25th Landwehr Division (German Empire)

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The 25th Landwehr Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of September 16, 1916

  • 32nd Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 13
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 16
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 30
    • 2nd Squadron / Magdeburg Dragoon Regiment No. 6
    • Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment No. 254
    • 1st Reserve Company / Engineer Battalion No. 21

Division of War of March 10, 1918

  • 32nd Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 13
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 16
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 328
    • 2nd Squadron / Reserve Dragoon Regiment No. 6
  • Artillery Commander No. 244
    • Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment No. 254
  • Engineer Battalion No. 425
  • Division News Commander # 525

history

Battle calendar

The division was formed on September 10, 1916 on the Western Front and used there until the end of the war. After the armistice , the division evacuated the area it occupied, marched back home, where it was demobilized and finally disbanded in mid-December 1918.

1916

  • from September 10th --- fighting on the Aisne

1917

1918

  • until November 11th --- trench warfare in Upper Alsace
  • from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Gustav von Dreising September 12, 1916 to June 16, 1917
Lieutenant General Karl Ludwig von Mühlenfels June 17, 1917 to December 17, 1918

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reich Archives . Military Publishing House. Berlin 1927. pp. 68, 126.
  • 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. 359-360.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 . P. 195.