202nd Division (German Empire)

202nd Division
active	July 6, 1916 to January 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline
First World War	Eastern Front Western front

The 202nd Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of February 8, 1918

• 406th Infantry Brigade
  • Infantry Regiment No. 408
  • Infantry Regiment No. 411
  • Infantry Regiment No. 412
  • Cycling company No. 203
  • 3rd Squadron / 2nd Guard Uhlan Regiment
• Artillery Commander No. 66
  • Field Artillery Regiment No. 406
• Engineer Battalion No. 202
• Division News Commander # 202

history

The division was put together on July 6, 1916, initially deployed on the Eastern Front and moved to the Western Front at the end of November 1917 , where it fought until the end of the war. After the end of the war, the remnants of the division returned home, where the large association was demobilized and finally dissolved in January 1919.

Battle calendar

1916

• from October 26th - trench warfare in front of Jakobstadt

1917

• until February 28th - trench warfare in front of Jakobstadt
• 0March 1 to August 31 - trench warfare in front of Riga
• 0September 1-5 - Battle of Riga
• 0September 6th to November 22nd - Trench warfare north of the Daugava
• November 22-29 - transport to the west
• from November 30th - trench warfare in Lorraine

1918

• to January 9th - Trench warfare in Lorraine
• 10 January to 4 February - Trench warfare in Lorraine and the Vosges
• 0February 4th to May 19th - Trench warfare in Lorraine
• May 20th to June 8th - fighting on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
• 0June 9th to July 11th - fighting on the Avre and Matz
  • 0June 9-13 - Battle of Noyon
• July 11-17 - trench warfare west of Soissons
• July 18-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
• July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
• 04th to 16th August - trench warfare between Oise and Aisne
• August 17th to September 4th - Defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
• 05th to 25th September - Trench warfare in Champagne
• September 26th to October 9th - defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
• October 10-12 - Fighting on the Hunding and Brunhild fronts
• October 13-17 - Fights on the Aisne and Aire
• October 18-23 - Battle of Vouziers
• October 24th to 31st - Fights on the Aisne and Aire
• 0November 1st to 4th - Fights between Aisne and Meuse
• 0November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp- Maas position
• from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
General of the Infantry z. D.	Maximilian von Schwartzkoppen	0July 6, 1916 to January 8, 1917
Major general	Paul Weese	January 11, 1917 to March 3, 1918
Major General / Lieutenant General	Georg von Körbling	0March 4 to June 5, 1918
Lieutenant General	Gustav Wilhelm Hoebel	0June 6, 1918 to January 10, 1919

literature

• Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 74, 164–165.

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. 152.