212th Division (9th Royal Saxon)
212th Division |
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active | September 8, 1916 to March 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Saxon Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
Insinuation | VIII Reserve Corps |
First World War | Western front |
Commanders | |
Please refer: | List of commanders |
The 212th Division (9th Royal Saxon) was a major unit of the Saxon Army during the First World War .
structure
Division of War of February 20, 1918
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408th Infantry Brigade
- Infantry Regiment No. 182
- Infantry Regiment No. 415
- Infantry Regiment No. 416
- 1st Squadron / 1st Royal Saxon Hussar Regiment "King Albert" No. 18
- Artillery Commander No. 212
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 279
- II. Department / 1. Guard Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment
- Engineer Battalion No. 212
- Division News Commander # 212
history
The division was formed on September 8, 1916 from the "Franke Division" and was initially deployed on the Western Front until the end of March 1917 . Then they were transferred to the Romanian front . After the armistice there, the association came by sea to the Ukraine , where parts of the war remained until March 1919. This was followed by demobilization in Leipzig .
Battle calendar
1916
- September 15-17 - 2nd Army Reserve
- September 18 to October 3 - Battle of the Somme
- Army Group "Crown Prince Rupprecht" October 4th to 13th - Reserve of the
- October 13th to 25th - Reserve of the OHL
- October 25th to November 18th - Battle of the Somme
- November 21st to December 31st - Trench warfare in Champagne
1917
- January 1st to March 27th - Trench warfare in Champagne
- March 21st to March 31st - transport to the east
- March 27th to May 30th - Army Group Mackensen Reserve
- May 30th to August 5th - Trench warfare on Putna and Sereth
- July 22nd to 25th - defensive battles on the Sereth
- July 26th to August 5th - Trench warfare on Sereth and Susita
- August 6th to September 3rd - breakthrough battle on the Putna and Susita
- from December 10th - Armistice on the Romanian front
1918
- to May 7th - Armistice on the Romanian front
- May 11th to June 21st - fighting in support of Ukraine
- 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 | Franz Franke | September 8, 1916 to January 29, 1918 |
Major general | Max Morgenstern-Döring | January 30, 1918 to March 1919 |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 75, 166–167.
- 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. 674-675.
- Artur Baumgarten-Crusius: The Saxons in the field 1914-1918. Verlag der Literaturwerke Minerva, R. Max Lippold, Leipzig 1923, pp. 484–486.
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. 154.