18th Division (German Empire)

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The 18th Division , also known as the 18th Infantry Division for the duration of the mobile relationship , was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

18th division

active October 11, 1866 to September 1919
Country German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Armed forces Prussian Army
Type Infantry Division
structure see: Outline
Insinuation IX. Army Corps

structure

The division was part of the IX. Army Corps .

Peace structure 1914

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

  • 35th Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment "von Manstein" (Schleswigsches) No. 84
    • Fusilier Regiment "Queen" (Schleswig-Holstein) No. 86
  • 36th Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment "Graf Bose" (1st Thuringian) No. 31
    • Infantry Regiment "Herzog von Holstein" (Holsteinisches) No. 85
  • 3rd Squadron / 2nd Hanover Dragoon Regiment No. 16
  • 18th Field Artillery Brigade
    • Field artillery regiment "Generalfeldmarschall Graf Waldersee" (Schleswigsches) No. 9
    • Lauenburg Field Artillery Regiment No. 45
  • 2nd and 3rd Company / Schleswig-Holstein Pioneer Battalion No. 9

Division of War of March 8, 1918

  • 36th Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment "Graf Bose" (1st Thuringian) No. 31
    • Infantry Regiment "Herzog von Holstein" (Holsteinisches) No. 85
    • Fusilier Regiment "Queen" (Schleswig-Holstein) No. 86
    • Machine gun sniper division No. 48
  • Artillery Commander No. 18
    • Lauenburg Field Artillery Regiment No. 45
    • 2nd Battalion / Foot Artillery Regiment No. 28
  • Schleswig-Holstein Pioneer Battalion No. 9
  • Division News Commander No. 18

history

Preserved military court building of the 18th division in Flensburg .

The large association was established after the German War on October 11, 1866 and was in command in Flensburg until it was dissolved in September 1919 .

Battle calendar

1914

  • 0August 4th to 16th - Conquest of Liège
  • August 18-19 - Battle of the Gete
  • 23rd to 24th August - Battle of Mons
  • August 26th - Battle at Genly
  • 0September 2-3 - Battle at Château-Thierry
  • 0September 4th - Battle at Vieils-Maisons-Montmirails
  • 0September 5th to 9th - Battle of Ourcq
  • from September 12th - fighting on the Aisne

1915

1916

  • until June 15 - trench warfare in Champagne
  • June 15 to July 5 - Reserve of the OHL at Mézières
  • July 11th to September 15th - Battle of the Somme
  • September 16 to December 13 - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • from December 14th - trench warfare on the Somme

1917

  • until March 15 - trench warfare on the Somme
  • March 16-20 - Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • March 20 to April 5 - Reserve of the OHL
  • 0April 6th to 24th - Spring battle near Arras
  • April 25th to June 20th - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • June 21st to August 26th - fighting in the Siegfriedstellung
  • August 28 to October 15 - Battle of Flanders
  • October 15-20 - transport to the east
  • October 20 to November 21 - Eichhorn Army Group Reserve
  • November 22-26 - transport to the west
  • November 26th to 29th - Reserve of the OHL
  • November 30th to December 16th - trench warfare in Upper Alsace
  • 17th to 23rd December - Army Group Reserve, Duke Albrecht
  • from December 24th - OHL reserve at Army Department B

1918

  • until February 9th - Reserve of the OHL at Army Department B
  • 0February 9 to March 20 - Fighting in the Siegfriedstellung and preparation time for the Great Battle in France
  • March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
  • 0April 7th to May 19th - Fights between Ancre , Somme and Avre
  • May 19 to July 21 - Trench warfare in French Flanders and Artois
  • July 22nd to 25th - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • 0August 4th to September 3rd - trench warfare on the Vesle
  • 0September 4th to 9th - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • 0September 9th to October 12th - fighting in the Siegfried Line
  • October 13th to November 4th - Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
  • 0November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp- Maas position
  • from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major General / Lieutenant General Emil von Schwartzkoppen October 30, 1866 to August 9, 1867
Lieutenant General Karl von Wrangel August 10, 1867 to June 10, 1872
Lieutenant General Adalbert von Bredow June 11, 1872 to December 1, 1873
Lieutenant General Karl von Diringshofen 0December 2, 1873 to December 10, 1879
Lieutenant General Otto von Lüderitz December 11, 1879 to May 9, 1883
Lieutenant General Anton von Massow May 15, 1883 to April 14, 1886
Lieutenant General Rudolf von Reibnitz April 15, 1886 to December 14, 1888
Lieutenant General Julius von Bergmann December 15, 1888 to June 16, 1889
Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Scherff June 17, 1889 to February 13, 1891
Lieutenant General Hugo von Seyfried February 14, 1891 to May 16, 1892
Lieutenant General Viktor Albert von Alten May 17, 1892 to April 17, 1896
Lieutenant General Egbert von Frankenberg and Proschlitz April 18, 1896 to November 24, 1898
( Württ. ) Lieutenant General Reinhard von Fischer November 25, 1898 to May 17, 1901
Lieutenant General Gustav von Kuhlmay May 18, 1901 to March 31, 1902
Lieutenant General Georg von Oppen 0April 1, 1902 to April 21, 1905
Lieutenant General Max von Boehn April 22, 1905 to December 20, 1909
Lieutenant General Richard Voigt December 21, 1909 to April 21, 1912
Lieutenant General Hinko von Lüttwitz April 22, 1912 to December 29, 1913
Lieutenant General Max von Kluge 0January 1, 1914 to June 21, 1915
Lieutenant General Paul Bloch von Blottnitz June 22, 1915 to March 21, 1918
Major general Reinhard von Massenbach March 22, 1918 to February 8, 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 66, 116.
  • 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. 285-288.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 115.