11th Landwehr Division (German Empire)
11th Landwehr Division |
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active | February 5, 1915 to February 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
First World War | Eastern Front |
The 11th Landwehr Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War of February 15, 1915
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33rd Landwehr Infantry Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 75
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 76
- Landwehr MG Company No. 75
- Field MG platoon no.25
- Fortress machine gun platoon / XX. Army Corps
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70th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 5
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 18
- Field MG platoon no.13
- Field MG platoon No. 14
- 3rd Landwehr Squadron / Guard Corps
- 1st replacement squadron / XX. Army Corps
- 1st Landwehr Squadron / IX. Army Corps
- 1st and 2nd Landwehr Field Artillery Battery / IX. Army Corps
- 1st and 2nd Landsturm Field Artillery Battery / XVII. Army Corps
- Battery Putt Chamber / Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 4
- 7th and 8th battery / foot artillery regiment "von Linger" (East Prussian) No. 1
Division of War of May 8, 1918
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33rd Landwehr Infantry Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 75
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 76
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70th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 18
- Infantry Regiment No. 424
- Cycling company No. 780
- 1. Squadron / Dragoon Regiment "von Wedel" (Pomeranian) No. 11
- Artillery Commander No. 131
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 98
- Division Message Commander # 511
Battle calendar
The division was formed on February 5, 1915 on the Eastern Front and was only used there. After the armistice, the association stayed here and then took part in the occupation of Ukraine.
1915
- 7-22 - winter battle in Masuria February
- Feb. 19 to 10 of August - Trench warfare against Lomsha-Osowiec
- July 13th to August 26th - Narew - Bobr Battle
- August 27th to September 2nd - conquest of Grodno
- Nyemen to Berezina September 1st to 30th - Persecution from
- from September 30th - trench warfare on the Berezina, Olschanka and Krewlyanka
1916
- Trench warfare on the Berezina, Olschanka and Krewlyanka
1917
- until July 30th - trench warfare on the Berezina, Olschanka and Krewlyanka
- March 21 - Attack battle near Saberesina
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- 19-27 July - Smorgon- Krewo defensive battle
July 1 to September 17 - trench warfare on Servetsch, Nyemen, Berezina, Olshanka and Krewlyanka
- September 18 to December 5 - trench warfare between Nyemen, Beresina, Krewo-Smorgon, Lake Naroch, Tveretsch
- 6-17 - Truce December
- from December 17th - armistice
1918
- until February 18 - armistice
- February 18 to March 3 - Persecution through White Ruthenia
- occupation of Great Russian territory March 3-21 -
- March 22nd to June 21st - fighting in support of Ukraine
- April 19-26 - Fights for Korenjewo
- May 23 - Walujki is captured
- June 22nd to November 15th - Occupation of Ukraine
- from November 16 - evacuation of Ukraine
1919
- until March 16 - evacuation of Ukraine
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Dignity. General of the Infantry | Rudolf von Freudenberg | February 5, 1915 to November 19, 1916 |
Lieutenant General | Eduard von Adriani | November 20, 1916 to September 3, 1918 |
Major general | Edwin von Treschow | September 4, 1918 to February 13, 1919 |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 64, 107.
- Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army Which Participated in the War (1914-1918). United States War Office as War Department Document No. 905, Office of the Adjutant, 1920, pp. 204-205.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 191.
- ^ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939 Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815-1939 , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 191