6th Bavarian Reserve Division

6th Bavarian Reserve Division
6th Bavarian Reserve Division
6. Bayerische Reserve-Division
Active	1914–19
Country	German Empire
Allegiance	Kingdom of Bavaria
Branch	Bavarian Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Approx. 15,000
Engagements	World War I Race to the Sea; First Battle of Ypres; Battle of Fromelles; Battle of the Somme; Battle of Arras (1917); German spring offensive; Battle of the Aisne; Champagne-Marne;

The 6th Bavarian Reserve Division (6. Bayerische Reserve-Division) was a unit of the Royal Bavarian Army, part of the German Army, in World War I.^[1] The division was formed on 10 September 1914 and organized over the next month.^[2] The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I.

6th Bavarian Reserve Division was raised and recruited from Bavaria's Ist and IIIrd Army Corps Districts. As a reserve division, it consisted mainly of recalled reservists. A considerable number of war volunteers were taken in, also. Among the latter was the division's most famous soldier, Adolf Hitler, an Austrian-born Gefreiter in the Bavarian 16 Reserve.

^ From the late 19th century, the Prussian Army was effectively the German Army, as during the period of German unification (1866–1871) the states of the German Empire entered into conventions with Prussia regarding their armies. Only the Bavarian Army remained fully autonomous and came under Prussian control only during wartime.
^ Günter Wegner, Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815–1939. (Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Bd. 1, p. 670.

[1] From the late 19th century, the Prussian Army was effectively the German Army, as during the period of German unification (1866–1871) the states of the German Empire entered into conventions with Prussia regarding their armies. Only the Bavarian Army remained fully autonomous and came under Prussian control only during wartime.

[2] Günter Wegner, Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815–1939. (Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Bd. 1, p. 670.

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