197th Division (German Empire)
197th Division |
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active | August 4, 1916 to October 22, 1918 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
First World War |
Eastern Front
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Commanders | |
Please refer: | List of commanders |
The 197th Division was a large unit of the Prussian Army .
structure
Division of War of February 23, 1918
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210th Infantry Brigade
- Jäger Regiment No. 7
- Replacement Infantry Regiment No. 28
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 273
- 3rd Squadron / 2nd Hannoversches Uhlan Regiment No. 14
- Artillery Commander No. 197
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 261
- Engineer Battalion No. 197
- Division News Commander No. 197
history
The division was formed on August 4, 1916 during the First World War on the Eastern Front , fought there until the armistice in mid-December 1917 and was then transferred to the Western Front in February 1918 . Here she was in use until October 22, 1918 and finally disbanded as a result of the losses.
Battle calendar
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 June 29th --- Trench warfare in the Austro-Hungarian 2nd Army (in East Galicia)
- June 30th to July 6th --- Defensive battle east of Zloczow
- July 7th to 18th --- Trench warfare east of Zloczow
- July 19-23 --- Breakthrough battle in Eastern Galicia
- July 19th --- Storming of the Zlota-Gora
- July 23-30 --- Persecution battles in Eastern Galicia
- July 31 to August 2 --- Fights for the Zbrucz and between Zbrucz and Sereth
- August 3rd to 16th --- Position battles between Dniester and Zbrucz, on the Zbrucz and between Zbrucz and Sereth
- August 16 to December 7 --- Trench warfare on the Sereth
- December 7th to 17th --- Truce
- from December 17th --- armistice
1918
- until February 1st --- armistice
- February 1st to 15th --- Transport to the West
- February 15 to 26 --- Reserve of the OHL
- February 26th to May 26th --- Position battles north of the Ailette
- May 27th to June 13th --- Battle of Soissons and Reims
- May 27th --- Storming the heights of the Chemin des Dames
- June 13th to August 15th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
- August 15 to September 3 --- Defensive battle between Somme and Oise
- August 12th to 20th --- Fights on the forest mountains north of the Matz
- August 29th to September 3rd --- Battle of the Heights of Chevilly 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 9th to 18th --- Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
- October 22nd --- Dissolution of the division
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Major general | Karl Wilhelmi | August 4, 1916 to July 12, 1918 |
Major general | Georg Dietrich von Alt-Sutterheim | July 13 to October 22, 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. 74, 163.