222nd Division (German Empire)
222nd Division |
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active | September 22, 1916 to September 14, 1918 |
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 222nd Division was a major unit of the Prussian army within the German Army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War of February 7, 1918
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7th Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 81
- Infantry Regiment No. 193
- Infantry Regiment No. 397
- 3rd Squadron / Uhlan Regiment "von Katzler" (Silesian) No. 2
- Artillery Commander No. 222
- Engineer Battalion No. 222
- Division Message Commander # 222
Battle calendar
The division was formed on September 22, 1916 on the Western Front . Due to heavy losses, the association was dissolved there on September 14, 1918.
1916
- September 22 to October 25 - Trench warfare in Upper Rhine
- Battle of the Somme November 1st to 26th -
- from November 27th - trench warfare on the Somme
1917
- until March 15 - trench warfare on the Somme
- March 15 to April 5 - Trench warfare on the Aisne
- double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne April 6th to May 27th -
- May 28th to October 23rd - Trench warfare on Chemin des Dames
- October 24th to November 2nd - rearguard battles on and south of the Ailette
- from November 3rd - trench warfare north of the Ailette
1918
- until March 20 - trench warfare north of the Ailette
- March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
- April 7th - Fighting in the Coucy coppice and on the lower Ailette
- April 8th to 9th - Storm on Coucy le Chateau, pursuit to the Oise-Aisne Canal
- April 10th to May 5th - Trench warfare north of the Ailette
- Noyon May 8th to June 8th - Fights on the Avre, Montdidier and
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- June 9-13 - Battle of Noyon
June 9th to July 20th - Fighting on the Avre and Matz
- July 20th to 25th - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
- July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
- 4th to 16th August - trench warfare between Oise and Aisne
- August 17th to September 4th - Defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
- September 14th - Dissolution of the division
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Major general | Hans Küster | September 30, 1916 to January 21, 1917 |
Major general | Fritz von Triebig | January 22, 1917 to September 14, 1918 |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 75, 169.
- 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. 699-701.
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. 157.