II Royal Bavarian Corps
The II Royal Bavarian Army Corps / II Bavarian AK (German: II. Königlich Bayerisches Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the Royal Bavarian Army, part of the Imperial German Army, before and during World War I.
| II Royal Bavarian Army Corps II. Königlich Bayerische Armee-Korps | |
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Flag of the Staff of a Generalkommando (1871–1918) | |
| Active | 1869–1919 |
| Country | Bavaria / German Empire |
| Type | Corps |
| Size | Approximately 44,000 (on mobilisation in 1914) |
| Garrison/HQ | Würzburg/Ludwig-Straße 25 |
| Patron | King of Bavaria |
| Engagements | Franco-Prussian War
World War I |
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| Abbreviation | II Bavarian AK |
As part of the 1868 army reform, the II Royal Bavarian Army Corps of the Bavarian Army was set up in 1869 in Würzburg as the Generalkommando (headquarters) for the northern part of the kingdom. With the formation of the III Royal Bavarian Corps in 1900 it was made responsible for Lower Franconia, parts of Upper Franconia and the Palatinate. Like all Bavarian formations, it was assigned to the IV Army Inspectorate which became the 6th Army at the start of the First World War. The Corps was disbanded at the end of the war.