197th Division (German Empire)

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197th Division

active August 4, 1916 to October 22, 1918
Country German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Armed forces Prussian Army
Type Infantry division
structure See: Outline
First World War Eastern Front

Western front

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

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
  • 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
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.