205th Division (German Empire)
205th Division |
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active | November 11, 1916 to 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
First World War |
Eastern Front
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Commanders | |
Please refer: | List of commanders |
The 205th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War of March 4, 1918
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403rd Infantry Brigade
- Infantry Regiment No. 405
- Infantry Regiment No. 407
- Infantry Regiment No. 439
- 2nd Squadron / King's Uhlan Regiment (1st Hannoversches) No. 13
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 405
- Engineer Battalion No. 205
- Division News Commander # 205
history
The division was formed on November 11, 1916 and used exclusively on the Eastern Front. After the armistice there, she remained in Livonia and Estonia until mid-February 1919 .
Battle calendar
1916
- November 15 to December 26 - Eichhorn Army Group Reserve
- from December 26th - trench warfare between Krewo-Smorgon-Naretschsee-Tweretsch
1917
- until April 2nd - positional battles between Krewo-Smorgon-Naretschsee-Tweretsch
- January 23 to February 3 - Winter battle on the Aa
- Riga April 2 to August 31 - trench warfare in front of
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Battle of Riga
- Dünamünde September 4th - capture of
September 1-5 - - Daugava September 6th to December 5th - trench warfare north of the
- 6-17 - Truce December
- from December 17th - armistice
1918
- until February 18 - armistice
- February 18 to March 4 - Fighting for the liberation of Livonia and Estonia
- March 5 to November 18 - Livonia and Estonia are occupied as a German police force
- from November 19th - evacuation of Livonia and Estonia
1919
- February 11th - evacuation of Livonia and Estonia
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Major General / Lieutenant General | Konrad von Baerenfels-Warnow | November 11, 1916 to June 23, 1918 |
Lieutenant General | Frank Hermann Zierold | June 24th to September 22nd, 1918 |
Lieutenant General | Alfred von Besser | September 23 to December 18, 1918 |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 75, 165.
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. 153.