CONTENTS

List of Maps

Acknowledgments

1 The Day of the Horseman

2 The Legacy of 1870

3 Not Quite Sunset: The Cavalry in World War I

4 False Dawn: The Interwar Period, 1918–1933

5 The Field of Mars: Cavalry Equipment, Horses, and Doctrine in the 1930s

6 Bucking the Trend: The Cavalry Rides to War, 1939–1940

7 Barbarossa: The 1st Cavalry Division in Russia, 1941–1942

8 Hell's Outriders: Cavalry of the Waffen-SS

9 Pale Horsemen: The 8th Waffen-SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer, 1942–1943

10 Last Recall: The 1st Cavalry Corps, 1943–1945

Epilogue: Whither the Horses?

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Notes

Bibliography

Index