222nd Division (German Empire)

222nd Division
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 Battle of the Somme Aisne-Champagne double battle Great battle in France
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

• 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
  • Field Artillery Regiment No. 278
• 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
• 0November 1st to 26th - Battle of the Somme
• 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
• 0April 6th to May 27th - double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
• 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
• 0April 7th - Fighting in the Coucy coppice and on the lower Ailette
• 0April 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
• 0May 8th to June 8th - Fights on the Avre, Montdidier and Noyon
• 0June 9th to July 20th - Fighting on the Avre and Matz
  • 0June 9-13 - Battle of Noyon
• July 20th to 25th - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
• July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
• 04th 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
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

1. ↑ 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.