12th Landwehr Division (German Empire)
12th Landwehr Division |
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active | April 13, 1915 to March 19, 1918 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Armed forces | army |
Type | Infantry Division |
structure | See: Outline |
First World War |
Western front
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The 12th Landwehr Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War of April 14, 1915
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55th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 56
- Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 8
- 2nd Landsturm Battalion Heidelberg
- 1st platoon / cycling company No. 4
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82nd Landwehr Infantry Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 40
- Field MG platoon No. 20
- Field MG platoon No. 21
- Fortress MG Squad B from Neubreisach
- ¼ Replacement squadron / hunter regiment on horseback no
- Replacement division / field artillery regiment "Grand Duke" (1st Baden) No. 14
- Landwehr Field Artillery Battery No. 76
- 1st Division / Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 30
- 2nd Battalion / Hohenzollern Foot Artillery Regiment No. 13
- 1st Landwehr Pioneer Company / X Army Corps
- 1st Landwehr Pioneer Company / XIV Army Corps
- Landsturm pioneer train from Neubreisach
- Medium mini thrower division No. 151
- Traffic light department from Neubreisach
Battle calendar
The division was formed on April 13, 1915 on the Western Front and was used here until mid-May 1917. Then it was transferred to the Eastern Front , where the association was reorganized into the Baltic Sea Division after the armistice there on March 20, 1918 .
1915
- April 16 to 26 --- Fights at Hartmannsweilerkopf
- from April 16 --- position battle in Upper Alsace
- June 14th to 21st --- Battle at Hilsenfirst
1916
- Position battle in Upper Alsace
1917
- until May 15th --- Position battle in Upper Alsace
- May 15th to 20th --- Transport to the East
- May 20 to December 7 --- Trench warfare south of Brody
- December 7th to 17th --- Truce
- from December 17th --- armistice
1918
- until February 18th --- Armistice
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Lieutenant General | Kurt von Kehler | April 7-18, 1915 |
Lieutenant General | Theodor Mengelbier | April 19, 1915 to April 23, 1916 |
Major general | Paul von Drabich-Waechter | April 24, 1916 to November 24, 1917 |
Major general | Otto Martin von Weise | November 25, 1917 to February 24, 1918 |
Major general | Rüdiger von der Goltz | February 25 to March 19, 1918 |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army , published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 65, 109
- 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. 219-221