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Numbers for army units.

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I'm looking all over the web and I can't find a single place where they can tell me how many men is in a division and corps.

I'm doing WWI for my report and I need numbers.

PLEASE someone help ME!!!

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That depends entirely on what division the unit is from and what kind it is. There have been divisions that at full strength ranges from 4,500-30,000 plus me. 9000-15000 is the usually range though. A corps is a composition of two or more divisions, usually with some add on battalions and brigades. Though in some organizations a corps is several brigades group together.

If you name something more specific, like a modern US Armored division, this would be much simpler.
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He said WWI
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It's a too much broad subject, it depends on the period (armies will change the number of people during conflict), nation (different nations, different doctrines), arm (infantry has more men than, say, armour)... It's simply too vast.

(You could start with 15000 men per division and work from then.)

Could you be more specific?
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A German division/corps during WW1

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Ted wrote:He said WWI
I missed that. Still need a country and a year or at least general timeframe. Otherwise the range is 1500-29,000 for division and about 5000-125,000 for corps.
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Sea Skimmer wrote:
Ted wrote:He said WWI
I missed that. Still need a country and a year or at least general timeframe. Otherwise the range is 1500-29,000 for division and about 5000-125,000 for corps.
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