15th Royal Bavarian Infantry Division

15th Infantry Division
active	March 1, 1917 to December 1918
Country	Kingdom of Bavaria
Armed forces	Bavarian Army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline
First World War	Western front Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
Commanders
Please refer:	List of commanders

The 15th Infantry Division was a major unit of the Bavarian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of March 31, 1917

• 23rd Infantry Brigade
  • 30th Infantry Regiment
  • 31st Infantry Regiment
  • 32nd Infantry Regiment
  • Staff and 3rd Squadron / 7th Chevaulegers Regiment "Prince Alfons"
• Artillery Commander 15
  • 7th field artillery regiment "Prinzregent Luitpold"
• Pioneer Company 24 and 25
• Mine Thrower Company 15th
• Telephone Department 15

Division of War from July 1, 1918

• 23rd Infantry Brigade
  • 30th Infantry Regiment
  • 31st Infantry Regiment
  • 32nd Infantry Regiment
  • 3rd Squadron / 7. Chevaulegers Regiment "Prince Alfons"
• Artillery Commander 15
  • 7th field artillery regiment "Prinzregent Luitpold"
  • 23rd Foot Artillery Battalion
• Pioneer Company 24 and 25
• Mine Thrower Company 15th
• Telephone Department 15

history

The formation of the division began in February 1917 and the association was officially mobilized on March 1, 1917. Until the end of the war, the division was only active on the western front and returned home after the armistice of Compiègne . There it was first demobilized and finally dissolved in December 1918.

Battle calendar

1917

• March 1st to April 3rd --- Reserve of the OHL
• April 3 to May 11 --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
• May 11th to 27th --- Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
• May 28th to August 20th --- Trench warfare at Chemin des Dames
• August 20th to October 9th --- Defense battle near Verdun
• from August 20th --- position battles in front of Verdun
  • November 25th --- Fights at height 344 (before Verdun)

1918

• until July 2nd --- position battles in front of Verdun
• July 7th to September 23rd --- Trench warfare near Reims
• September 23rd to 25th --- Position battles in Champagne
• September 26th to October 5th --- Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
• October 6th to 10th --- Position battles near Reims
• 11-14 October --- Defensive battles between Argonne and Maas
• October 15 to November 11 --- Defensive battles between Aire and Maas, fighting back and crossing to the right bank of the Meuse
• from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Major general	Ludwig Ritter von Tutschek	February 8 to September 7, 1917
Lieutenant General	Max Siebert	September 8, 1917 to December 1918

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. 65, 112.
• 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. 260-261.
• Bavaria in the Great War 1914–1918. Official work of the Bavarian War Archives . National-Verlag GmbH. Munich 1923.
• Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Chr. Belser AG publishing bookstore. Stuttgart 1930.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 . P. 668.