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A corps usually included a light infantry battalion, a heavy artillery (Fußartillerie) battalion, an engineer battalion, a telegraph battalion, and a trains battalion. Some corps areas also disposed of fortress troops; each of the 25 corps had a Field Aviation Unit ( Feldflieger Abteilung ) attached to it normally equipped with six unarmed "A ...
The 135th Engineer Combat Battalion installed a 240-foot Treadway bridge at Taben, Germany, and a 286' Heavy Pontoon Bridge at Saarburg, Germany, and the 993rd Engineers Treadway Bridge Company built a 320-foot Treadway Bridge at Serrig, allowing the 94th Infantry Division to cross the Saar River and established a vital bridgehead at Serrig ...
Combat Engineers ferried infantry and special forces troops in craft such as this M2 assault boat at Dornot-Corny, Lorraine in World War II Infantry support bridge over the Saar River erected by 289th Combat Engineers at Volklingen, Germany. A World War II era combat engineer battalion possessed both combat and combat support capabilities.
I Royal Bavarian Corps: 4th Royal Bavarian Infantry "King William of Württemberg" 1 April 1706: Metz: II Royal Bavarian Corps: 5th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hessen" 6 August 1722: Bamberg: II Royal Bavarian Corps: 6th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Emperor William, King of Prussia" 18 June 1725: Amberg: III Royal Bavarian Corps
2.1 SS infantry corps. 2.2 SS Panzer corps. 2.3 SS miscellaneous corps. 3 Luftwaffe. Toggle Luftwaffe subsection. ... List of World War II military units of Germany
The German Army (German: Heer, 'army') is the land component of the armed forces of Germany.The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German Bundeswehr together with the Marine (German Navy) and the Luftwaffe (German Air Force).
Combat engineers ferrying infantry in M2 assault boat Infantry support bridge over Saar River erected by 289th Engineers at Volklingen between 18-20 March 1945. As a combat engineer battalion, the 289th furnished combat support essential to sustaining operating forces in the theater of war. [20]
The Royal Pioneer Corps was a British Army combatant corps used for light engineering tasks. The Royal Pioneer Corps was raised on 17 October 1939 as the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps. It was renamed the Pioneer Corps on 22 November 1940. It was renamed the Royal Pioneer Corps on 28 November 1946.