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
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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
- Aisne-Champagne double battle April 6th to May 27th -
- 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
- Flanders and Artois December 4th to 18th - Trench warfare in
- 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
- April 7-10 - Fights between Arras and Albert
- April 11-18 - Battle of Armentières
- April 11-30 - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- Lorraine May 1st to June 18th - Trench warfare in
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Reims
- September 26th to October 9th - defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
July 7th to October 9th - Trench warfare near - 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
- 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 | 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
- ↑ 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.