22nd Reserve Division (German Empire)
22nd 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 |
The 22nd Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War . At the beginning of the war it was subordinate to the IV Reserve Corps under General Hans von Gronau .
structure
Organization of war during mobilization in 1914
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43rd Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 71
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 94
- Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 11
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44th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 32
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 82
- Reserve Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 1
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 22
- 1st Reserve Company / Magdeburg Pioneer Battalion No. 4
- 2nd Reserve Company / Magdeburg Pioneer Battalion No. 4
Division of War of March 28, 1918
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43rd Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 71
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 82
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 94
- 2nd Squadron / Heavy Reserve Cavalry Regiment No. 1
- Artillery Commander No. 96
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 22
- 1st Battalion / Bavarian 2nd Foot Artillery Regiment
- Engineer Battalion No. 322
- Division News Commander No. 422
Battle calendar
1914
- August 25-27 --- Battle of Solesmes and Le Cateau
- August 28th to 30th --- Fights on the Somme
- September 2nd --- Battle of Creil
- September 5th to 9th --- Battle of the Ourcq
- from September 12th --- fighting on the Aisne
1915
- until October 18th --- fighting on the Aisne
- October 18 to December 3 --- Reserve of the OHL
- October 20 to November 3 --- Autumn battle in Champagne (parts of the division)
- from December 3rd --- trench warfare in Champagne
1916
- until February 29th --- Position battles in Champagne
- March 2nd to June 14th --- Battle of Verdun
- March 12th to April 12th --- Fights for the "dead man"
- May 8-12 --- Fight for altitude 304
- May 20th to 29th --- Fights for the "dead man"
- June 26th to July 1st --- Reserve of the OHL
- July 1st to 15th --- Battle of the Somme
- July 16 to November 10 --- Trench warfare in Champagne
- November 11th to 26th --- Battle of the Somme
- from November 27th --- Trench warfare on the Somme
1917
- until March 15th --- Trench warfare on the Somme
- March 16 to May 18 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- May 21st to June 3rd --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- June 4th to August 4th --- Summer battle in Flanders
- August 4th to October 2nd --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- October 2nd to 22nd --- Autumn battle in Flanders
- October 22nd to December 3rd --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
- from December 4th --- Trench warfare in Upper Alsace
1918
- until April 6th --- Trench warfare in Upper Alsace
- April 9th to 18th --- Battle of Armentières
- April 10 to 29 --- Battle of the Kemmelberg
- April 30th to May 13th --- Trench warfare in Flanders
- May 19th to June 10th --- Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
- June 11th to July 30th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
- July 30th to August 23rd --- Position battles in Champagne
- August 23 to September 3 --- Defensive battle between Somme and Oise
- September 3 to October 9 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- September 19 to October 9 --- 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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Lieutenant General | Otto Riemann | August 2, 1914 to July 24, 1916 |
Major general | Karl von Riedl | July 25 to December 19, 1916 |
Lieutenant General | Eberhard von Hofacker | December 20, 1916 to January 5, 1917 |
Lieutenant General / General of the Artillery | Theodor Schubert | January 6, 1917 to October 8, 1918 |
Major general | Franz Sydow | October 9, 1918 to January 18, 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, 121-122.
- 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. 327-331.
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. 174.