded in 1919, during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. It was a division of the Prussian Guards and was thus raised and recruited throughout the Kingdom of Prussia from the elite of recruits.