238th Division (German Empire)
The 238th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War of January 6, 1918
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238th Infantry Brigade
- Infantry Regiment No. 463
- Infantry Regiment No. 464
- Infantry Regiment No. 465
- MG Sniper Division No. 79
- 2nd Squadron / Schleswig-Holstein Dragoon Regiment No. 13
- Artillery Commander No. 238
- Engineer Battalion No. 238
- Division News Commander No. 238
history
The division was formed on January 16, 1917 and used exclusively on the Western Front during the First World War . After the end of the war, the division marched back home, demobilized and finally disbanded.
Battle calendar
1917
- April 15 to May 17 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- May 18-20 - Spring Battle at Arras
- May 21st to October 7th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- Battle of Flanders (near Passchendaele ) October 7th to 31st -
- November 1st to December 27th - fighting in the Siegfriedstellung
- from December 27th - trench warfare near St. Quentin and the Oise
1918
- until March 20 - trench warfare near St. Quentin and the Oise
- March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
- March 21-23 - breakthrough battle at St. Quentin- La Fère
- March 23rd to 24th - Fighting at the crossing of the Somme and Crozet Canal between St. Christ and Tergnier
- March 25th to 31st - pursuit battles to Montdidier- Noyon
- April 7-12 - Fights on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
- April 16 to August 21 - Trench warfare near Reims
- May 27th to June 13th - Battle of Soissons and Reims
- Fort de la Pompelle June 1st - Attack on
- July 18-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
- 22-29 August - Trench warfare on the Vesle
- August 28th to September 4th - defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
- September 5th to 8th - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- Siegfried Line with the 9th Army September 9th to 18th - Fighting in the
- September 19-27 - Fights in the Siegfried Line
- September 28th to October 9th - trench warfare north of the Ailette
- October 10th to 12th - fighting in front of the Hunding and Brunhilde fronts
- October 13th - Fights in the dog position
- October 14th to November 4th - fights in front of and in the Hermann position
- October 17th to 26th - Fights between Oise and Serre
- Guise November 4th - Battle of
- 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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Lieutenant General | Hans von Below | January 16, 1917 to March 21, 1918 |
Lieutenant General | Erich von Böckmann | March 22, 1918 to January 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, 172.
- 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. 731-732.
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. 161.