111th Division (German Empire)

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The 111th Infantry Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

history

The division was formed on March 20, 1915 on the Western Front and deployed there until the end of the war. After the armistice , it evacuated the occupied territories and marched home, where the demobilization and dissolution of the association took place on January 19, 1919.

Battle calendar

1915

1916

  • to June 23rd - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • June 24th to July 7th - 6th Army reconnaissance and demonstration battles
  • 0July 7th to August 24th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • August 25th to September 9th - Battle of the Somme
  • September 10th to October 27th - trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle
  • October 27 to November 4 - Army Group Reserve Crown Prince Rupprecht
  • 0November 5th to 26th - Battle of the Somme
  • from November 27th - trench warfare on the Somme

1917

  • until March 15 - trench warfare on the Somme
  • March 16 to April 8 - fighting in front of the Siegfriedstellung
  • 0April 9th ​​to May 1st - spring battle near Arras
  • 0May 1st to June 20th - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • June 21 to 24 - fighting in the Siegfried Line
  • June 24th to July 23rd - Army Group Rupprecht Reserve
  • July 24th to August 1st - Battle of Flanders
  • 0August 4th to October 16th - Fights near Remenauville, Regnièville and Féy en Haye
  • October 17th to November 6th - Battle of Flanders
  • from November 7th - fighting in the Siegfried position

1918

  • until January 31st - fighting in the Siegfried position
  • 0February 2 to March 20 - Trench warfare in Artois and deployment to the Great Battle of France
  • March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
  • 0April 7th to August 19th - Fights between Arras and Albert
  • 19 to 24 August - Army Group Rupprecht reserves
  • August 26th to September 2nd - Battle of Monchy- Bapaume
  • 0September 3 to 4 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • 0September 4th to 7th - Army Group Rupprecht reserve
  • 0September 7th to October 11th - fighting on the Armentières - Lens front
  • October 11th to November 4th - fights in front of and in the Hermann position
  • 0November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp- Maas position
  • from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

structure

Division of War of March 25, 1915

Division of War from May 1, 1918

  • 221st Infantry Brigade
    • Fusilier Regiment "General-Field Marshal Prince Albrecht of Prussia" (Hannoversches) No. 73
    • Infantry Regiment "Hamburg" (2nd Hanseatic) No. 76
    • 4th Hanover Infantry Regiment No. 164
    • 4th squadron / 3rd squadron Badisches Dragoon Regiment "Prince Karl" No. 22
  • Artillery Commander No. 111
  • Engineer Battalion No. 111
  • Division News Commander No. 111

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Guido Sunday March 20, 1915 to April 20, 1917
Major general Johannes von Busse April 21, 1917 to January 19, 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 73, 158–159.
  • 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. 600-602.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 146.