113th Division (German Empire)
The 113th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
history
The division was on 20 March 1915 near Sedan compiled and later in the war exclusively on the Western Front used. After the armistice , it evacuated the occupied territories, marched home, where the demobilization took place and, on January 22, 1919, the association was dissolved.
Battle calendar
1915
- March 25th to April 8th --- Reserve of the OHL
- April 8th to July 30th --- Fights between Meuse and Moselle
- July 30th to September 29th --- Reserve of the OHL
- September 29th to October 25th --- Autumn battle in Champagne
- from October 25th --- Fights between Meuse and Moselle
1916
- until February 28th --- Fights between Meuse and Moselle
- February 28th to April 12th --- Battle of Verdun
- April 13th to September 26th --- Fights on the Aisne
- September 27th to October 22nd --- Battle of the Somme
- from October 23rd --- trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle
1917
- until January 16 --- Trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle
- January 17 to February 14 --- OHL reserve at Army Department B
- February 15 to April 20 --- Position battle in Upper Alsace
- April 23 to May 27 --- Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
- May 28 to October 23 --- Trench warfare at the Chemin des Dames
- October 24th to November 2nd --- rearguard battles on and south of the Ailette
- from November 3rd --- trench warfare north of the Ailette
1918
- until February 21 --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
- February 26th to March 20th --- resting time behind the 18th Army
- March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
- April 7th to May 26th --- Fights on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
- May 27th to June 13th --- Battle of Soissons and Reims
- June 14th to July 4th --- Position battles between Oise , Aisne and Marne
- July 5th to 14th --- Trench warfare between Aisne and Marne
- July 15-17 --- Attack battle on the Marne and Champagne
- July 18th to 25th --- Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
- July 26th to August 3rd --- Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
- 4th to 9th August --- position battles on the Vesle
- August 11th to September 3rd --- Defensive battle between Somme and Oise
- September 3 to 26 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- September 27th to October 8th --- Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
- October 9th to November 4th --- Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
- November 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
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225th Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 32
- Fusilier regiment "General-Feldmarschall Graf Blumenthal" (Magdeburgisches) No. 36
- Infantry Regiment "von Stülpnagel" (5th Brandenburg) No. 48
- 3rd and 4th squadron / cuirassier regiment "Graf Gessler" (Rheinisches) No. 8
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 225
- Engineer Company No. 225
Division of War of March 12, 1918
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225th Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 32
- Fusilier regiment "General-Feldmarschall Graf Blumenthal" (Magdeburgisches) No. 36
- 3rd Magdeburg Infantry Regiment No. 66
- MG Sniper Division No. 34
- 3rd squadron / cuirassier regiment "Graf Gessler" (Rheinisches) No. 8
- Artillery Commander No. 113
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 225
- Foot Artillery Battalion No. 407
- Engineer Battalion No. 113
- Division News Commander No. 113
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Lieutenant General | Georg Karl August Hildebrandt | March 20 to May 9, 1915 |
Lieutenant General | Max von Wienskowski | May 10, 1915 to June 17, 1916 |
Lieutenant General | Leo Sunday | June 18, 1916 to February 24, 1917 |
Major General / Lieutenant General | Walter von Bergmann | February 25 to September 21, 1917 |
Major general | Friedrich Wilhelm Karl von Passow | September 22nd to January 22nd, 1919 |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reich Archives . Military publishing house, Berlin 1927, pp. 74, 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. 603-605.
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. 147.