Bavarian Army
The Bavarian Army was the army of the Electorate (1682–1806) and then Kingdom (1806–1918) of Bavaria. It existed from 1682 as the standing army of Bavaria until the merger of the military sovereignty (Wehrhoheit) of Bavaria into that of the German State in 1919. The Bavarian Army was never comparable to the armies of the Great Powers of the 19th century, but it did provide the Wittelsbach dynasty with sufficient scope of action, in the context of effective alliance politics, to transform Bavaria from a territorially-disjointed small state to the second-largest state of the German Empire after Prussia.
| Bavarian Army | |
|---|---|
Flag of a Royal Bavarian Army Infantry Regiment bearing King Ludwig's royal monogram | |
| Active | 1682–1919 |
| Country | Electorate of Bavaria Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Allegiance | King of Bavaria |
| Branch | Army |
| Garrison/HQ | Munich |
| Engagements | Great Turkish War War of the Spanish Succession War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War War of the Bavarian Succession Napoleonic Wars Austro-Prussian War Franco-Prussian War World War I |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Maximilian II Karl von Wrede Jakob von Hartmann Ludwig von der Tann Oskar von Xylander |
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