195th Division (German Empire)

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195th Division

active August 4, 1916 to January 1919
Country German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Armed forces German army
Armed forces army
Type Infantry Division
structure See: Outline
First World War Eastern Front

Italian front

Western front

Great battle in France
Commanders
Please refer: List of commanders

The 195th Division was a major unit of the German Army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of March 20, 1918

Battle calendar

The division was formed on August 4, 1916 on the Eastern Front , fought there until mid-April 1917 and was then transferred to the Western Front. Here she was on the Italian front with a brief interruption until the end of the war, began the march back home, where she was demobilized in January 1919 and then dissolved.

1916

  • August 7th to 13th --- Battles on the Upper Sereth
  • August 14th to October 5th --- Fighting north of Zborow
  • from October 6th --- Trench warfare in the Austro-Hungarian 2nd Army (in East Galicia)

1917

  • until April 21st --- Trench warfare in the Austro-Hungarian 2nd Army (in East Galicia)
    • February 14th --- Battle at Weretepy
    • March 12th --- raid operation at Lipnik-Hukalowce
  • April 21-25 --- Transport to the West
  • April 25th to May 26th --- Trench warfare on the Yser
  • May 27th to July 24th --- Battle of Flanders
  • July 25th to October 3rd --- Fights at the Siegfried Line
    • August 31st --- Storm at altitude 140 southwest of Vendhuille
  • October 4th to 20th --- Battle of Flanders
  • October 22nd to November 15th --- Position battles at Richecourt, Seicheprey and Flirey
  • November 15 to 17 --- Transport from Lorraine to Northern Italy
  • November 17th to December 6th --- Reserve of the Austro-Hungarian Army Group Conrad near Trient and Fonzaso
  • December 6th to 9th --- Transport from Northern Italy to Alsace
  • 9th to 31st December --- Trench warfare in Upper Alsace

1918

  • January 1st to February 5th --- Trench warfare in Upper Alsace
  • February 7th to March 20th --- Trench warfare in Artois and deployment to the Great Battle of France
  • March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
    • March 21 to 23 --- Monchy-Cambrai breakthrough battle
    • March 21st --- Storming of Lagnicourt
    • March 24th to 25th --- Battle of Bapaume
  • April 7th to May 26th --- Fights between Arras and Albert
  • May 27th to June 13th --- Battle of Soissons and Reims
    • 28th of May. until June 1st --- Pursuit battle between Oise and Aisne and over the Vesle to the Marne
    • May 30th to June 13th --- Aggressive fighting west and southwest of Soissons
  • June 14th to July 4th --- Position battles between Oise, Aisne and Marne
  • July 15-17 --- Attack battle on the Marne and Champagne
  • July 18th to 25th --- Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 20th to August 3rd --- Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • 4th to 9th August --- position battles on the Vesle
  • August 9th to September 11th --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
  • September 12th to 14th --- Evasion fights in the Mihiel Arch
  • September 15 to October 2 --- Trench warfare in the Woëvre plain and west of the Moselle
  • October 3 to November 11 --- Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
  • from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Eberhard von Schmettow 4th to 31st August 1916
Major general Heinrich von Hofman September 1, 1916 to December 31, 1916
Major general Reinhard Freiherr von Wechmar January 1, 1917 to February 21, 1918
Major general Georg Weidner February 22 to October 19, 1918
Major general Karl von Lewinski October 20, 1918 to January 1919

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. 74, 163.

notes

  1. ↑ Formed in July 1916 from the 5th, 6th and 14th Jäger battalions. In September 1916 the 14th Jäger Battalion regained its independence. In April 1917, the 2nd Reserve Jäger Battalion joined the regiment.
  2. ↑ Formed in August 1916 from the 4th, 16th and 24th Reserve Jäger Battalions.

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