3rd Cavalry Division (Reichswehr) explained
| Unit Name: | 3rd Cavalry Division |
| Native Name: | 3. Kavallerie-Division |
| Dates: | 19211934 |
| Disbanded: | October 1934 |
| Type: | Cavalry |
| Size: | Division |
| Command Structure: | Gruppenkommando 2 |
| Garrison: | Weimar |
| Notable Commanders: | Maximilian von Weichs |
The 3rd Cavalry Division (3. Kavallerie-Division) was a unit of the Reichswehr, the armed forces of Germany during the Weimar Republic.[1] It consisted of 6 cavalry regiments, the 13th (Prussian), 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th (Bavarian), and 18th (Saxon) Cavalry Regiments.[1] It was subordinated to Gruppenkommando 2.[1]
Divisional commanders
- Generalleutnant Heinrich von Hofmann (1 June 1920 - 1 October 1920)
- Generalleutnant Johannes Koch (1 October 1920 - 16 June 1921)
- Generalleutnant Eginhard Eschborn (16 June 1921 - 30 September 1923)
- General der Kavallerie Paul Hasse (1 October 1923 - 28 February 1926)
- Generalleutnant Hans von Viereck (1 March 1926 - 1 March 1929)
- Generalleutnant Curt Freiherr von Gienanth (1 March 1929 - 1 November 1931)
- Generalmajor Wilhelm Knochenhauer (1 November 1931 - 1 December 1933)
- Generalleutnant Maximilian von Weichs (1 December 1933 - 15 October 1935)[1]
Garrison
The divisional headquarters was in Weimar.
References
- Web site: Feldgrau: 3.Kavallarie-Division. Pipes. Jason. feldgrau.com. 11 March 2017.
