3rd Cavalry Division (Reichswehr)
Introduction The '''3rd Cavalry Division''' (''3.Kavallerie-Division'') was a unit of the ''Reichswehr'', the armed forces of Germany during the Weimar Republic. It consisted of 6 cavalry regiments, the 13th (Prussian), 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th (Bavarian), and 18th (Saxon) Cavalry Regiments. It was subordinated to ''Gruppenkommando'' 2.
Divisional commanders * ''Generalleutnant'' Heinrich von Hofmann (1 June 1920 - 1 October 1920)* ''Generalleutnant'' Johannes Koch (1 October 1920 - 16 June 1921)* ''Generalleutnant'' Eginhard Eschborn (16 June 1921 - 30 September 1923)* ''General der Kavallerie'' Paul Hasse (1 October 1923 - 28 February 1926)* ''Generalleutnant'' Hans von Viereck (1 March 1926 - 1 March 1929)* ''Generalleutnant'' Curt Freiherr von Gienanth (1 March 1929 - 1 November 1931)* ''Generalmajor'' Wilhelm Knochenhauer (1 November 1931 - 1 December 1933)* ''Generalleutnant'' Maximilian von Weichs (1 December 1933 - 15 October 1935)
Garrison The divisional headquarters was in Weimar.
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