228th Division (German Empire)

228th Division
active	March 30, 1917 to February 1, 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline
Strength	15,000
First World War	Western front Great battle in France
Commanders
Please refer:	List of commanders

The 228th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army within the German Army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of March 8, 1918

• 104th Infantry Brigade
  • Fusilier regiment "Prince Heinrich of Prussia" (Brandenburg) No. 35
  • Stülpnagel Infantry Regiment (5th Brandenburg) No. 48
  • Infantry Regiment No. 207
  • MG Sniper Division No. 28
  • 1st Squadron / Uhlan Regiment “Kaiser Alexander III. von Russland "(West Prussian) No. 1
• Artillery Commander No. 228
  • Kurmärkisches Feldartillerie-Regiment No. 39
  • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 92
• Engineer Battalion No. 228
• Division News Commander # 228

history

The division was formed on March 30, 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

• from April 16 - trench warfare in front of Verdun
  • August 12th to October 9th - defensive battle near Verdun

1918

• until March 15th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
• March 16-20 - Fighting in the Siegfriedstellung and preparation time for the Great Battle in France
• March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
• 0April 7th to May 13th - Fights on the Avre , Somme and Ancre
• May 12th to July 14th - Trench warfare in Champagne
• July 15-17 - Assault battle on the Marne and Champagne
• July 18 to September 12 - Trench warfare in Champagne
• September 13-18 - Trench warfare in Lorraine
• September 15th to 28th - Trench warfare in the Woëvre plain and west of the Moselle
• September 29 to November 11 - Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
• from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant General	Wilhelm Johann Neugebauer	0April 2 to April 3, 1917
Major general	Paul von der Heyde	0April 4, 1917 to February 1, 1919

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. 715-716.

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. 159.