VIII Corps (German Empire)

VIII Army Corps VIII. Armee-Korps
Flag of the Staff of a Generalkommando (1871–1918)
Active	21 June 1815 (1815-06-21)–1919 (1919)
Country	Prussia /  German Empire
Type	Corps
Size	Approximately 44,000 (on mobilisation in 1914)
Garrison/HQ	Koblenz/Castorpfaffen Straße 31
Shoulder strap piping	Light Blue
Engagements	Austro-Prussian War Battle of Königgrätz Franco-Prussian War Battle of Gravelotte Siege of Metz (1870) Battle of Hallue Battle of Amiens (1870) Battle of St. Quentin (1871) World War I Battle of the Frontiers
Insignia
Abbreviation	VIII AK

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

Originating on 21 June 1815 as the General Command for the Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine and established on 3 April 1820 as VIII Corps. The headquarters was in Koblenz and its catchment area was the Rhine Province and the Principality of Birkenfeld of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.^[1]

The Corps served in the Austro-Prussian War. During the Franco-Prussian War it was assigned to the 1st Army.

In peacetime the Corps was assigned to the V 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.