2nd Guard Division (German Empire)

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

structure

The command was in Berlin and the division was part of the Guard Corps .

Peace structure 1914

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

  • 3rd Guard Infantry Brigade
    • Kaiser Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 1
    • Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3
    • Guard Rifle Battalion
  • 4th Guard Infantry Brigade
    • Kaiser Franz Garde Grenadier Regiment No. 2
    • Queen Augusta Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 4
  • 2nd Guard Uhlan Regiment
  • 2nd Guard Field Artillery Brigade
    • 2nd Guards Field Artillery Regiment
    • 4th Guards Field Artillery Regiment
  • 2nd and 3rd Company / Guard Engineer Battalion

Division of War of March 20, 1918

history

The division was originally established as a grenadier brigade of four battalions during the Wars of Liberation on August 11, 1813 . On September 5, 1818, the brigade was expanded to form the 2nd Division of the Guards and Grenadier Corps, and on December 22, 1819, it was named 2nd Guards Division.

Franco-German War

During the Franco-Prussian War , the division fought in the battles near Gravelotte and Sedan and was part of the siege of Paris . Here it took part in the Battle of Le Bourget .

First World War

During the First World War , the large association was mainly used on the Western Front.

Battle calendar

1914
1915
  • January 14th to 31st --- Position battles in Champagne
  • 0February 1st to 5th --- Battle of Perthes-lès-Hurlus and Massiges (3rd Battle of Perthes)
  • 0February 6th to 15th --- Position battles in Champagne
  • February 20 to April 20 --- OHL reserve near Colmar and Schlettstadt
  • 0May 1st to 3rd --- Battle of Gorlice-Tarnów
  • 0May 4th to 23rd --- Pursuit battles after the Battle of Gorlice-Tarnów
    • May 16 to 23 --- Crossing over the San
  • May 24th to 26th --- Fights near Radymno and San
  • May 27th to June 4th --- Fighting at the Jarosław bridgehead
  • June 12th to 15th --- breakthrough battle near Lubaczów
  • June 17th to 22nd --- Battle of Lviv
  • June 22nd to July 16th --- Persecution battles on the Galician-Polish border
  • July 16-18 --- Krasnostav breakthrough battle
  • July 29th to 30th --- Breakthrough Battle of Biskupice
  • July 31 to August 19 --- Pursuit battles from Wieprz to Bug
  • August 19 to September 20 --- Chase battles between Bug and Jasiolda
  • September 25th to October 13th --- Autumn battle at La Bassée and Arras
  • October 14th to 28th --- Position battles in Flanders and Artois
  • from October 17th --- Trench warfare at Roye - Noyon
1916
  • until August 7th --- Trench warfare at Roye-Noyon
  • 0August 8th to September 11th --- Battle of the Somme
  • September 11th to November 1st --- Trench warfare at Roye-Noyon
  • 0November 1st to 26th --- Battle of the Somme
  • from November 27th --- Trench warfare on the Somme
1917
  • until March 15th --- Trench warfare on the Somme
  • March 16-21 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • March 19 to April 5 --- Trench warfare on the Aisne
  • April 16 to May 8 --- Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
  • May 17th to June 28th --- Trench warfare in the Argonne
  • 0July 7th to 18th --- Trench warfare east of Zloczow
  • July 19-28 --- Breakthrough battle in Eastern Galicia
  • July 29th to August 8th --- Trench warfare on the Sereth
  • 11th to 31st August --- 8th Army Reserve
  • 0September 1st to 5th --- Battle of Riga
    • September 1 --- Daugava transition at Uexkül
    • September 3rd --- Capture of the part of Riga east of the Daugava
  • 0September 8 to 21 --- Reserve of the OHL
  • September 22nd to October 23rd --- Trench warfare at the Chemin des Dames
  • October 24th to 25th --- Rearguard fighting on and south of the Ailette
  • from October 29th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
1918
  • until January 15th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
  • January 16 to February 4 --- Trench warfare in Lorraine and the Vosges
  • 0February 4th to March 15th --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
  • March 15 to 20 --- Trench warfare in Artois and deployment to the Great Battle of France
  • March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
    • March 28th --- Attack on the Scarpe
  • 0April 7th to May 3rd --- Fights on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
  • 0May 3rd to 27th --- Reserve of the OHL
  • May 27th to June 13th --- Battle of Soissons and Reims
    • May 28th to June 1st --- Chase battles between Oise , 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
  • 0July 5th to 14th --- Trench warfare between Aisne and Marne
  • July 15-17 --- Attack battle on the Marne and Champagne
  • July 18th to 25th --- Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to August 3rd --- Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • August 22nd to September 2nd --- Battle of Albert - Péronne
  • 0September 3 to 7 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • 0September 8th to October 8th --- Defensive battle between Cambrai and Saint-Quentin
  • 0October 9th to 17th --- Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
    • October 15th to 17th --- Defensive battle in Flanders
  • October 18 to 24 --- rearguard battles between Yser and Lys
  • October 25th to November 1st --- Battle of the Lys
  • 0November 2nd to 4th --- Rearguard fighting on both sides of the Scheldt
  • 0November 5th to 7th --- fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp-Maas position
  • from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Oldwig from Natzmer December 23, 1816 to April 30, 1820
Major General / Lieutenant General Johann Friedrich Karl II of Alvensleben 0May 1, 1820 to January 16, 1830
Major General / Lieutenant General Carl of Prussia January 17, 1830 to March 30, 1838
Lieutenant General August of Württemberg February 19 to September 18, 1857
Lieutenant General Friedrich Carl of Prussia September 19, 1857 to May 28, 1858
Lieutenant General Gustav Adolf von Schlemüller May 29, 1858 to July 24, 1859
Lieutenant General Adolf von Bonin July 25, 1859 to January 28, 1863
Lieutenant General Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein January 29 to December 8, 1863
Lieutenant General Otto von der Mülbe 0December 9, 1863 to January 21, 1864
Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia January 22 to May 17, 1864
Lieutenant General Heinrich von Plonski May 18, 1864 to October 29, 1866
Lieutenant General Julius von Loewenfeld October 30, 1866 to July 17, 1870
Lieutenant General Rudolph Otto von Budritzki July 18, 1870 to October 29, 1875
Lieutenant General Ferdinand von Dannenberg October 30, 1875 to June 13, 1881
Lieutenant General Paul Bronsart von Schellendorff June 14, 1881 to March 9, 1883
Lieutenant General August of Oppell March 10, 1883 to January 17, 1887
Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Hahnke January 18, 1887 to July 6, 1888
Lieutenant General Hans von Kaltenborn-Stachau 0July 7, 1888 to October 13, 1890
Lieutenant General Max von der Planitz October 14, 1890 to January 26, 1891
Lieutenant General Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen January 27, 1891 to July 10, 1893
Lieutenant General August von Bomsdorff July 11, 1893 to January 26, 1897
Lieutenant General Ludwig von Falkenhausen January 27, 1897 to March 24, 1899
Lieutenant General Gustav von Kessel March 25, 1899 to January 26, 1900
Lieutenant General Max von Krosigk January 27, 1900 to April 17, 1901
Lieutenant General Karl von Bülow April 18, 1901 to March 21, 1902
Lieutenant General Hans von Arnim March 22, 1902 to February 21, 1906
Lieutenant General Reinhard von Scheffer-Boyadel February 22, 1906 to March 4, 1908
Major general Dedo von Schenck 0March 5 to April 3, 1908 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General Dedo von Schenck 0April 4, 1908 to March 30, 1909
Major general Ewald von Lochow 0April 1 to September 16, 1909 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General Ewald von Lochow September 17, 1909 to September 12, 1912
Lieutenant General Arnold von Winckler September 12, 1912 to June 29, 1915
Lieutenant General Walther von Lüttwitz June 29 to September 24, 1915
Lieutenant General Maximilian von Höhn September 25, 1915 to May 11, 1916
Major General / Lieutenant General Friedrich von Friedeburg May 12, 1916 to June 24, 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, 85–86.
  • 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. 50-54.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , pp. 88-89.