Alpenkorps (German Empire)

Alpenkorps ("Alpine Corps")
Alpenkorps ("Alpine Corps")
Active	1914–1919
Country	German Empire
Branch	Army
Type	Mountain infantry
Size	Approx. 15,000
Engagements	World War I Serbian Campaign; Battle of Verdun; Romanian Campaign; Battle of Caporetto; Battle of the Lys; Hundred Days Offensive;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen, Ludwig Ritter von Tutschek

The Alpenkorps was a provisional mountain formation of division size formed by the Imperial German Army during World War I. It was considered by the Allies to be one of the best in the German Army.^[1]

^ Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918), compiled from records of Intelligence section of the General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, at General Headquarters, Chaumont, France 1919, (1920)

[1] Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918), compiled from records of Intelligence section of the General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, at General Headquarters, Chaumont, France 1919, (1920)

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