21st Reserve Division (German Empire)
21st Reserve Division |
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active | August 2, 1914 to January 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
Insinuation | XVIII. Reserve Corps |
The 21st Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Organization of war during mobilization in 1914
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41st Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 80
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 87
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42nd Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 81
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 88
- Reserve Dragoon Regiment No. 7
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 21
- 4th Company / Kurhessisches Pioneer Battalion No. 11
Division of War of March 8, 1918
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41st Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 80
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 87
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 88
- 3rd Squadron / Reserve Dragoon Regiment No. 4
- Artillery Commander No. 126
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 21
- 22nd Bavarian Foot Artillery Battalion
- Engineer Battalion No. 321
- Division News Commander No. 421
Battle calendar
1914
- August 22nd to 23rd --- Battle of Neufchâteau
- August 24th to 29th --- Battle of the Meuse
- August 30th to September 5th --- pursuit from the Meuse to the Marne
- September 6th to 12th --- Battle of the Marne
- September 13th to October 10th --- Trench warfare in Champagne
- September 15 to 16 --- Storming of Servon
- from September 15th --- Trench warfare in Champagne and west of the Argonne
1915
- until September 22nd --- Trench warfare in Champagne and west of the Argonne
- February 3rd --- Storming the height 191, north of Massiges
- May 15-16 --- Battle of Ville-sur-Tourbe
- September 23 to November 3 --- Autumn battle in Champagne
- from November 4th --- Trench warfare in Champagne and west of the Argonne
1916
- until July 14th --- Trench warfare in Champagne and west of the Argonne
- July 15 to September 9 --- Battle of Verdun
- September 9 to December 21 --- Position battles in front of Verdun
- December 21 to 23 --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
- from December 23rd --- OHL reserve behind Army Division A
1917
- to 6 February --- OHL reserve behind Army Division A
- February 7th to March 28th --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
- March 30th to April 15th --- Reserve of the OHL
- April 16 to May 27 --- Aisne-Champagne double battle
- May 28th to October 25th --- Trench warfare near Reims
- October 26th to November 2nd --- rearguard fighting on and south of the Ailette
- November 3rd to 14th --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
- November 15th to 21st --- Autumn battle in Flanders (Reserve of the Army Group "Crown Prince Rupprecht" )
- November 20-29 --- Tank battle at Cambrai
- from November 21st --- fighting in the Siegfried position
1918
- until January 31st --- fighting in the Siegfriedstellung
- February 1st to March 20th --- Fighting in the Siegfriedstellung and preparation time for the Great Battle in France
- March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
- March 21-22 --- Breakthrough between Gouzeaucourt and Vermand
- March 23-26 --- Pursuit battles in the summer area
- April 7th to 20th --- Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
- April 21st to August 20th --- Fights between Arras and Albert
- August 21 to September 2 --- Battle of Monchy- Bapaume
- September 3 to 20 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- September 21st to October 8th --- Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
- October 9th to November 4th --- Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
- November 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 |
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( Württ. ) Lieutenant General z. D. | Hermann von Rampacher | August 2 to September 1, 1914 |
General of the cavalry | Ludwig von Schwerin | September 2-6, 1914 |
Lieutenant General | Ernst von Oidtman | 7 to 8 September 1914 (entrusted with the tour) |
General of the cavalry | Ludwig von Schwerin | September 9, 1914 to June 28, 1916 |
Major General / Lieutenant General | Carl Briese | June 29, 1916 to January 3, 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, 120.
- 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. 318-321.
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. 173.