239th Division (German Empire)

The 239th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of January 6, 1918

• 239th Infantry Brigade
  • Infantry Regiment No. 466
  • Infantry Regiment No. 467
  • Infantry Regiment No. 468
  • 4th Squadron / Dragoon Regiment "King Charles I of Romania" (1st Hannoversches) No. 9
• Artillery Commander No. 239
  • 2nd Thuringian Field Artillery Regiment No. 55
  • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 78
• Engineer Battalion No. 239
• Division News Commander No. 239

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

• February 16 to March 30 - Reserve of the OHL
• March 31 to April 5 - Trench warfare in Champagne
• 0April 6th to May 27th - Aisne-Champagne double battle
• May 28th to October 11th - trench warfare near Reims
• October 12th to November 24th - Battle of Flanders
• November 23rd to December 3rd - Border patrol on the Belgian-Dutch border
• 0December 4th to 18th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• from December 19 - trench warfare in Flanders

1918

• February 27th - trench warfare in Flanders
• February 26th to April 1st - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • March 16-20 - Trench warfare in Artois and deployment to the Great Battle of France
• March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
  • Breakthrough battle Monchy-Cambrai
  • March 24-25 - Battle of Bapaume
• 0April 7-10 - Fights between Arras and Albert
• April 11-18 - Battle of Armentières
• April 11-30 - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• 0May 1st to June 18th - Trench warfare in Lorraine
• 0July 7th to October 9th - Trench warfare near Reims
  • September 26th to October 9th - defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
• October 10-12 - Fighting on the Hunding and Brunhild fronts
• October 13th to 24th - Trench warfare on the Aisne
• October 25th to November 4th - Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
• 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	Hugo blacksmith's blanket	January 16, 1917 to January 11, 1918
Lieutenant General	Maximilian von Reitzenstein	January 12, 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.

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.