233rd Division (German Empire)
233rd Division |
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active | January 16, 1917 to September 6, 1918 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
First World War | Western front |
Commanders | |
Please refer: | List of commanders |
The 233rd Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War of March 15, 1918
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243rd Infantry Brigade
- Infantry Regiment No. 448
- Infantry Regiment No. 449
- Infantry Regiment No. 450
- 3rd squadron / dragoon regiment "King Charles I of Romania" (1st Hannoversches) No. 9
- Artillery Commander No. 233
- Engineer Battalion No. 233
- Division News Commander No. 233
history
The division was formed on January 16, 1917 and used exclusively on the Western Front during the First World War . After heavy losses, the large association was dissolved there on September 6, 1918.
Battle calendar
1917
- February 17 to April 7 - OHL reserve in Belgium
- April 8 to May 16 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- 17th to 26th May - trench warfare on the Yser
- May 27th to July 29th - Battle of Flanders
- July 30th to September 30th - fighting in the Siegfriedstellung
- Battle of Flanders October 1st to 14th -
- from October 17th - Trench warfare in Lorraine
1918
- to January 9th - Trench warfare in Lorraine
- 10 January to 6 April - Trench warfare in Lorraine and the Vosges
- April 9-15 - Trench warfare in Lorraine
- April 15-29 - Battle of Kemmel
- April 15 to May 13 - Trench warfare in Flanders
- April
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Major general | Emmo from Dewitz | January 16, 1917 to August 1918 |
Major general | Friedrich Wilhelm von Lüttwitz | August 6th to September 6th 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, 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. 721-722.
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. 160.