217th Division (German Empire)
217th Division |
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active | September 8, 1916 to January 4, 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
Strength | 15,000 |
First World War |
Eastern Front
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Commanders | |
Please refer: | List of commanders |
The 217th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War of February 20, 1918
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18th Landwehr Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 9
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 21
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 22
- Reserve Cavalry Division No. 47
- Artillery Commander No. 217
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 65
- Foot Artillery Battalion No. 77
- Reserve Engineer Battalion No. 17
- Mine thrower company No. 427
- Division News Commander No. 217
history
The division was formed on September 8, 1916 on the Eastern Front and was in action there until the end of the war. Subsequently, in association with Army Group Mackensen, she began the march back home from the Balkans via Hungary . Here the division was demobilized until January 4, 1919 and finally dissolved.
Battle calendar
1916
- Army Group Reserve Woyrsch September 8-20 -
- September 21 to October 18 - fighting in Dobruja
- October 19-21 - Battle of Topraisar-Cobadinu
- October 22 to 25 - taking Constanta - Cernawoda
- October 25-26 - Persecution battles in North Dobruja
- October 27th to November 15th - Army Group Mackensen Reserve
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position battle in the Norddobrudscha (Parts Division)
- November 5 to 16 - coastal protection in us near Constana (parts of the division)
- November 23rd - Danube crossing
- Battle of the Argesch December 1st to 5th -
- Bucharest December 6th - capture of
3 November to 14 December - - December 9-20 - Persecution fights against Jalomita-Prahova and Buzaul
- from December 15 - pursuit battles in the north Dobruja (parts of the division)
1917
- until January 5th - pursuit battles in the north Dobruja (parts of the division)
- Brăila captured January 5th -
- Trench warfare on Putna and Sereth January 6th to July 21st -
- July 22nd to 25th - defensive battles on the Sereth
- July 26th to December 9th - trench warfare on the Sereth and Șușița
- from December 10th - Armistice on the Romanian front
1918
- to March 7th - Armistice on the Romanian front
- Ukraine March 8 to April 18 - fighting in support of
- April 19 to September 30 - Occupation of the Crimea
- April 30th to May 1st - capture of Sevastopol
- September 29th to October 7th - fighting against Bulgarian insurgents near Sofia
- Macedonia and Serbia October 1st to 29th - withdrawal fighting in
- October 29th to November 2nd - crossing over the Sava and Danube
- from December 12th - Army Group Mackensen's march back from the Balkans through Hungary
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Lieutenant General | Paul von Liebeskind | September 7th to November 12th, 1916 |
Major general | Kurt von Gallwitz called Dreyling | November 13, 1916 to January 3, 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, 168.
- 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. 687-688.
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. 156.