| Unit Name: | VI Cavalry Corps (Höhere Kavallerie-Kommando Nr 6) Higher Cavalry Command No. 6 |
| Dates: | June 1915-1919 |
| Branch: | Army |
| Type: | Cavalry |
| Battles: | World War I |
| Disbanded: | 1919 |
| Identification Symbol: | HKK 6 |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Abbreviation |
The VI Cavalry Corps (German: '''Höhere Kavallerie-Kommando 6 / HKK 6''' literally: Higher Cavalry Command 6) was a formation of the German Army in World War I.
During the Courland Offensive a wide gap opened between the Army of the Niemen and 10th Army. Set up by the 10th Army as a temporary Cavalry Corps. Established 18 August 1915. Redesignated 20 November 1916 as 59th Corps (z.b.V.).[1]
59th Corps (z.b.V.)[2] was formed on 20 November 1916 by the redesignation of VI Cavalry Corps. As the need for large mounted cavalry formations diminished as the war went on, the existing Cavalry Corps increasingly took on the characteristics of a normal Corps Command. This culminated in them being redesignated as "General Commands for Special Use" Generalkommandos zur besonderen Verwendung (Genkdo z.b.V.).
By the end of the war, the Corps was serving on the Western Front as part of Armee-Abteilung A with the following composition:
VI Cavalry Corps / 59th Corps had the following commanders during its existence:[3] [4] [5]
| Commander | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| General der Kavallerie Otto von Garnier | 18 August 1915 | 3 September 1916 | |
| Generalleutnant Hermann Brecht | 3 September 1916 | 2 November 1917 | |
| Generalleutnant Erich von Redern | 2 November 1917 | end of war |