2nd Guard Reserve Division
2nd Guard Reserve Division |
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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 |
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
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26th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 15
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 55
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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
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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
- September 4th - Battle of La Breuil
- Petit Morin September 6-9 - Battle of the
- 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
- 5th 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
- Arras and Albert April 7th to August 20th - Fights between
- August 21 to September 2 - Battle of Monchy- Bapaume
- Villers lez Cagnicourt September 2nd - Fights at Dury and
- Siegfried Front September 3 to 4 - fighting in front of the
- Ypres -La Bassée front 5th to 6th September - Fighting in front of the
- Armentières - Lens front September 7th to October 14th - fighting in front of the
- October 15-19 - fighting between Deûle Canal and Scheldt
- October 20th to November 4th - fighting in the Hermann position on the Scheldt
- Antwerp - Meuse position 5th to 11th November - fighting in retreat in front of the
- from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Lieutenant General / General of the Infantry | Richard von Süsskind-Schwendi | August 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
- ↑ 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.