Given the impressive technological and manufacturing feats that the WWII era German nation is known for, it surprises many people today that the Wehrmacht (Armed Forces) so heavily depended on the horse.  Perhaps this horseless impression comes from images of the blitzkrieg,  awesome panzer armies and a Luftwaffe that  pioneered jets and missles.  Whatever the reason, the fact remains that the technologies of earlier times were still the predominant forms of mobility.  The soldier on foot, or the  horse, was still what moved the bulk of the German army in the field - especially on the Eastern front.  After a shortsighted early war down sizing of mounted formations, the German OKH (Army Headquarters) saw such a critical need that eight cavalry divisions eventually saw service in World War Two.  In comparison, the German Army fielded only eleven Cavalry Divisions in the pre-motorized army of the Great War.  The German armed forces used approximately 2,750,000 horses and mules during World War Two . . .