The ''
Ersatz
An ersatz good () is a substitute good, especially one that is considered inferior to the good it replaces. It has particular connotations of wartime usage.
Etymology
''Ersatz'' is a German word meaning ''substitute'' or ''replacement''. Altho ...
'' Corps () was a
corps
Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was formally introduced March 1, 1800, when Napoleon ordered Gener ...
level command of the
German
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* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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Army
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that existed briefly at the beginning of
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
.
History
The ''Ersatz'' Corps was formed on 18 August 1914 under the command of
6th Army to control the ''Ersatz'' divisions of that army (
Guards,
4th
Fourth or the fourth may refer to:
* the ordinal form of the number 4
* ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971
* Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision
* Fourth (music), a musical interval
* ''The Fourth'', a 1972 Soviet drama
...
,
8th
Eighth is ordinal form of the number eight.
Eighth may refer to:
* One eighth, , a fraction, one of eight equal parts of a whole
* Eighth note (quaver), a musical note played for half the value of a quarter note (crotchet)
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,
10th and
19th
19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number.
Mathematics
Nineteen is the eighth prime number.
Number theory
19 forms a twin prime with 17, a cousin prime with 23, and a sexy prime with 13. ...
), hence the name of the Corps. ''
General der Infanterie General of the infantry is a military rank of a General officer in the infantry and refers to:
* General of the Infantry (Austria)
* General of the Infantry (Bulgaria)
* General of the Infantry (Germany) ('), a rank of a general in the German Impe ...
''
Ludwig von Falkenhausen was brought out of retirement to take command during its brief existence .
''Ersatz'' is German for "replacement". ''Ersatz'' divisions were formed on mobilisation from replacement units of active regiments. Each brigade replacement battalion (''Brigade-Ersatz-Bataillone'') was numbered after its parent infantry brigade, and was formed with two companies taken from each of the brigade's replacement battalions (of which there was one per infantry regiment). Cavalry ''Ersatz''
''Abteilungen'' and Field Artillery ''Ersatz'' ''Abteilungen'' were likewise formed from active cavalry and field artillery regiments.
''Armee-Abteilung'' Falkenhausen was set up in the southern part of the
Western Front in Alsace-Lorraine on 17 September 1914 from the parts of 6th Army that remained in Lorraine after the main body marched north to participate in the
Race to the Sea
The Race to the Sea (; , ) took place from 17 September to 19 October 1914 during the First World War, after the Battle of the Frontiers () and the German Empire, German advance into France. The invasion had been stopped at the First Battle of ...
. The Staff of the ''Ersatz'' Corps and its commander took command of the ''Armee-Abteilung'' and the ''Ersatz'' Corps ceased to exist.
See also
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German Army order of battle (1914)
This is the German Army order of battle on the outbreak of World War I in August 1914.
Commanders and locations of the German Army
The overall commander of the Imperial German Army was Kaiser Wilhelm II. The Chief of the General Staff was Generalo ...
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Corps of Germany in World War I
Military units and formations established in 1914
Military units and formations disestablished in 1914