183rd Division (German Empire)

183rd Division
active	June 16, 1916 to September 16, 1918
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline
First World War	Western front Battle of the Somme Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne Battle of Flanders Tank battle at Cambrai Great battle in France
Commanders
Please refer:	List of commanders

The 183rd Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of March 2, 1918

• 33rd Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Infantry Regiment No. 184
  • Infantry Regiment No. 418
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 440
  • 4th Squadron / Magdeburg Hussar Regiment No. 10
• Artillery Commander No. 183
  • Field Artillery Regiment No. 183
• Engineer Battalion No. 183
• Division News Commander # 183

history

The division was put together on June 16, 1916 and used exclusively on the Western Front. There it was dissolved on September 16, 1918 after heavy losses.

Battle calendar

1916

• July 7th to 15th --- Battle of the Somme
• July 21 to September 13 --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• September 23 to October 23 --- Battle of the Somme
• from October 27th --- position battles between Meuse and Moselle
  • from October 27th --- fighting on the Meuse heights in the Loclont-Seuzey section

1917

• until January 24th --- Trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle
  • until January 24th --- Fights on the Meuse heights in the Loclont-Seuzey section
• February 24th to March 2nd --- Fights in the Loclont-Seuzey section
• March 15 to April 5 --- Trench warfare on the Aisne
• April 6th to 26th --- Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
• May 3rd to July 15th --- Trench warfare in Upper Alsace
• July 16 to August 2 --- Position battles in front of Verdun
• 3rd to 25th August --- Battle of Flanders
• from August 27th --- fighting in the Siegfried position
  • November 20-29 --- Tank battle at Cambrai
  • November 30th to December 7th --- Assault battle near Cambrai

1918

• until January 31st --- fighting in the Siegfriedstellung
• February 1st to March 20th --- Fighting in the Siegfriedstellung and preparation for the Great Battle in France
• March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
• April 7th to June 2nd --- Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
• June 2nd to July 15th --- Trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle near Flirey, Limey and Regniéville
• July 15 to 28 --- Battle of Hébuterne (parts)
• July 16 to August 20 --- Fights between Arras and Albert
• August 21 to September 2 --- Battle between Monchy - Bapaume
• 3rd to 6th September --- Fighting in front of the Ypres Front - La Bassée
• 7th to 15th September --- Fighting on the Armentières - Lens front
• September 16 --- Dissolution of the division

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Major General / Lieutenant General	Georg von Schuessler	June 16, 1916 to September 16, 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, 161–162.