Are Imperial German divisions Guard or Guards

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Are Imperial German divisions Guard or Guards

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Post by Attrition » 18 Jan 2018, 22:19

in English?

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Post by Latze » 19 Jan 2018, 00:41

I'd say "Guard" but I am not a native speaker.
But I think that is the usage in the British OH etc.


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Post by The Ibis » 19 Jan 2018, 15:32

In Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918), published by the AEF's General Staff after the war, they are referred to as "Guard" divisions.
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Post by Attrition » 19 Jan 2018, 16:35

Thanks very much

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Post by waldopepper » 20 Jan 2018, 00:18

Agreed. The German term is "Garde-Division" which translates to "Guard Division". In German the plural of "Garde" is "Garden". FYI the Russian term (unable to reproduce the cyrillic) is translated as plural; i.e. Guards Division.

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Post by Attrition » 21 Jan 2018, 15:19

There was a discussion at Wiki over the "s" because lots of articles about Imperial divisions have the plural.

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