232 Division (German Empire)
232nd Division |
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active | January 16, 1917 to 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
Strength | approx. 15,000 |
First World War |
Eastern Front
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Commanders | |
Please refer: | List of commanders |
The 232nd Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War of May 26, 1918
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232nd Infantry Brigade
- Infantry Regiment No. 445
- Infantry Regiment No. 446
- Infantry Regiment No. 447
- 4th Squadron / Uhlan Regiment “Kaiser Alexander III. von Russland "(West Prussian) No. 1
- Artillery Commander No. 232
- Engineer Battalion No. 232
- Division News Commander # 232
history
The division was formed on January 16, 1917 and initially deployed on the Eastern Front during the course of the war . After the fighting there ended in mid-February 1918, the relocation to the Western Front followed .
Battle calendar
1917
- position battles on the upper Shchara-Serwetsch March 9 to April 7 -
- trench warfare in front of Dünaburg April 7th to July 8th -
- July 19-27 - Smorgon-Krewo defensive battle
- Trench warfare on the Sereth August 3 to December 7 -
- 6-17 - Truce December
- from December 17th - armistice
1918
- until February 18 - armistice
- February 18 to March 11 - OHL reserve and transport to the west
- March 11th to June 23rd - Trench warfare near Reims
- May 27th to June 13th - Battle of Soissons and Reims
- May 27th - Storming the heights of the Chemin des Dames
- Verdun June 1st to August 26th - trench warfare in front of
- August 27th to September 2nd - Battle of Albert - Péronne
- September 3 to 7 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
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Cambrai and St. Quentin
- September 25th to October 9th - fighting in the Siegfried Front
September 8th to October 8th - defensive battle between - October 10th to November 4th - fights in front of and in the Hermann 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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Major general | Adolf von der Esch | May 23, 1917 to February 2, 1918 |
Major general | Gottfried Marquard | February 3 to July 19, 1918 |
Major general | Friedrich Wilhelm von Lüttwitz | July 20 to September 11, 1918 |
Major general | Emmo from Dewitz | September 12-28, 1918 |
Major general | Bruno von Kern | September 28 to December 2, 1918 (in charge of the tour) |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 76, 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. 719-720.
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 , pp. 159f.