20th Division (German Empire)

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The 20th Division , also known as the 20th Infantry Division for the duration of the mobile relationship , was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

20th Division (German Empire)

active October 11, 1866 to 1919
Country German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Armed forces Prussian Army
Type Infantry Division
structure see: Outline
Insinuation Xth Army Corps
command Hanover
First World War Western front
Conquest of Liege
Battle of Namur
Battle of St. Quentin
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Arras
Autumn battle in Champagne
Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
Autumn battle in Flanders
Tank battle at Cambrai
Attack battle on the Marne and Champagne

Eastern Front

Battle of Gorlice-Tarnów
Battle for Riga
Commanders
Important
commanders

See: List of Commanders

structure

The division was part of the X Army Corps .

Peace structure 1914

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

  • 39th Infantry Brigade
  • 40th Infantry Brigade
    • 2nd Hannoversches Infantry Regiment No. 77
    • Braunschweig Infantry Regiment No. 92
  • Staff and 3rd Squadron / Braunschweigisches Hussar Regiment No. 17
  • 20th Field Artillery Brigade
    • Field artillery regiment "von Scharnhorst" (1st Hannoversches) No. 10
    • Lower Saxony Field Artillery Regiment No. 46
  • 2nd and 3rd Company / Hanover Pioneer Battalion No. 10

Division of War of March 20, 1918

  • 40th Infantry Brigade
    • 2nd Hannoversches Infantry Regiment No. 77
    • Infantry Regiment "von Voigts-Rhetz" (3rd Hannoversches) No. 79
    • Braunschweig Infantry Regiment No. 92
    • Machine gun sniper division No. 32
    • 5th Squadron / Brunswick Hussar Regiment No. 17
  • Artillery Commander No. 20
    • Lower Saxony Field Artillery Regiment No. 46
    • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 155
  • Hanover Pioneer Battalion No. 10
  • Division News Commander # 20

history

The division was established after the end of the German War on October 11, 1866 and was in command in Hanover until it was dissolved in 1919.

Battle calendar

1914

1915

  • until April 25th - fighting on the Aisne
  • April 25-30 - transport to the east
  • 0May 1st to 3rd - Battle of Gorlice-Tarnów
  • 0May 4th to 23rd - pursuit battles after the Battle of Gorlice-Tarnów
    • May 16-23 - crossing over the San
  • May 24th to 26th - fights near Radymno and San
  • May 27-June 4 - fights at bridgehead of Jaroslaw
  • June 12-15 - breakthrough battle of Lubaczów
  • June 17th to 22nd - Battle of Lviv
  • June 22nd to July 16th - Persecution battles on the Galician-Polish border
  • July 16-18 - breakthrough battle of Krasnostav
  • July 19-28 - fighting following the breakthrough battle of Krasnostav
  • July 29-30 - Breakthrough Battle of Biskupice
  • July 31 to August 19 - chase battles from Wieprz to Bug
  • August 19 to September 8 - Chase battles between Bug and Jasiolda
  • 0September 9-26 - OHL reserves and transport to the west
  • September 27th to October 18th - Autumn battle in Champagne
  • from October 19th - fighting on the Aisne

1916

  • until May 16 - fighting on the Aisne
    • March 10th - Storming the mountain at La Ville aux Bois
  • May 17 to June 7 - OHL reserve and transport to the east
  • 0June 4th to July 15th - fighting on the Stochod
  • July 16-27 - fighting on the upper Styr- Stochod
  • July 28th to November 4th - Battle of Kovel
  • 05th to 20th November - trench warfare on the upper Styr-Stochod
  • November 20-25 - transport to the west
  • from November 26th - fighting on the Aisne

1917

  • until February 3rd - fighting on the Aisne
  • 0February 4th to 15th - Trench warfare in Lorraine (reserve of the OHL )
  • February 16 to March 6 - trench warfare in Upper Alsace (reserve of the OHL)
  • 0March 7-14 - fighting on the Aisne
  • March 15 to April 5 - Trench warfare on the Aisne
  • 0April 6th to May 8th - double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
  • May 15th to July 4th - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • 0July 4-8 - Trench warfare in the Argonne
  • 0July 7-14 - transport to the east
  • July 15-22 - trench warfare on the Lomnica near Kalusz
  • July 21-30 - Pursuit battles in Eastern Galicia
  • July 31 to August 2 - Fights for the Zbrucz , between Zbrucz and Sereth
  • 03rd to 23rd August - trench warfare between Dniester and Zbrucz, on the Zbrucz and between Zbrucz and Sereth
  • 0September 1-5 - Battle of Riga
    • 0September 2nd - Fights at the Großer Jägel
    • 0September 4th - Hinzenberg train station is captured
    • 0September 4 - Pursuit skirmishes in the direction of the Riga- Wenden road
  • 0September 6-10 - trench warfare north of the Daugava
  • September 10-20 - transport to the west
  • September 20-26 - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • September 27th to October 10th - autumn battle in Flanders
  • October 11th to November 5th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • from November 20th - fighting in the Siegfried position

1918

  • until January 31st - fighting in the Siegfried position
  • 0February 1 to March 20 - Trench warfare in Artois and deployment to the Great Battle of France
  • March 21 to April 6 - Great Battle of France
  • 0April 7th to 8th - Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
  • April 15 to May 25 - Trench warfare off Verdun on the Meuse heights near Lamorville-Spada and St. Mihiel
  • May 25th to June 25th - Reserve of the OHL at Arlon
  • June 25th to July 14th - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • July 15-17 - Assault battle on the Marne and Champagne
  • July 18-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • 03rd to 17th August - Reserve of the German Crown Prince Army Group or Boehn
  • August 17-27 - Fighting on the Ypres Front - La Bassée
  • August 28th to September 2nd - Battle of Monchy -Bapaume
  • 0September 4th to 26th - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • September 27th to October 8th - defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
  • 0October 9-14 - fights in front of and in the Hermann position
  • October 15 to November 11 - Defensive battles between the Maas and Beaumont
  • October 15 to November 11 - Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
  • November 12th to December 23rd - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Julius of Bose October 30, 1866 to July 17, 1870
Major general Alexander von Kraatz-Koschlau July 18, 1870 to May 22, 1871
Major general Albrecht of Prussia May 23, 1871 to May 30, 1871
Major general Emil from Woyna May 30 to June 30, 1871 (substitute)
Major general Albrecht of Prussia 0July 1, 1871 to April 7, 1873
Major general Karl Friedrich Alexander von Diringshofen 0April 8 to August 6, 1873 (substitute)
Major general Albrecht of Prussia 0August 7th to December 11th, 1873
Major general William von Voigts-Rhetz December 12, 1873 to January 14, 1874 (in charge of the tour)
Major General / Lieutenant General William von Voigts-Rhetz January 15, 1874 to March 11, 1881
Lieutenant General Rudolf von Thile March 12, 1881 to July 6, 1883
Major general Heinrich von Olszewski 07 July to 5 December 1883 (entrusted with the tour)
Lieutenant General Heinrich von Olszewski 0December 6, 1883 to December 3, 1886
Lieutenant General Gottlieb von Haeseler 0December 4, 1886 to January 14, 1887
Lieutenant General Otto von Frankenberg-Lüttwitz January 15, 1887 to March 21, 1890
Lieutenant General Hugo von Winterfeld March 22, 1890 to July 19, 1891
Lieutenant General Gebhard von Krosigk July 20, 1891 to June 16, 1893
Lieutenant General Max von Bock and Polach June 17, 1893 to December 13, 1897
Lieutenant General Hans von Gottberg December 14, 1897 to June 14, 1898
Lieutenant General Egon from Gayl June 15, 1898 to June 15, 1901
Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Moltke June 16, 1901 to January 26, 1905
Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Kanitz January 27, 1905 to February 14, 1907
Major general Wilhelm von and zu Egloffstein February 15 to March 19, 1907 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General Wilhelm von and zu Egloffstein March 20, 1907 to January 26, 1910
Lieutenant General Erich von Gündell October 27, 1910 to March 31, 1913
Lieutenant General Alwin Schmundt 0April 1, 1913 to September 23, 1914
Major General / Lieutenant General Horst von Oetinger September 24, 1914 to August 30, 1915
Major general Arthur von Lüttwitz August 31, 1915 to April 26, 1916
Major general Roderich von Schoeler April 27 to August 20, 1916 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General Roderich von Schoeler August 21 to September 30, 1916
Lieutenant General Richard Wellmann 0October 1, 1916 to December 2, 1917
Lieutenant General Otto von Trautmann 0December 3, 1917 to March 25, 1918
Major general Wilhelm Zwenger March 26, 1918 to January 31, 1919
Major general Ernst von Uechtritz and Steinkirch 0February 1-8, 1919
Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Woyna 0February 9, 1919 until dissolution

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 67, 118–119.

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. 117.