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Great manouvres in Germany until 1914

Emperor Wilhelm II at an imperial maneuver in Doeberitz, 1914

Trumpeters blow in July 1914 the signal 'Everyone hold!' at the end of the maneuver. In the middle stands the German Emperor, his hands folded on the back.

Soldiers of a heliograph department in the Imperial maneuvers, 1907

Heliograph Department of the X. Army Corps during the maneuver.

German Imperial Manoeuvre, 1907

Artillery on the move during the German Imperial Manoeuvre of 1907.

Imperial maneuver, 1902

A luggage cart of the army during the imperial maneuver in 1902.

The last imperial manoeuvre, 1913

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.

German army, manoeuvre

German army, manoeuvre, 1871-1914, Germany, empire

Staff of the Imperial Manoeuvre, 1905

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.

Dog at manoeuvre, around 1900

A German war dog on the maneuver ground. Undated photo.

Cyclist batallion in Munich, 1896

The bicycle detachment of the German Army during a military exercise in Munich.

Officers at the Imperial Manoeuvre, 1898

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.

Emperor's Manoeuvre 1899

Officers of the Staff of Division 31 marching up for manoeuvre.

German Infantry on maneuvers, 1899

Soldiers from the 137th Infantry Regiment marching on Alexander hill on a maneuver area near Berlin during the imperial maneuvers.

Imperial manoeuvre, 1899

The Infantry Regiment No. 137 marching through the Alexanderschanze.

The 6th Company taking a break, 1899

The 6th Company of Luetzow, which belongs to the blue party at the imperial manoeuvre, during a short rest.

Patrol during manoeuvres, 1899

Soldiers of a patrol with heavy luggage.

Manoeuvres of the Red Party, 1899

Maneuver of Regiment 172 during exercises with Gewehr 1888. The photo shows the firing line.

German soldiers on maneuvers

Soldiers of the Field Telegraph Battalion 1 of the Royal Prussian Army lay a telegraph wire under the rails of a railroad track.

Car at the Kaiser maneuver near Stettin, ca. 1910

Kaiser Wilhelm II (rear left in the car) drives during the Kaiser maneuver near Stettin over the maneuver terrain.

Resting period after an attack exercise, 1903

The Kurhessisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 11 from Hannoversch Muenden at military exercises. The photo shows the soldiers during a break.

From the Imperial Manoeuvre, 1903

Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia on the Zeithain parade ground near Erfurt.

Military everyday life, 1903

An officer in the exercise area while grooming himself in the bivouac. The picture was taken during the 1903 Kaisermanoever ("imperial manoeuvre") in Zelthain.

Dinner at the manoeuvring area, 1903

The strict class distinctions between officers and enlisted men are strictly respected here. While in the foreground the officers take their dinner at a table with chairs, the enlisted men in the background are accommodated in spartan tents.

Autumn manoeuvre, 1904

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.

Maneuver, 1904

Soldiers on a field during a maneuver exercise.

After a maneuver, 1904

After a hot training day, the soldiers of the German Army recover at a pond in Altona.

Officers at the imperial manoeuvre, 1905

The Officer Corps with Kaiser Wilhelm II as supreme Kriegsherr (warlord) during the 1905 imperial maneuver near Koblenz.

Emperor Wilhelm II during the Emperor's maneuver, 1905

The Emperor after the critical review at the end of the maneuver amid officers of the passing away military units.

Field kitchen, around 1910

Infantrymen of the 7. Kompagnie Regiment no. 132 boiling pots at Berneck. Undated photo.

Imperial manoeuvre, 1905

A field howitzer battery in fire position during the imperial manoeuvre in the autumn of 1905 near Koblenz.

Pioneers build a bridge over the Isar, around 1910

Pioneers of the German army build a bridge over the Isar. The photo is undated.

Battle position during the imperial manoeuvres, 1905

A division of the infantry in fighting position in Nauheim near Limburg.

Flag signal during the imperial manoeuvres, 1905

The first chief of the general staff of the Blue Party communicates with his attacking troops via flag signals, which are forwarded by a signalman (centre of the picture) with the help of the flag alphabet. The adjutant follows through his binoculars whether the receiver confirms the signals through his signalman or demands repetition.

Manoeuvres of the infantry, 1905

During the imperial manoeuvre of 1905 the Prussian infantry attacks over a steep slope.

Luftschiffer during the imperial manoeuvre, 1906

Teams of the Luftschifferbataillon (airship battalion) with a signal balloon during the imperial manoeuvre in Silesia.

Provisions for a soldier, 1906

A soldier in Silesia on his way to an imperial manoeuvre receives provisions from an old woman who hands it over the garden fence.

Trumpets by the Imperial maneuvers, 1907

A cavalry trumpet gives the signal 'to stop!' at the end of maneuvers.

Combat exercise in Doeberitz, 1907

After a combat exercise of the Guards Cavalry Division at the Doeberitz Military Training Area, Kaiser Wilhelm II (x) gives a review.

Prussian officer in Alsace Lorraine, 1908

A Prussian soldier lets his horse drink while on Kaiser maneuvers in Alsace Lorraine.

Drawing of German soldiers, 1909

Satirical drawing of marching soldiers from the German magazine Simplicissimus

German officers eat in the maneuvers, 1909

Officers from the entourage of the Emperor eat their soup during the Imperial maneuver in 1909. To the left is a general adjutant Kaiser Wilhelm II., General von Scholl.

German soldiers with a machine gun, 1910

Soldiers with a MG 08 machinegun during an exercise.

Trumpeter of the Imperial Manoeuvre, 1910

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.

Totenkopfhusaren (Death's Head Hussars)

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.

Guard at the flags during imperial maneuvers in Germany, 1911

A soldier stands guard by rolled-up flags and the war chest.

The Queen Augusta Guards Grenadier Regiment during a manoeuvre, 1911

From the warlike exercise of the Queen Augusta Guards Grenadier Regiment near Dahlem. The soldiers boil the crew dishes after dinner.

Autumn manoeuvre, 1911

Loading of baggage and lances of the regiment of the Gardes du Corps in Berlin.

Airship manoeuvres near Metz, 1911

The airship "Parseval 1" during the airship manoeuvres near Metz in 1911.

Imperial maneuver, 1911

The emperor at the head of the "Grossen Hauptquartiers" (General Headquarters).

Riflemen at practice, 1911

At the military training area Zehrensdorf near Zossen. A skirmish line in the battle.

German soldiers during an exercise, 1911

Soldiers of the Queen-Augusta Garde-Grenadier Regiment march in columns on their way back after a maneuver.

German soldiers eat, 1912

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Regiment of the III. Army Corps eat from their cookware during maneuvers

Cavalry attack during a maneuvers, 1912

The Fuerstenwald Uhlans attack in a maneuver which took place in the presence of Prince Leopold of Bavaria. Although such attacks were hardly feasible under the conditions of the former weapons technology, on still held on to them by tradition.

Emperor William II during a maneuver near Leipzig, 1912

Emperor William II (on the left, bent in a Saxon Uhlan uniform, drawing with a riding device in the sand), explaining to Prince Johann Georg von Sachsen (his profile on the right, in the same uniform) the position of the enemy during the Kaisermanoever 1912 in Oschatz near Leipzig. Behind him a Prussian officer, beside him a standard. The troops can be seen in the background

Guard division during the imperial manoeuvre, 1912

Skirmish line of the Prussian infantry during the imperial manoeuvre in 1912.

Bread distribution during a manoeuvre, 1912

Distribution of bread in the bivouac of the VI Division during the military exercises of the III Army Corps.

During the German Imperial Manoeuvre, 1912

Soldiers take a break after lunch and boil the pots.

Field kitchen during a military exercise, 1912

Soldiers at a field kitchen during a manoeuvre of the III Army Corps.

Signal lamp during manoeuvres, 1912

A signal lamp is used in the German Imperial Manoeuvre.

Imperial maneuver, 1912

An Uhlan of a blue outpost patrol is forced by an enemy patrol in a gorge of the village Hohenwussen, to take off his helmet cover, which for him means to be out of combat.

Breakfast in the officer's tent, 1912

During the maneuvers of the III Army Corps, two NCOs (left) and a first lieutenant of the Red Party sit together in the officer's tent with a glass of champagne.

German Soldiers during Exercises, 1912

During a military exercise of the third army corps, a corporal checks on the rifle of a soldier.

German soldiers during maneuvers, 1912

Soldiers of the Red Party on a temporary bridge cross the River Elbe in the imperial maneuvers in 1912

Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and August von Mackensen, 1913

Prince Wilhelm of Prussia the eldest son of the German Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and the Crown Princess Cecilie salutes before August von Mackensen during the regiment drill in Gdansk Langfuhr.

German soldiers on maneuvers

Infantry practice attacking during the division maneuvers prior to the great Kaiser maneuvers.

Imperial manoeuvre, 1913

Baggage train during a rest. Here, the Leib-Grenadier-Regiment "Koenig Friedrich Wilhelm III".

Telephone during the imperial manoeuvre, 1913

A neutral telephone during the annual and, in 1913 the last exercise of the so-called Kaisermanoever ("imperial manoeuvre").

Kaiser Wilhelm II with his general staff, 1913

Emperor Wilhelm II with his general staff at maneuver. On the left of the Emperor, General Scholl, on the right General Chief of Staff von Moltke.

Emperor William II in Doeberitz, 1913

Emperor William II (in the middle in cavalry uniform with orders and Pickelhaube) on the horse at the front of the troops on the military training filed Doeberitzer Heide west of Berlin, 1913. On the left under the Kaiserstandarte Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm in the uniform of the 1. Hussars-Regiment No. 1, to the right, Prince Oskar.Behind on the right in the middle with Pickelhaube with no cloth: General Adjutant Hans Georg von Plessen.

Bridge construction during a maneuver, 1913

Garde pioneers built a bridge over the Mueggelspree.

Cavalry exercises at Doeberitz, 1914

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.

Emperor William II with Austrian officers in Doeberitz, 1914

Emperor William II (far left) in conversation with a deputation of Austrian officers in a cavalry exercise on the military training ground in the Doeberitz heath west of Berlin.

German soldiers on maneuvers, 1905

An infantry platoon hides behind a farm, while an officer observed the terrain. The picture was taken during a field training operation taking place in Nauheim near Limburg.

Imperial manoeuvre, 1911

A small infantry troop during the annual imperial manoeuvre of the German army before the First World War.

Royal visit during the imperial manoeuvre in Altona, 1904

The eldest son of Emperor Wilhelm II, Crown Prince Wilhelm, as a young officer during a field exercise, inspecting the weapons of his soldiers.