121st Division (German Empire)

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121st Division

active March 19, 1915 to January 1919
Country German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Armed forces Prussian Army
Type Infantry division
structure See: Outline
First World War Western front
Battle of Verdun
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Flanders
Battle of the Kemmel

Eastern Front

Battle of Kovel
Commanders
Please refer: List of commanders

The 121st Infantry Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of March 25, 1915

Division of War of January 4, 1918

  • 241st Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 7
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 56
    • Infantry Regiment "Margrave Karl" (7th Brandenburg) No. 60
    • 2nd Squadron / Jäger Regiment on Horse No. 12
  • Artillery Commander No. 121
    • Field Artillery Regiment No. 241
  • Engineer Battalion No. 121
  • Division News Commander No. 121

history

The division was formed on March 19, 1915 and initially deployed on the Western Front, moved to the Eastern Front in July 1916 and finally returned to the West in June 1917. After the end of the war, the remnants of the large association returned home, where they were demobilized and finally disbanded.

Battle calendar

1915

1916

  • until March 1st --- Fights between Meuse and Moselle
  • March 4th to May 7th --- Battle of Verdun
    • March 31st --- Storming of the quarry near the village of Vaux
  • May 8-22 --- Reserve of the OHL
  • May 23rd to June 23rd --- Position battles between Somme and Oise
  • June 24th to July 8th --- Battle of the Somme
  • July 8-16 --- Transport to the East
  • July 16-27 --- Fights on the Upper Styr - Stochod
  • July 28th to November 4th --- Battle of Kovel
  • November 5th to December 12th --- Trench warfare on the upper Styr-Stochod
  • from December 18th --- position battles between Krewo-Smorgon- Narotsch -Tweretsch

1917

  • until May 18th --- Position battles between Krewo-Smorgon-Narotsch-Tveretsch
  • May 18 to June 2 --- Transport to the west
  • May 18 to June 8 --- 4th Army Reserve
  • June 11th to 20th --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • June 21st to August 8th --- fighting in the Siegfriedstellung
  • August 8th to 15th --- Reserve of the Army Group "Crown Prince Rupprecht" near Lille
  • August 15 to September 23 --- Battle of Flanders
  • September 23 to 26 --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • from September 26th --- Position battles on the Meuse heights at Combres, Les Éparges and on the Grande Tranchée de Calonne

1918

  • until April 25th --- Position battles on the Meuse heights at Combres, Les Éparges and on the Grande Tranchée de Calonne
  • April 26-29 --- Battle of Kemmel
  • April 29 to July 29 --- Trench warfare in Flanders
  • July 29th to August 3rd --- Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • 4th to 9th August --- Position battles between Oise and Aisne
  • August 8 to September 3 --- Defensive battle between the Somme and Oise
    • August 28 to September 3 --- Battle of the North Canal near Nesle and Noyon
  • September 4th to 18th --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • September 19 to October 8 --- Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
  • October 10th 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 area, march home and demobilization there

Commanders

Rank Surname date
General of the Infantry z. D. Ernst Wagner March 19 to May 24, 1915
Lieutenant General Kurt von Ditfurth May 25, 1915 to December 8, 1917
Major general Ludwig Breßler December 9, 1917 to December 17, 1918

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 74, 161.