234th Division (German Empire)
234th Division |
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active | January 16, 1917 to February 22, 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
Strength | approx. 15,000 |
First World War | Western front |
Commanders | |
Please refer: | List of commanders |
The 234th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army within the German Army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War from May 1, 1918
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234th Infantry Brigade
- Infantry Regiment No. 451
- Infantry Regiment No. 452
- Infantry Regiment No. 453
- 1st Squadron / Schleswig-Holstein Dragoon Regiment No. 13
- Artillery Commander No. 234
- Field artillery regiment "Prince Regent Luitpold von Bayern" (Magdeburgisches) No. 4
- III. Battalion / Foot Artillery Regiment No. 21
- Engineer Battalion No. 234
- Division News Commander No. 234
history
The establishment of the division began on January 2, 1917 in Magdeburg . From the end of March 1917, the large unit intervened in the 2nd Army in the fighting on the Western Front . After the armistice of Compiègne , the German troops evacuated the occupied territories and the division was deployed from November 25 to December 21, 1918 in the border guard between Cologne and Düsseldorf . Then the individual units returned to the garrisons, where demobilization took place.
Battle calendar
1917
- March 30th to June 20th - fighting in front of the Siegfried Line
- June 21st to August 30th - fighting in the Siegfriedstellung
- August 30th to September 30th - Battle of Flanders
- October 3 to November 30 - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- from November 30th - fighting in the Siegfried position
- November 30th to December 7th - Assault battle near Cambrai
1918
- until January 31st - fighting in the Siegfried position
- Great Battle of France February 1 to March 20 - Trench warfare in Artois and deployment to the
- March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
- Arras and Albert April 7th to August 20th - Fights between
- August 21 to September 2 - Battle of Monchy-Bapaume
- September 3 to 26 - Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- September 27th to October 8th - defensive battle between Cambrai and Saint-Quentin
- Hermann position October 9th to November 4th - fights in front of and in the
- October 24th to November 4th - Battle of Valenciennes
- 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 / Lieutenant General | Karl von Stumpff | January 2, 1917 to February 21, 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, 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. 723-724.
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.