227th Division (German Empire)
227th Division |
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active | February 25, 1917 to December 23, 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 227th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army within the German Army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War of November 3, 1918
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49th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
- Infantry Regiment No. 417
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 441
- Infantry Regiment No. 477
- 1st Squadron / Magdeburg Hussar Regiment No. 10
- Artillery Commander No. 227
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 92
- III. Battalion / Lauenburg Foot Artillery Regiment No. 20
- Engineer Battalion No. 227
- Division News Commander # 227
history
The division was formed on February 25, 1917 on the Western Front and was in service there until the end of the First World War. After the end of the war, the occupied territory was evacuated, the march back home and demobilization and eventual dissolution there.
Battle calendar
1917
- February 26th to May 17th - Trench warfare in the Argonne
- May 21-27 - Aisne-Champagne double battle
- May 28th to October 2nd - trench warfare near Reims
- Battle of Flanders October 6-15 -
- from October 18th - trench warfare near Reims
1918
- until March 18th - trench warfare near Reims
- March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
- Avre , Montdidier and Noyon April 7th to May 13th - Fights on the
- Matz June 9-18 - fighting on the Avre and
- June 19 to August 21 - trench warfare at Xivray, Seicheprey and at the Jury Forest
- August 22nd to September 4th - defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
- September 5th to 8th - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- Vauxaillon and Laffaux in the Siegfried Line 5th to 20th September - Fights near
- September 28th to October 9th - trench warfare north of the Ailette
- October 10-12 - Fighting on the Hunding and Brunhild fronts
- October 13th to November 4th - fights in the dog position
- Antwerp - Meuse position 5th to 11th November - fighting in retreat in front of the
- from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Lieutenant General | Hans von Leyser | February 3, 1917 to December 23, 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. 712-714.
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. 158.