231st Division (German Empire)

231st Division
active	January 16, 1917 to January 22, 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline
Strength	15,000
First World War	Western front Aisne-Champagne double battle Great battle in France
Commanders
Please refer:	List of commanders

The 231st Division was a major unit of the Prussian army within the German Army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of April 9, 1918

• 231st Infantry Brigade
  • Infantry Regiment No. 442
  • Infantry Regiment No. 443
  • Infantry Regiment No. 444
  • MG sniper division No. 66
  • 1st squadron / dragoon regiment "King Charles I of Romania" (1st Hannoversches) No. 9
• Artillery Commander No. 231
  • 3rd Guard Reserve Field Artillery Regiment
  • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 90
• Engineer Battalion No. 231
• Division News Commander No. 231

history

The division was formed on January 16, 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

• 0April 1 to May 15 - Trench warfare at Richecourt, Seicheprey and Flirey
• May 16-27 - Aisne-Champagne double battle
• from May 28th - trench warfare near Reims

1918

• until February 4th - trench warfare near Reims
• 0February 5 to March 14 - Reserve of the OHL
• March 15-20 - preparation for the Great Battle of France
• March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
• April 10th to May 26th - Trench warfare north of the Ailette
• May 27th to June 13th - Battle of Soissons and Reims
• June 14th to 25th - trench warfare between Oise , Aisne and Marne
• June 28th to August 13th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
• August 12th to 20th - fighting on the forest mountains north of the Matz
• August 14th to September 3rd - defensive battle between the Somme and Oise
• 0September 4 to 18 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
• September 19 to October 9 - Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
• October 10th to November 4th - fights in front of and in the Hermann position
• 05th to 11th November - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp - Meuse position
• from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Major general	Bernhard von Hülsen	0January 2, 1917 to September 20, 1918
Major general	Emmo from Dewitz	September 21, 1918 to January 22, 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, 170–171.
• 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. 717-718.

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.