214th Division (German Empire)
214th Division |
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active | September 8, 1916 to February 12, 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
Strength | 15,000 |
First World War | Western front |
Commanders | |
Please refer: | List of commanders |
The 214th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War of May 20, 1918
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214th Infantry Brigade
- 3rd Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 50
- Infantry Regiment No. 358
- Infantry Regiment No. 363
- 3rd Squadron / Heavy Reserve Cavalry Regiment No. 1
- Artillery Commander No. 214
- Engineer Battalion No. 214
- Division News Commander # 214
history
The division was formed on September 8, 1916 on the Western Front and deployed here until the end of the war. Then she marched back home, where she was demobilized and finally dissolved.
Battle calendar
1916
- September 15-30 - Battle of the Somme
- trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle October 3rd to November 25th -
- from November 27th - trench warfare on the Somme
1917
- until January 30th - trench warfare on the Somme
- January 31 to April 15 - Trench warfare in Champagne
- April 16-21 - Aisne and Champagne double battle
- April 22nd to July 23rd - Trench warfare in Champagne
- Battle of Flanders August 1st to 20th -
- August 21 to November 19 - Trench warfare in Flanders
- from November 21st - fighting in the Siegfried position
- November 20-29 - Tank battle at Cambrai
- November 30th to December 7th - Assault battle near Cambrai
1918
- until January 2nd - fighting in the Siegfriedstellung
- January 3 to April 9 - Trench warfare in Flanders
- April 10-29 - Battle of Kemmel
- April 30 to May 15 - Trench warfare in Flanders
- May 17th to August 20th - Fights between Arras and Albert
- August 21 to September 2 - Battle of Monchy- Bapaume
- September 3 to 26 - Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- September 27th to October 8th - defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quintin
- Hermann position October 9th to November 4th - fights in front of and in the
- Antwerp - Meuse position 5th to 11th November - fighting in retreat in front of the
- from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Major general | Karl Muller | September 6 to October 24, 1916 |
Lieutenant General | Richard von Brauchitsch | October 25, 1916 to January 19, 1918 |
Major general | Georg Maercker | January 20, 1918 to February 12, 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, 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. 679-681.
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. 155.