2nd Landwehr Division

2nd Landwehr Division
active	August 5, 1914 to January 4, 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army ; Württemberg Army from 1917
Armed forces	army
Type	Infantry Division
structure	See: Outline
First World War	Western front Battle for Verdun Meuse-Argonne offensive

The 2nd Landwehr Division was a large unit of the Prussian Army , from 1917 a large unit of the Württemberg Army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War 1914

9th Royal Bavarian Landwehr Infantry Brigade
- Royal Bavarian Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 6
- Royal Bavarian Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 7
- 1st Landwehr Squadron / III. Royal Bavarian Army Corps
- 1. Landsturm battery / III. Royal Bavarian Army Corps
43rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 32
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 83
- 1st Landwehr Squadron / XI. Army Corps
- 1. Landwehr battery / XI. Army Corps
- 2. Landwehr battery / XI. Army Corps
45th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 100
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 102
- Landwehr Squadron / XII. (I. Royal Saxon) Army Corps
- Landsturm battery / XII. (I. Royal Saxon) Army Corps
53rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 124
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 125
- 3rd Landwehr Squadron / XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps
- Landsturm battery / XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps

Division of War May 27, 1918

54th Landwehr Infantry Brigade (Württemberg)
4th Squadron / Uhlan Regiment "King Wilhelm I." (2nd Württembergisches) No. 20
Württemberg artillery commander No. 148
- Württemberg Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment No. 2
Württemberg Pioneer Battalion No. 402
- 1st Württemberg Landwehr Pioneer Company
- 5th Württemberg Landwehr Pioneer Company
- Wurttemberg mine thrower company No. 302
- Württemberg hand-held search team No. 224
Württemberg division news commander No. 502
- Württemberg telephone department No. 502
  - Württemberg field signal troop No. 268
  - Württemberg remote signal troop No. 269
Württemberg Medical Company No. 572
Württemberg Landwehr Field Hospital No. 25
Württemberg horse hospital No. 502
Württemberg division motor vehicle column No. 772

Battle calendar

After the outbreak of the First World War, the association was initially formed as Higher Landwehr Commander No. 2 and renamed the 2nd Landwehr Division after budgeting. The division was only active on the western front .

1914

August 22-27 --- Battle of Longwy and the Othain Sector
August 28th to September 1st --- Battle of the Meuse crossings
September 6th to 12th --- Battle of Vaubecourt -Fleury
from September 13th --- position battles around Verdun

1915

Position battles around Verdun

1916

until February 20 --- trench warfare around Verdun
February 21st to September 9th --- Battle of Verdun
September 9th to March 31st --- Position battles in front of Verdun
- December 28th --- Fights on the Dead Man

1917

April 1st to September 3rd --- Position battles in front of Verdun
September 3 to December 31 --- Trench warfare in the Argonne

1918

January 1st to September 25th --- Trench warfare in the Argonne
September 26th to October 20th --- Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
October 21st to November 11th --- Position battles in the Woëvre plain and on both sides of the Moselle
November 12th to January 4th --- March back through Lorraine , the Rhine provinces and the Palatinate during the armistice

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant General / General of the Artillery	Adolf Franke	August 5, 1914 to December 17, 1918

literature

Hall of Fame of our Old Army , published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 60, 87-88
Otto von Moser : Die Württemberger in the world wars , Belser-Verlag, Stuttgart 1927
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. 62-63