VI Corps (German Empire)

VI Army Corps VI. Armee-Korps
Flag of the Staff of a Generalkommando (1871–1918)
Active	1815 (1815)–1919 (1919)
Country	Prussia /  German Empire
Type	Corps
Size	Approximately 44,000 (on mobilisation in 1914)
Garrison/HQ	Breslau/Schweidnitzer Straße 24
Shoulder strap piping	Yellow
Engagements	Austro-Prussian War Battle of Königgrätz Franco-Prussian War Siege of Paris Battle of Chevilly World War I Battle of the Frontiers
Insignia
Abbreviation	VI AK

The VI Army Corps / VI AK (German: VI. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th Century to World War I.

VI AK originated in 1815 as the General Command for the Province of Silesia, with headquarters in Breslau.^[1]

The Corps served in the Austro-Prussian War. During the Franco-Prussian War it was assigned to the 3rd Army.

In peacetime the Corps was assigned to the VIII Army Inspectorate but joined the 4th Army at the start of the First World War.^[2] It was still in existence at the end of the war.^[3] The Corps was disbanded with the demobilisation of the German Army after World War I.