215th Division (German Empire)
215th Division |
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active | September 8, 1916 to March 16, 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
Strength | 15,000 |
First World War |
Western front
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Commanders | |
Please refer: | List of commanders |
The 215th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Division of war on May 8, 1918
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61st Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Replacement Regiment No. 2
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 71
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 224
- 3rd Squadron / Reserve Hussar Regiment No. 8
- Artillery Commander No. 215
- Division News Commander # 215
history
The division was formed on September 8, 1916 on the Western Front , but was relocated to the Eastern Front in early November 1916 . Here she remained after the end of the war as an occupying power in Ukraine, returned to her homeland until March 16, 1919, where she was demobilized and finally dissolved.
Battle calendar
1916
- September 15-17 - Army Division A reserve
- September 18 to November 2 - Trench warfare in Champagne
- November 2nd to 8th - transport to the east
- from November 8th - trench warfare on the upper Styr-Stochod
1917
- until December 1st - trench warfare on the upper Styr - Stochod
- ceasefire December 2nd to 17th -
- from December 17th - armistice
1918
- until February 18 - armistice
- February 18 to June 21 - fighting in support of Ukraine
- June 22nd to November 15th - Occupation of Ukraine
- from November 16 - evacuation of Ukraine
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Major general | Otto Ulrich | September 7 to September 9, 1916 |
Lieutenant General | Theodor von Wernitz | September 10, 1916 to March 16, 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. 682-683.
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.