205th Division (German Empire)

205th Division
active	November 11, 1916 to 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline
First World War	Eastern Front
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

• 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
• 0April 2 to August 31 - trench warfare in front of Riga
• 0September 1-5 - Battle of Riga
  • 0September 4th - capture of Dünamünde
• 0September 6th to December 5th - trench warfare north of the Daugava
• 0December 6-17 - Truce
• from December 17th - armistice

1918

• until February 18 - armistice
• February 18 to March 4 - Fighting for the liberation of Livonia and Estonia
• 0March 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
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

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. 153.