20th Landwehr Division (German Empire)
20th Landwehr Division |
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active | September 18, 1916 to March 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
First World War |
Western front
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The 20th Landwehr Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War of September 20, 1916
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9th Replacement Infantry Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 384
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 386
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 387
- 3rd Squadron / Reserve Hussar Regiment No. 4
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 282
- 1. Landwehr Pioneer Company / IX. Army Corps
Division of War of March 5, 1918
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9th Replacement Infantry Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 384
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 386
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 387
- 3rd Squadron / Reserve Hussar Regiment No. 4
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 282
- Division News Commander # 520
Battle calendar
The division was formed on September 18, 1916 on the Western Front and moved to the Eastern Front after the tank battle at Cambrai in November 1917 . Here she fought beyond the local armistice and took part in the occupation of Ukraine . After the war ended, the division returned home by mid-March 1919.
1916
1917
- until May 26th --- Trench warfare on the Yser
- May 27th to November 3rd --- Battle of Flanders
- November 6th to 21st --- Fights in the Siegfried Line
- November 20-21 --- Tank battle at Cambrai
- November 22nd to 26th --- Transport to the East
- November 27 to December 1 --- Trench warfare in the Pripet Marshes
- December 2nd to 17th --- Truce
- from December 17th --- armistice
1918
- until February 18th --- Armistice
- February 18 to June 21 --- Fighting in support of Ukraine
- April 2nd to 3rd --- capture of Yekaterinoslav
- April 7-13 --- Battle near Sinjelniekowo
- April 28 to May 1 --- Skirmishes near Rashenoye, Prokovskoye, capture of Taganrog
- May 7th to 8th --- Battle of Rostov , capture of Rostov
- June 22nd to November 15th --- Occupation of Ukraine
- from November 16 --- evacuation of Ukraine
1919
- until March 16 --- evacuation of Ukraine
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Major general | Walter von Eberhardt | September 18, 1916 to March 30, 1917 |
Major general | Karl Berger | March 31 to November 13, 1917 |
Lieutenant General | Thilo Freiherr von Hanstein | November 14, 1917 to January 3, 1918 |
Major general | Gustav Paul von Arnim | January 4 to June 27, 1918 |
Major general | Karl Ridel | June 28 to July 31, 1918 (entrusted with the tour) |
Major general | Gustav Paul von Arnim | August 1, 1918 to February 17, 1919 |
Major general | Walter Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels | February 17 to March 1919 |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reich Archives . Military Publishing House. Berlin 1927. pp. 67, 119.
- 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. 312-313.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 . P. 194.