2nd Division (German Empire)

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The 2nd Division , also known as the 2nd Infantry Division for the duration of the mobile relationship , was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

structure

The division was part of the I. Army Corps .

Peace structure 1914

Outline for mobilization in 1914

  • 3rd Infantry Brigade
    • Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich the Great" (3rd East Prussian) No. 4
    • Infantry Regiment "Graf Dönhoff" (7th East Prussian) No. 44
  • 4th Infantry Brigade
    • Fusilier Regiment "Graf Roon" (East Prussian) No. 33
    • 8th East Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 45
  • Jäger-Regiment on Horseback No. 10
  • 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
    • Field artillery regiment "Prince August of Prussia" (1st Litthauisches) No. 1
    • 2nd Litthau Field Artillery Regiment No. 37
  • 2nd and 3rd company / pioneer battalion "Fürst Radziwill" (East Prussian) No. 1

Division of War 1918

  • 3rd Infantry Brigade
    • Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich the Great" (3rd East Prussian) No. 4
    • Fusilier Regiment "Graf Roon" (East Prussian) No. 33
    • Infantry Regiment "Graf Dönhoff" (7th East Prussian) No. 44
    • Jäger-Regiment on Horseback No. 10
  • Artillery Commander No. 2
    • Field artillery regiment "Prince August of Prussia" (1st Litthauisches) No. 1
    • II Battalion Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 11
  • Pioneer battalion "Fürst Radziwill" (East Prussian) No. 1
  • Division News Commander No. 2

history

The large association was originally founded as a troop brigade in Danzig in March 1816 and expanded to a division on September 5, 1819. The command was in Danzig, from 1890 in Königsberg and then from 1899 until it was dissolved in 1919 in Insterburg.

Battle calendar

1914

1915

  • until February 7th - position battles for the field position Lötzen-Angerapp
  • 0February 7-22 - winter battle in Masuria
  • February 23 to March 6 - Battles on Bobr
  • 0March 8-15 - Fights on the Orzye
  • March 16 to July 12 - trench warfare between Orzye and Szkwa
  • July 13th to 17th - breakthrough battle near Przasnysz
  • July 18-22 - Pursuit battles to the Lower Narew
  • July 22nd to 27th - Narew crossing south of Ostrolenka
  • July 23 to August 3 - Battle of the Narew
  • 0August 3rd - capture of Ostrolenka
  • 04th to 7th August - Battle of the Orz
  • 0August 8-10 - Battle of Ostrow
  • August 11-12 - Battle of Chishev-Sambrov
  • August 13-18 - pursuit battles on the upper Narew and Nurzec
  • 17th to 23rd August - Fighting over the Narew crossing on the Suraz-Ugowo-Baciuty-Waniewo line
  • August 26th to 28th - chase battles on Swislocz and Naumka-Werecia
  • August 28th - capture of Białystok
  • August 28 to September 8 - Battle of Nyemen
  • 0September 9-27 - Battle of Vilnius
  • September 24th to October 19th - Around Kosjany, fighting on the Mjadsjolka and Dryswjata
  • September 28th to November 1st - Battle of Dünaburg
  • from November 15th - trench warfare in front of Dünaburg

1916

  • until December 31st - trench warfare in front of Dünaburg

1917

  • 0January 1st to 5th - trench warfare in front of Dünaburg
  • 0January 5th to February 3rd - Winter battle on the Aa
  • 0February 3 to March 26 - Reserve of the OHL
  • March 27th to May 26th - Trench warfare in the Wytschaete Arch
  • May 27th to June 10th - Battle of Flanders
  • June 17th to July 6th - Eichhorn Army Group Reserve
  • 07 July to 12 November - trench warfare in front of Dünaburg
  • November 28th to December 31st - Trench warfare in Champagne

1918

  • 0January 1st to April 10th - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • 0April 7th to June 8th - fighting on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
  • 0June 9-13 - Battle of Noyon
  • 0June 9th to August 7th - fighting on the Avre and Matz
  • 0August 8th to September 3rd - defensive battle between the Somme and Oise
  • 0September 4 to 18 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • September 21 to October 3 - Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
  • 0October 5th to 9th - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • October 10th to November 4th - fights in front of and in the Hermann position
  • 05th to 11th November - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp - Meuse position
  • from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Andreas Georg Friedrich von Katzler 0September 5, 1819 to April 3, 1820
Lieutenant General Karl Friedrich von Holtzendorff 0April 3, 1820 to June 18, 1825
Lieutenant General Constantin von Lossau June 18, 1825 to March 29, 1831
Lieutenant General Friedrich August von Rummel March 30, 1831 to March 29, 1837
Major general Karl von Schmidt March 30, 1837 to March 14, 1838
Major General / Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm Karl von Grabow March 30, 1838 to September 14, 1849
Lieutenant General Emil von Webern September 15, 1849 to September 21, 1849
Lieutenant General Georg von Stülpnagel September 22, 1849 to April 5, 1854
Major General / Lieutenant General Bernhard von Plehwe 0April 6, 1854 to May 9, 1855
Lieutenant General Karl von Kropff May 12, 1855 to February 18, 1857
Major General / Lieutenant General Eduard von Brauchitsch February 19, 1857 to June 30, 1860
Major general Albert of Baczko 0July 1 to 23, 1860 (in charge of the tour)
Major General / Lieutenant General Albert of Baczko July 24, 1860 to January 28, 1863
Lieutenant General Alexander von Vietinghoff called von Scheel January 29, 1863 to June 19, 1864
Lieutenant General Gustav von der Goltz June 25, 1864 to November 30, 1865
Lieutenant General Friedrich von Clausewitz 0January 4 to July 31, 1866
Major General / Lieutenant General Karl von Hanenfeldt October 30, 1866 to April 21, 1868
Lieutenant General Julius von Hartmann April 22, 1868 to July 17, 1870
Major General / Lieutenant General Gustav von Pritzelwitz July 18, 1870 to May 22, 1871
Lieutenant General Udo von Tresckow May 23, 1871 to May 11, 1875
Lieutenant General Otto von Bernhardi May 12, 1875 to April 11, 1879
Lieutenant General Emil from Conrady April 12, 1879 to April 14, 1884
Lieutenant General Rudolf von Kroseck April 15, 1884 to April 17, 1885
Lieutenant General Hugo Wilhelm von Strempel April 18, 1885 to July 6, 1888
Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Dresow 0July 7, 1888 to March 23, 1890
Lieutenant General Gustav John von Freyend March 24, 1890 to July 27, 1892
Lieutenant General Eduard von Alberti July 28, 1892 to May 13, 1894
Lieutenant General Arnold von Langebeck May 14, 1894 to April 1, 1897
Lieutenant General Carl von Stünzner 0April 2, 1897 to October 16, 1899
Lieutenant General Georg von Alten October 17, 1899 to December 17, 1901
Lieutenant General Arthur von Brietzke December 18, 1901 to April 17, 1903
Lieutenant General Otto von Lüdinghausen April 18, 1903 to March 19, 1906
Lieutenant General Oskar von Reichenbach March 20, 1906 to March 4, 1908
Lieutenant General Konrad von Katzler 0March 5 to June 17, 1908
Lieutenant General Otto von Hügel June 18, 1908 to April 1, 1912
Lieutenant General Otto von Below 0April 2, 1912 to July 31, 1914
Lieutenant General Adalbert von Falk July 31, 1914 to June 1, 1916
Lieutenant General Rudolf Reiser 0June 2, 1916 to June 17, 1918
Major general Wilhelm von Dommes June 18, 1918 to May 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 60, 86.
  • 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. 59-61.