225th Division (German Empire)

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225th Division

Grenade launcher department in front of Verdun.jpg

Light mine thrower train 951 on March 3, 1918 off Verdun with the 7.58 cm light mine thrower in preparation for the Great Battle of France
active November 25, 1916 to September 1, 1918
Country German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Armed forces Prussian Army
Type Infantry division
structure See: Outline
Strength 15,000
First World War Eastern Front

Western front

The 225th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army within the German Army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of March 24, 1918

Allegations

history

The 225th Division was formed in September 1916 by the formation of Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 18 ( 1st Reserve Division ), Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 217, ( 47th Reserve Division ) and the new Infantry Regiment No. 373 ( 10th Landwehr Division ) was formed near Wolodymyr-Wolynskyj for the expected deployment in Romania . On November 25, 1916, the Melior detachment was added and placed under the 1st Austro-Hungarian Army. There it was mainly in use in Bukovina and the Transylvanian border Carpathians until mid-November 1917. Then it was transferred to the Western Front , where it was finally disbanded on September 1, 1918 after heavy losses. The rest of the personnel, weapons and equipment were distributed to other divisions.

Battle calendar

1916

  • July 28th to November 20th - Trench warfare south of Brody
    • 0August 5-13 - Battles on the Upper Sereth
    • August 14th to October 5th - fighting north of Zborow
    • 0October 6th to November 22nd - Trench warfare in the Austro-Hungarian 2nd Army
  • November 22nd to December 7th - Trench warfare west of Brody

“On December 2, 16, the evacuation from Chorostov began. The trip went via Vladimir Volynsk to Lemberg. When the transport trains were unloaded here on December 3rd, many people did not want to believe that resting quarters should be used. The contrast with the past was too great! With a sounding game it went through the streets of the capital of East Galicia. The IB and the 3 MG comp. Related D.ll. In Zbosika, II.B. In Holosko, III.B. In Zamarstynow, Regts-Stab in Lemberg . There was of course a city break. The tender bonds with the lovely Lemberger women were quickly established. Those who still had crowns in their pockets went to one of the beautiful restaurants, a kintop and the like. But these days of roses quickly came to an end. On the 7th and December 8th the regts were evacuated. To the south. The journey into the Forest Carpathians went via Sambor . After passing the Uzoker Pass , the trains rolled down into the Hungarian lowlands. Debrecen and Großwardein were touched. Beautiful Transylvania appeared. The drive through this wonderful mountainous country is unforgettable. The tunnels didn't want to end. About Cluj , Sighisoara , Brasov and Sepfi-CCT György locomotives gasped in ever higher elevation mountain country. Until finally after a five-day journey [approx. 1000 km, note d. Author.] The destination station Esik-Gzt.- Simon (approx. 80 km north of Kronstadt) was reached. One was close to the ridge of the Eastern Carpathians, on which the border with the Romanian Vltava ran. D.ll. Regts-Stab and II.B. In Tusnad , I. u. III. B. In Lazarsalva. Into Romania, so was the watchword! "

- Hans Schulze
  • 0December 7th to 26th - Defense battle in Gyimes and in the Uz area around the Uz pass
  • from December 23rd - Offensive in the Bereczker Mountains and on the Ojtoz Pass (parts of the division)

1917

  • until 7 January - offensive in the Bereczker Mountains and at the Oituz Pass (parts of the division)
    • until January 7th - New Year's offensive in the Trotus area
  • 0January 8th to August 7th - Trench warfare in the Transylvanian border Carpathians
  • In July 1917, will Infantry Regiment. 373 in the Putnatal sent to repel a Romanian Russian offensive.
  • 0August 8th to 26th - Fighting over the mountain exits to western Vltava
  • August 27 to November 15 - trench warfare in the Transylvanian-Romanian border Carpathians near Ocna Sibiului
  • November 11-21 - transport to the west

“The transport trains headed west via Kronstadt, Schäßburg and then down the Maros valley. Soon the charming Transylvania was behind you and the Hungarian plain opened up. From Arad it went over Szolonk to the Danube valley and this up into German Austria. Vienna, Linz and Wels waved farewell greetings from the tribal brothers. The trains reached the German border near Passau, and the fatherland received its sons. The rehabilitation, i.e. delousing of the troops, took place in Plattling. Then it went on via Regensburg, Nuremberg and Karlsruhe. Behind Rastatt the transport trains led the Regt. For the second time in this war across the Rhine to the western front, to roll over Hagenau towards the great fortress Metz. "

- Hans Schulze

1918

The Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 217 was split up to fill up with the IR of the 13th Division : 13, 15, 55.

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Theodor Melior June 29 to December 27, 1916
Major general Wilhelm von Woyna December 28, 1916 to April 11, 1917
Major general Paul Weinschenck April 12 to May 20, 1917 (substitute)
Major general Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig von Woyna May 21, 1917 to July 5, 1918
Major general Georg von Wodtke 0July 6 to September 1, 1918

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 76, 170.
  • 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. 707-709.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Journal for Army and Uniform Studies, No. 167, Volume 24, 1960
  2. ↑ Histories of two hundred and fifty-one divisions of the German army which participated in the war (1914-1918), p. 708
  3. ↑ The Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 217 in the World War. Eisleben 1932, p. 171.
  4. ↑ The Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 217 in the World War. Eisleben 1932, p. 193 f.
  5. ↑ Hans Schulze: The Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 217 in the World War, Eisleben 1921, p. 243
  6. ↑ 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. 158.