238th Division (German Empire)

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The 238th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of January 6, 1918

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

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
  • 0April 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
  • 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
  • 0September 5th to 8th - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • 0September 9th to 18th - Fighting in the Siegfried Line with the 9th Army
  • 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
  • 0November 4th - Battle of Guise
  • 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
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

  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. 161.