119th Division (German Empire)
119th Division |
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active | March 16, 1915 to December 19, 1918 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
First World War | Eastern Front |
Commanders | |
Please refer: | List of commanders |
The 119th Infantry Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
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237th Infantry Brigade
- Infantry Regiment "Graf Kirchbach" (1st Lower Silesian) No. 46
- 3rd Posen Infantry Regiment No. 58
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 46
- 3rd Squadron / Uhlan Regiment “Kaiser Alexander III. von Russland "(West Prussian) No. 1
- 4th Squadron / Jäger Regiment on Horseback No. 1
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 237
- Engineer Battalion No. 237
Division of War of March 20, 1918
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237th Infantry Brigade
- Infantry Regiment "Graf Kirchbach" (1st Lower Silesian) No. 46
- 3rd Posen Infantry Regiment No. 58
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 46
- Sturmabteilung No. 119
- MG Sniper Division No. 15
- 4th Squadron / Jäger Regiment on Horseback No. 1
- Artillery Commander No. 119
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 237
- 1st Battalion / Foot Artillery Regiment No. 27
- Engineer Battalion No. 119
- Division News Commander No. 119
Battle calendar
The division was established on March 16, 1915 and fought on the Eastern Front until May 1917 . Then she moved to the Western Front , where she stayed until the end of the war. She then marched back home, where it was finally disbanded on December 19, 1918.
1915
- March 25th to April 23rd --- Reserve of the OHL
- April 23-30 --- 11th Army deployed
- Battle of Gorlice-Tarnów May 1st to 3rd ---
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- May 16 to 23 --- Crossing over the San
May 4th to 23rd --- Pursuit battles after the Battle of Gorlice-Tarnów
- May 24th to 26th --- Fights near Radymno and San
- May 27th to June 7th --- Fights for Przemyśl
- June 12th to 15th --- the breakthrough battle of Lubaczów
- June 22nd to July 16th --- Persecution battles on the Galician-Polish border
- July 16-18 --- breakthrough battle of Krasnostav
- July 19-28 --- Fighting in the wake of the breakthrough battle of Krasnostav
- July 29th to 30th --- Breakthrough Battle of Biskupice
- July 31 to August 19 --- Pursuit battles from Wieprz to Bug
- August 18 to 24 --- Attack on Brest-Litovsk
- Zelwianka September 4th to 12th --- Fights on the Jasiolda and on the
- September 13th to 18th --- Battle of Slonim
- September 19 to 24 --- Fighting on the upper Shchara-Servetsch
- from September 25th --- position battles on the upper Shchara-Serwetsch
1916
- to March 21st --- Trench warfare on the upper Shchara-Servetsch
- March 22nd to April 30th --- Battle of Lake Naroch
- March 22nd to June 25th --- Position battles between Krewo-Smorgon-Narotsch-See and Tveretsch
- July 2-7 --- Fighting southeast of Tlumacz
- Battle of Baranowitschi (parts of the division) July 2 to 9 ---
- July 7th to August 6th --- Trench warfare southeast of Tlumacz
- July 10th to August 9th --- Battle of Baranowitschi-Gorodishche (parts of the division)
- August 8-13 --- Fighting east and north of Stanislaw
- August 13th to September 15th --- Position battle on the Bystrzyca
- from 15 September --- position battles on the Narajowka, between Narajowka and Zlota Lipa and on the Ceniowka
1917
- until May 2nd --- Position battles on the Narajowka, between Narajowka and Zlota Lipa and on the Ceniowka
- May 2-8 --- Transport to the West
- May 8th to 30th --- Border patrol on the Belgian-Dutch border
- May 27th to October 20th --- Battle of Flanders
- October 22nd to November 20th --- Border guards on the Belgian-Dutch border
- from November 20th --- fighting in the Siegfried position
- November 20th to 29th --- Battle of Cambrai
1918
- until January 31st --- fighting in the Siegfriedstellung
- Artois and deployment to the Great Battle of France February 1 to March 20 --- Trench warfare in
- March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
- March 21 to 23 --- Monchy-Cambrai breakthrough battle
- March 24th to 25th --- Battle of Bapaume
- Arras and Albert April 7th to 16th --- Fights between
- April 17th to 18th --- Battle of Armentières
- April 20th to 30th --- Position battles in Flanders and Artois
- May 1st to August 4th --- Trench warfare in French Flanders and Artois
- Somme and Avre August 8th to 20th --- Defensive battle between
- August 22nd to September 2nd --- Albert Péronne battle
- September 3 to 7 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- Cambrai and St. Quentin September 8th to October 8th --- Defensive battle between
- October 9th to 13th --- Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
- October 18 to 24 --- rearguard battles between Yser and Lys
- October 25th to November 1st --- Battle of the Lys
- Antwerp - Meuse position November 5th to 11th --- fighting in retreat in front of the
- November 12th to December 19th --- Evacuation of the occupied territory and march home
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Major general | Karl von Behr | March 16, 1915 to September 5, 1916 |
Major General / Lieutenant General | Paul Grünert | September 6, 1916 to November 13, 1917 |
Major general | Karl Wilhelm Oskar Berger | November 14, 1917 to August 23, 1918 |
Major general | Eduard of Jena | August 23 to September 3, 1918 |
Lieutenant General | Gustav Hagenberg | September 4, 1918 until the end of the war |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 74, 160–161.