How many men were in the German Army at the start of WWI?

Answer 1

The quote below is from the source listed.

"The incredible (for its time) military machine of 10,000,000 men of all classes, which was subject to the orders of the General Staff, was a minutely organized force. The whole country was divided into Korps Districts, 4 within which the Korps were stationed, raised and recruited. This district was further subdivided to allow the simultaneous existence of Regular, Reserve, Ersatz and Landwehr units. This system allowed men of the same village to serve in the same Regiments as their fathers and grandfathers."

The figure ten million includes all reserves who could be called up. The German military reserve was extremely well organized. For details on the German army in August 1914
I strongly recommend Barbara Tuchman's award winning book "The Guns of August" {I'm trying to find my copy now to add her data on German army manpower in 1914.}

Liddell Hart in his 1930 book "The real War 1914-1918" lists German reserves as 9,750,000 out of a population of ~ 65 million. Hart states that about 4 million men were mobilized initially in 1914 with 3,120,000 men going across the Rhine
in 11,000 trains around the date August 6th, 1914 to fight Belgium, France, and the British expeditionary force.

Answer 2

Junky Chain is considering the unsuitable warfare. I simply noticed a documentary at the History Channel on WWI. Actually Germany used to be getting ready to profitable and indisputably could have, had it now not been for the simply-in-time presence of US forces. Both facets had been spent by the point we acquired in. Spent economically and militarily. The US got here in recent with finally 1 guys and plenty of latest palms and apparatus and prime morale. That tipped the scales and the leisure used to be historical past. Historians say that had we now not long past in, and France and Britain misplaced the warfare, then France and Britain could have misplaced their colonies which they finally did after WWII besides. Germany could now not had been dealt a humiliating peace and could now not have had a cause to visit warfare once more. WWII could had been have shyed away from. An extra ancient viewpoint is that the US used to be sending the allies palms and ammunition underneath a coverage referred to as lend hire. What it particularly supposed is that we had been giving it away. Well, it used to be the American tax payer that used to be giving it away at the same time the American capitalists acquired wealthy from the federal government's purchasing it from the American palms brands. This used to be underneath the urging and management of President Wilson. Wilson , underhandedly suppressed first modification rights towards humans seeking to preserve us out of the warfare. Eventually we acquired in. American boys had been drafted to move battle and die. Sons of wealthy capitalists had been both spared the draft by way of political connections or acquired comfortable jobs within the Army a long way from the entrance traces. So eventually, common Americans now not handiest paid for the warfare, they sacrificed their sons for it too at the same time the wealthy ones acquired richer off the warfare. Sound acquainted. Translate Iraq for Germany and Bush for Wilson and 4th modification(Patriot Act) for 1st modification. See Bush make tons elements with the wealthy'united states of americaand earn tons of favors from them which they pay again to the Republican social gathering for long run elections.