XV Corps (German Empire)

For the equivalent formation in World War II, see XV Army Corps (Wehrmacht).

XV Army Corps
XV. Armee-Korps
Flag of the Staff of a Generalkommando (1871–1918)
ActiveMarch 1871 (1871-03)–1919 (1919)
Country German Empire
TypeCorps
SizeApproximately 44,000 (on mobilisation in 1914)
Garrison/HQStrasbourg/Brandgasse 11
Shoulder strap pipingRed
EngagementsWorld War I
Battle of the Frontiers
Battle of Mulhouse
First Battle of Ypres
Insignia
AbbreviationXV AK

The XV Army Corps / XV AK (German: XV. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the German Army before and during World War I.

XV Corps served on the Western Front from the start of the war with the 7th Army. It was still in existence at the end of the war[1] in the 19th Army, Heeresgruppe Herzog Albrecht von Württemberg on the Western Front.[2]

  1. ^ Cron 2002, pp. 88–89
  2. ^ Ellis & Cox 1993, pp. 186–187