2nd Guard Reserve Division

2nd Guard Reserve Division
active	August 2, 1914 to 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline
Insinuation	X. Reserve Corps
First World War	First World War Battle of St. Quentin Battle of the Somme Battle of Arras Third Battle of Flanders

The 2nd Guard Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian Army in World War I and belonged to the X Reserve Corps .

structure

Division of War 1914

• 26th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 15
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 55

• 38th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 77
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 91
  • Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 10

• Reserve Uhlan Regiment No. 2
• Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 20
• 4th Company / Hanover Pioneer Battalion No. 10

Division of War of March 20, 1918

• 38th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 15
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 77
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 91
  • MG sniper division No. 65
  • Cavalry Squadron 4th
• Artillery Commander No. 116
  • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 20
  • 2nd Battalion / Foot Artillery Regiment No. 23
• Engineer Battalion No. 302
• Division News Commander No. 402

Battle calendar

As part of the mobilization at the beginning of the First World War , the division was formed in Berlin and deployed exclusively on the western front during the course of the war .

1914

• August 22nd - Battle of Monceau-sur-Sambre
• 23rd to 24th August - Battle of Namur
• August 26th - Battle at Marbaix
• August 27 - Battle at Fesmy
• August 29-30 - Battle of St. Quentin
• 0September 4th - Battle of La Breuil
• 0September 6-9 - Battle of the Petit Morin
• September 12th to October 9th - Battle of Reims
• from October 11th - fighting on the Aisne

1915

• March 27th - fighting on the Aisne
  • February 4th to April 16th - battle in the Argonne Forest
• April 18 to July 23 - Battle of La Bassée and Arras
• July 24th to September 24th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• September 25th to October 13th - autumn battle at La Bassée and Arras
• from October 14th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois

1916

• to May 13th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• May 17th to June 23rd - Trench warfare in the Artois
• June 24th to November 26th - Battle of the Somme
• from November 27th - trench warfare on the Somme

1917

• until March 15 - trench warfare on the Somme
• March 16 to April 15 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • April 2nd to May 20th - Spring battle near Arras
• May 23 to June 14 - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• June 25th to November 5th - Battle of Flanders
• 05th to 27th November - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• November 28th to December 3rd - Battle of Flanders
• from December 4th - trench warfare in Flanders

1918

• until February 26th - trench warfare in Flanders
• February 26 to March 18 - OHL reserves in the 6th Army
• March 18-20 - Deployment for the Great Battle of France
• March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
• 0April 7th to August 20th - Fights between Arras and Albert
• August 21 to September 2 - Battle of Monchy- Bapaume
• 0September 2nd - Fights at Dury and Villers lez Cagnicourt
• 0September 3 to 4 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
• 05th to 6th September - Fighting in front of the Ypres -La Bassée front
• 0September 7th to October 14th - fighting in front of the Armentières - Lens front
• October 15-19 - fighting between Deûle Canal and Scheldt
• October 20th to November 4th - fighting in the Hermann position on the Scheldt
• 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
Lieutenant General / General of the Infantry	Richard von Süsskind-Schwendi	0August 2 to September 13, 1914
Lieutenant General	Paul Weese	September 14, 1914 to November 9, 1916
Major General / Lieutenant General	Axel von Petersdorff	November 10, 1916 to August 20, 1918
Major general	Wigand from Cramer	August 21, 1918 to February 27, 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, 87.

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 , p. 167.