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2nd Cavalry Division (Reichswehr)


FieldValue
unit_name2nd Cavalry Division
native_name2. Kavallerie-Division
dates19211934
disbandedOctober 1934
countryWeimar Republic
branch
typeCavalry
sizeDivision
command_structureGruppenkommando 1
garrisonBreslau
notable_commandersGerd von Rundstedt
Ewald von Kleist

Ewald von Kleist

The 2nd Cavalry Division (2. Kavallerie-Division) was a unit of the Reichswehr, the armed forces of Germany during the Weimar Republic.

It consisted of 6 cavalry regiments, the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th (Prussian), and 12th (Saxon) Cavalry Regiments. It was subordinated to Gruppenkommando 1.

Divisional commanders

  • Generalleutnant Otto von Preinitzer (1 June 1920 - 1 April 1922)
  • General der Infanterie Ernst Hasse (1 April 1922 - 1 January 1925)
  • General der Kavallerie Hugo von Kayser (1 January 1925 - 1 October 1926)
  • Generalleutnant Richard von Graberg (1 October 1926 - 1 October 1928)
  • General der Infanterie Gerd von Rundstedt (1 October 1928 - 1 February 1932)
  • Generalmajor Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1 February 1932 - 21 May 1935)

Garrison

The divisional headquarters was in Breslau.

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