Imperial German Army

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd 1919
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1871
gptkbp:allegiance Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Gewehr_98
gptkbp:artillery gptkb:Krupp_field_guns
gptkbp:commanderInChief Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:country gptkb:German_Empire
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:Treaty_of_Versailles
gptkbp:dissolved 1919
gptkbp:emblem gptkb:Prussian_eagle
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:Franco-Prussian_War
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_German_Empire
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:headquarters Großer Generalstab (Great General Staff)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Imperial German Army
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:mainHelmet gptkb:Pickelhaube
gptkb:Stahlhelm
gptkbp:mainMachineGun gptkb:MG_08
gptkbp:mainSidearm gptkb:Luger_P08
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Gott_mit_uns
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Deutsches_Heer
gptkbp:notableAthlete gptkb:Pour_le_Mérite
gptkb:Iron_Cross
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Tannenberg
gptkb:Battle_of_Verdun
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Marne
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:Spring_Offensive_(1918)
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Erich_Ludendorff
gptkb:Paul_von_Hindenburg
gptkb:Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Elder
gptkb:Alfred_von_Schlieffen
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Schlieffen_Plan
demobilization 1918
mobilization 1914
gptkbp:notableInvention trench warfare
use of poison gas
U-boat warfare (naval)
stormtrooper tactics
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Stormtroopers
gptkb:Alpenkorps
gptkb:Guards_Corps
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Deutsches_Heer
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Imperial_German_military
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Prussian_Army
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Catholicism
gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:size over 13 million (WWI peak)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Reichswehr
gptkbp:uniform feldgrau
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Erich_Ludendorff
gptkb:Paul_von_Hindenburg
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4