Alpenkorps (German Empire)

Alpenkorps ("Alpine Corps")
Active1914–1919
CountryGerman Empire
BranchArmy
TypeMountain infantry
SizeApprox. 15,000
EngagementsWorld War I
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]

  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)