RM2DBHPYB–Artillery on the move during the German Imperial Manoeuvre of 1907.
RM2DBHPM3–Transmission of manoeuvre despatches by means of a wireless field telegraph.
RM2DBHPKY–Skirmish line of the Prussian infantry during the imperial manoeuvre in 1912.
RM2DBHPWT–Artillerymen with a machine gun in cover during the annual exercises of the so-called imperial manoeuvre.
RM2DBHPTT–Teams of the Luftschifferbataillon (airship battalion) with a signal balloon during the imperial manoeuvre in Silesia.
RM2DBHPW6–A small infantry troop during the annual imperial manoeuvre of the German army before the First World War.
RM2DBHPMF–'A neutral telephone during the annual and, in 1913 the last exercise of the so-called Kaisermanoever (''imperial manoeuvre'').'
RM2DBHPKH–At the 1905 Imperial Manoeuvre, the staff tries to read off its own attack positions from the maps for the commander who is waiting for reports.
RM2DBHPWY–Prince Oskar (left) and Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (right) as guests at the big manoeuvre in Altona in 1904.
RM2DBHR04–The Red Cavalry Division during a manoeuvre break. This is the Bavarian corps manoeuvre (I. against III.) between Velden and Vilsbiburg.
RM2DBHPKG–A field howitzer battery in fire position during the imperial manoeuvre in the autumn of 1905 near Koblenz.
RM2DBHPMY–The last imperial manoeuvre in German history in September 1913. The cavalry group is on the left, in the middle of the picture is Emperor Wilhelm II, who follows the battle with his retinue.
RM2DBHPMG–The imperial manoeuvres in autumn were the highlight of the military year. The photo shows General Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler (2nd from left), Commander of the 16th Army Corps in Metz, during the final manoeuvre critique on the Feldherrnhuegel with his officers.
RM2DBHPY3–The last imperial manoeuvre in Silesia before the First World War. From left to right: King Constantine I of Greece in Prussian uniform, General Friedrich von Scholl, General Erich von Falkenhayn, General Hans von Kessel, Prince Egon von Fuerstenberg, General Helmuth von Moltke, General Hans von Plessen.
RM2DBHPWK–The Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 8 from Frankfurt an der Oder marching through a village.
RM2DBHPW0–The Infantry Regiment No. 137 marching through the Alexanderschanze.
RM2DBHPM0–Field artillery in firing position.
RM2DBHPMA–For the inhabitants of the manoeuvring area, especially the rural nobility, landowners and large farmers, the autumn manoeuvres, once the harvest had been brought in, provided a break from everyday life. The picture shows a group of away supporters during the 1904 imperial maneuvers around a large heap of straw. In the front, servants in livery hold the ladies' riding horses.
RM2DBHPW8–A German war dog on the maneuver ground. Undated photo.
RM2DBHPY0–Attack of the infantry in fire. This was the tactic with heavy losses that Germany used to carry out the attacks against France in the First World War.
RM2DBHPMP–Imperial maneuver in September 1904, during which the flags of the fighting troops are carried along, as they have been done in past centuries. The spiked helmets and spearheads are flashing.
RM2DBHPWD–Gunners in action.
RM2DBHPWX–Distribution of bread in the bivouac of the VI Division during the military exercises of the III Army Corps.
RM2DBHPW5–Loading of baggage and lances of the regiment of the Gardes du Corps in Berlin.
RM2DBHPN8–From the warlike exercise of the Queen Augusta Guards Grenadier Regiment near Dahlem. The soldiers boil the crew dishes after dinner.
RM2DBHPMH–Adjutant General Friedrich von Scholl having a snack in the field during the German imperial maneuver near Karlsruhe.
RM2DBHPTW–Rapid-fire gun, take cover.
RM2DBHPMX–'Baggage train during a rest. Here, the Leib-Grenadier-Regiment ''Koenig Friedrich Wilhelm III''.'
RM2DBHPX1–Soldiers take a break after lunch and boil the pots.
RM2DBHPWB–Communications engineering was a weak point of the German war machine, which became apparent during the First World War. Here, the telegraph department communicates with a tethered balloon as part of an exercise.
RM2DBHPKT–The Officer Corps with Kaiser Wilhelm II as supreme Kriegsherr (warlord) during the 1905 imperial maneuver near Koblenz.
RM2DBHPW2–Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia on the Zeithain parade ground near Erfurt.
RM2DBHPWC–Soldiers carrying a machine gun in position.
RM2DBHPM8–Four trenches in hilly terrain. Photo undated.
RM2DBHPX9–The Red party crosses the Elbe River via a makeshift bridge.
RM2DBHPM4–The Fusilier Regiment 37 during the last imperial maneuver in Silesia before the First World War.
RM2DBHR07–The eldest son of Emperor Wilhelm II, Crown Prince Wilhelm, as a young officer during a field exercise, inspecting the weapons of his soldiers.
RM2DBHR3N–Paramedics of the German Army with wounded at a first-aid tent and field pharmacy car.
RM2DBHPMN–A trumpeter of the German army gallantly bids farewell to the women of the Ludwig Weisgraeber stables looking out of the windows. He sets off for the annual imperial manoeuvres, this year near Koblenz.
RM2DBHPWR–The Italian Chief of General Staff Alberto Pollio behind a Ulanan patrol. Pollio, in cooperation with the German General Staff, worked out plans according to which, in the event of a war with France, several Italian divisions would be transferred by rail across the Austrian territory to southern Germany. However, General Pollio died in July 1914.
RM2DBHPMK–Artillerymen of the German Army during a manoeuvre.
RM2DBHPTP–A signal lamp is used in the German Imperial Manoeuvre.
RM2DBHR1K–Soldiers of the German army release carrier pigeons during a manoeuvre.
RM2DBHPTR–Soldiers at a field kitchen during a manoeuvre of the III Army Corps.
RM2DBHPXN–During the imperial manoeuvre of 1905 the Prussian infantry attacks over a steep slope.
RM2DBHPWM–The 6th Company of Luetzow, which belongs to the blue party at the imperial manoeuvre, during a short rest.
RM2B2BC2P–Manoeuvre attack by the German torpedo boat flotilla, right across the line of the own German capital ships.
RM2DBHPTX–Soldiers during a stop without permission at a creek after a long march during a manoeuvre.
RM2DBHPTN–A field bakery in Prenzlauer, which delivered 16,000 loaves of bread daily during the imperial manoeuvre in Altona.
RM2DBHPXA–'An officer in the exercise area while grooming himself in the bivouac. The picture was taken during the 1903 Kaisermanoever (''imperial manoeuvre'') in Zelthain.'
RM2DBHPN9–A soldier in Silesia on his way to an imperial manoeuvre receives provisions from an old woman who hands it over the garden fence.
RM2B2BC74–The big cavalry attacks were an important part of every imperial manoeuvre, because Kaiser Wilhelm II loved them so much, although the cavalry could never be used in this form since the invention of the machine gun.
RM2DBHPXG–'Artillery observation post during the imperial manoeuvre in Saint-Avold, today a French border town. The Reichslands Alsace-Lorraine were a deployment area, as they were close to the ''hereditary enemy'' France.'
RM2DBHPM5–The commander's hill during the 1904 imperial manoeuvres. Emperor Wilhelm II, surrounded by his generals, prepares for the peak of the imperial manoeuvre, the great cavalry attack. This was militarily pointless, but to the delight of the Emperor it was a must at the end of every manoeuvre.
RM2B2BC73–The famous Totenkopfhusaren (Death's Head Hussars), who were stationed in Gdansk, excelled in every manoeuvre with their skills in cavalry combat, although this cavalry training had become an anachronism since the invention of the machine gun and rapid-fire gun.
RM2B2BC70–During the last peace manoeuvres before the outbreak of World War I, in the summer of 1914, the favourite manoeuvre of the German Emperor Wilhelm II, the Great Attack, was played at the end, although at that time it was already militarily completely pointless due to the development of machine guns and rapid fire rifles.
RM2DBHPMB–Attack manoeuvre of a unit of the Naval Landing Corps of the Imperial Fleet after a successful landing at the North Sea. The photo illustrates how people imagined an upcoming war, only a few years before the First World War. The officers are leading with drawn swords, the company commander is on horseback and the soldiers are in close formation.
RM2DBHPXD–The Blue Cavalry Division crosses the Elbe River. The picture shows Uhlans, cavalrymen armed with lances, disembarking.
RM2B2B8YG–Field exercise of the youth corps 'Blau-Weiss-Blaue Union' near Berlin.
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