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Gruppenkommando 2 by Jason Pipes

Unit Emblems

Lineage

Reichswehrgruppenkommando 2 (Übergangsheer)

Gruppenkommando 2 (Reichsheer)

History

Gruppenkommando 2 was formed in January of 1921 from the Reichswehrgruppenkommando 2, of the Übergangsheer. It was based in Kassel.

In 1933, Gruppenkommando 2 came under the control of the newly formed Wehrmacht as the Reichswehr was reformed, and in 1938, it was renamed as Heeresgruppen-Kommando 2.

Units

Subordinate

5.Division / Wehrkreiskommando V
6.Division / Wehrkreiskommando VI
7.Division / Wehrkreiskommando VII
3.Kavallerie-Division

Commanders

Gen.d.Inf. Walter von Hülsen
Gen.d.Art. Richard von Berendt
Gen.d.Inf. Arnold Ritter von Möhl
Gen.d.Inf. Walther Reinhardt
Gen.d.Art. Friedrich Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein
Gen.d.Kav. Hugo von Kayser
Gen.d.Inf. Hans Freiherr Seutter von Lötzen

HQ

Kassel

Bibliography

Stellenbesetzung im Reichsheer, by U. von Gersdorff

Unsere Reichswehr, Das Buch von Heer und Flotte, by Oberstleutnant a.D. Benary

Deutsche Verbände und Truppen 1918-1939, by George Tessin

Formationsgeschichte und Stellenbesetzung 1815-1939, Teil 1, der deutschen Heer, Band 1-3, by Günter Wegner

Die Pflege der Tradition der alten Armee in Reichsheer und im der Wehrmacht, by Schirmer/Wiener

Das Reichsheer und Seine Tradition, author unknown

Between Kaiser and Führer, The History of the German Army 1919-1933, by Adris Kursietis

Image and Reality, The Making of the German Officer, 1921-1933, by David Spires

Reforging the Iron Cross, The Search for Tradition..., by Donald Abenheim

Paramilitary Politics in Weimar Germany, by James Diehl

Roots of Blitzkrieg, Hans von Seeckt and German Military Reform, by James Corum

Military Vehicles of the Reichswehr, by Wolkgang Fleischer

The German Forces in the Field, November 1918, author unknown