German Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) in Normandy June 1944, wearing camouflage smocks. After the First World War, the Jäger units of the Imperial German Army were disbanded, but …

Jäger, or Jaeger, is the German word for "hunter", and describes a kind of light infantry. [1] . In English the word Jaeger is also translated as "rifleman" or "ranger". 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. …

Jäger Structure - WW1 Jäger Units development in German Imperial Army. Theses were organised units of light infantry or sharpshooters basically at battalion level and attached to …

The main purpose of the German Jäger Divisions was to fight in adverse terrain where smaller, coordinated units were more easily combat capable than the brute force offered by the …

This index will guide you to individual pages for each catagory of Imperial German uniform. Each catagory of pre-1914 uniform includes a historical overview, photographs of actual examples, …

The 28th Jäger Division was the longest serving infantry unit of the German Wehrmacht formed on October 1st 1936 in Breslau, Silesia, now modern day Western Poland.

The 1st and 2nd Bavarian Jäger battalions started the war without their own machine Gun Companies and the reserve Jäger battalions in 1914 had no Machine Guns, no Bicycle …

Mar 12, 2008 · The German peacetime army had eighteen Jäger battalions - two for the Guard (Guard Jäger and Guard Schützen), two for Bavaria, and fourteen for the other states …

Jäger is a German military term adopted in 1631 by the landgrave of Hesse when he first formed an elite light infantry unit out of his professional hunters (Jäger) and rangers (Forstleute) in the …

In 1914 they were garrisoned at Goslar and formed part of the X Army Corps with whom they fought during the opening campaign of the First World War on the Western Front. In 1915 they …