German cavalry in World War I
Brigade Peacetime Corps Peacetime Division Regiment Regiment
1st Guards Cavalry Guards Corps Guards Cavalry Division Garde du Corps Guards Cuirassiers
2nd Guards Cavalry Guards Corps Guards Cavalry Division 1st Guards Uhlans 3rd Guards Uhlans
3rd Guards Cavalry Guards Corps Guards Cavalry Division 1st Guards Dragoons 2nd Guards Dragoons
4th Guards Cavalry Guards Corps Guards Cavalry Division Guards Hussars 2nd Guards Uhlans
1st Cavalry I Corps 1st Division 3rd Cuirassiers 1st Dragoons
2nd Cavalry I Corps 2nd Division 12th Uhlans 9th Jäger zu Pferde
3rd Cavalry II Corps 3rd Division 2nd Cuirassiers 9th Uhlans
4th Cavalry II Corps 4th Division 3rd Grenadiers zu Pferde 12th Dragoons
5th Cavalry III Corps 5th Division 2nd Dragoons 3rd Uhlans
6th Cavalry III Corps 6th Division 6th Cuirassiers 3rd Hussars
7th Cavalry IV Corps 7th Division 10th Hussars 16th Uhlans
8th Cavalry IV Corps 8th Division 7th Cuirassiers 12th Hussars
9th Cavalry V Corps 9th Division 4th Dragoons 10th Uhlans
10th Cavalry V Corps 10th Division 1st Uhlans 1st Jäger zu Pferde
11th Cavalry VI Corps 11th Division 1st Leib Cuirassiers 8th Dragoons
12th Cavalry VI Corps 12th Division 4th Hussars 6th Hussars
13th Cavalry VII Corps 13th Division 4th Cuirassiers 8th Hussars
14th Cavalry VII Corps 14th Division 11th Hussars 5th Uhlans
15th Cavalry VIII Corps 15th Division 8th Cuirassiers 7th Hussars
16th Cavalry VIII Corps 16th Division 7th Jäger zu Pferde 8th Jäger zu Pferde
Pre-war
German Army cavalry re-enactment German Army hussars on the attack during maneuvers , 1912 The peacetime Imperial German Army was organised as 25 Corps ( Guards , I - XXI and I - III Bavarian ) each of two divisions ( 1st and 2nd Guards , 1st - 42nd and 1st - 6th Bavarian ) . Each division included a cavalry brigade ( of two regiments ) numbered as their parent division with the following exceptions : The Guards Corps had four cavalry brigades organised as the Guards Cavalry Division , the only peacetime cavalry division in the Army The Leib Hussar Brigade was assigned to 36th Division and there was no 36th Cavalry Brigade Three corps had an extra cavalry brigade : 43rd Cavalry Brigade attached to 2nd Division of I Corps 44th Cavalry Brigade attached to 12th Division of VI Corps 45th Cavalry Brigade attached to 34th Division of XVI Corps This gave a total of 55 brigades and 110 regiments .
The history of the German Cavalry in World War I is one of an arm in decline.