28th Reserve Division (German Empire)
28th Reserve Division |
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active | August 2, 1914 to April 2, 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Armed forces | army |
Type | Infantry Division |
structure | See: Outline |
Insinuation | XIV. Reserve Corps |
The 28th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Organization of war during mobilization in 1914
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55th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 49
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 109
- Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 8
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56th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 110
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 111
- Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Reserve Jäger Battalion 14
- Reserve Dragoon Regiment No. 8
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 29
- 1st Reserve Company / Engineer Battalion No. 13
- 2nd Reserve Company / Engineer Battalion No. 13
Division of War of May 26, 1918
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56th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 109
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 110
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 111
- 3rd Squadron / 3rd Badisches Dragoon Regiment "Prinz Karl" No. 22
- Artillery Commander No. 144
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 29
- Engineer Battalion No. 328
- Divisional News Commander # 428
Battle calendar
1914
- August 5th to 19th --- Battles in the Vosges
- August 20th to 22nd --- Battle of the central Vosges
- August 22nd to September 14th --- Battle of Nancy - Épinal
- September 23 to October 6 --- Battle of the Somme
- October 7-10 --- Trench warfare west of St. Quentin
- from October 10th --- Trench warfare in the Artois west of Bapaume
1915
- January 1st to December 31st --- Trench warfare in the Artois west of Bapaume
- June 7-13 --- Battle of Serre
1916
- until June 23rd --- Trench warfare in the Artois west of Bapaume
- June 24th to July 6th --- Battle of the Somme
- July 17th to October 4th --- Trench warfare in Champagne
- October 9th to 24th --- Battle of the Somme
- from October 28th --- position battles in front of Verdun
- December 6th --- Fights at Height 304
- December 28th --- Fights on the Dead Man
1917
- until March 31st --- Position battles in front of Verdun
- January 25-28 --- Fights at Height 304
- March 18-29 --- Fighting in Malancourt Forest and at altitude 304
- April 1st to 14th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
- April 15 to May 19 --- Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
- May 20th to August 27th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
- August 12th to 27th --- Defense battle near Verdun
- August 28th to December 12th --- Position battles in Champagne
- from December 12th --- Reserve of the Army Group "Crown Prince Rupprecht" near Sedan
1918
- until January 5th --- Reserve of the Army Group "Crown Prince Rupprecht" near Sedan
- January 7th to May 23rd --- Position battles in Champagne
- May 27th to June 13th --- Battle of Soissons and Reims
- June 14th to July 4th --- Position battles between Oise, Aisne and Marne
- July 5th to 14th --- Trench warfare between Aisne and Marne
- July 15-17 --- Attack battle on the Marne and Champagne
- July 18th to 25th --- Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
- July 26th to August 3rd --- Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
- August 4th to September 3rd --- Trench warfare on the Vesle
- September 12th to 14th --- Evasion fights in the Mihiel Arch
- September 15 to October 10 --- Trench warfare in the Woëvre plain and west of the Moselle
- October 11th to 23rd --- Position battles in the Woëvre plain
- October 24th to November 4th --- Battle of Valenciennes
- October 25th to November 4th --- Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
- November 4th to 11th --- 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 |
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Lieutenant General | Curt from Pavel | August 2, 1914 to January 3, 1916 |
Lieutenant General | Ferdinand von Hahn | January 4, 1916 to February 4, 1917 |
Lieutenant General | Alfred Ziethen | February 5 to October 7, 1917 |
Major general | August Bernhard von Geyso | October 8 to December 13, 1917 |
Major general | Siegfried von Held | December 14, 1917 to April 24, 1918 |
Lieutenant General | Constantin von Altrock | April 25, 1918 to April 2, 1919 |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 68, 128–129.
- 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. 378-381.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 176.