3rd Division (German Empire)
The 3rd Division , also known as the 3rd Infantry Division for the duration of the mobile relationship , was a large unit of the Prussian Army .
structure
The division was part of the II Army Corps . You were subject to:
Peace structure 1914
- 5th Infantry Brigade in Szczecin
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6th Infantry Brigade in Szczecin
- Fusilier regiment "Queen Victoria of Sweden" (Pomeranian) No. 34 in Stettin and Swinoujscie (3rd battalion)
- Infantry Regiment "Prince Moritz von Anhalt-Dessau" (5th Pomeranian) No. 42 in Stralsund and Greifswald (3rd Battalion)
- 3rd Cavalry Brigade in Szczecin
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3rd Field Artillery Brigade in Szczecin
- 1st Pomeranian Field Artillery Regiment No. 2 in Kolberg and Belgard (II. Division)
- Vorpommersches Field Artillery Regiment No. 38 in Stettin
Organization of war during mobilization in 1914
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5th Infantry Brigade
- Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm IV." (1st Pomeranian) No. 2
- Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm I." (2nd East Prussian) No. 3
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6th Infantry Brigade
- Fusilier regiment "Queen Victoria of Sweden" (Pomeranian) No. 34
- Infantry Regiment "Prince Moritz von Anhalt-Dessau" (5th Pomeranian) No. 42
- Dragoon Regiment "Freiherr von Derfflinger" (Neumärkisches) No. 3
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3rd Field Artillery Brigade
- 1st Pomeranian Field Artillery Regiment No. 2
- Vorpommersches Field Artillery Regiment No. 38
- 1st Company / Pomeranian Pioneer Battalion No. 2
Division of War of October 18, 1918
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6th Infantry Brigade
- Infantry Regiment No. 381
- Infantry Regiment No. 425
- Infantry Regiment No. 428
- Artillery Commander No. 125
- 1st Pomeranian Field Artillery Regiment No. 2
- Engineer Battalion No. 112
- Division News Commander No. 3
history
The large association was originally founded on November 5, 1816 as a troop brigade in Stettin and expanded to a division on September 5, 1819. The command remained in Stettin until the division was disbanded in 1919 .
Battle calendar
1914
- August 18-19 - Battle of the Gette
- 23rd to 24th August - Battle of Mons
- August 25-27 - Battles between the Gette and Somme rivers
- August 28-30 - Battles on the Somme
- August 29th - Battle of Projart
- September 2 - Battle at Senlis
- September 5th to 9th - Battle of the Qurcq
- September 12th to October 2nd - Fights at Soissons
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- October 5th - Storming of Beuvraignes, attack on the Laucourt positions
- October 6-21 - fights near Beuvraignes and Laucourt
October 2-15 - Fights at Roye
- October 16-26 - Fights near Canny-Lassigny
- November 4th to 14th - Battle for the Wytschaete Park
- Battle of Ypres November 5th to 22nd -
- November 22nd to 25th - Reserve of the OHL
- November 26th to December 15th - Battle of Lodz
- from December 18th - Battle of the Rawka - Bzura
- from December 21st - position battle at Bartoszowka
1915
- to January 6th - Battle of the Rawka-Bzura
- until February 11th - position battle at Bartoszowka
- February 12-20 - 9th Army Reserve
- February 20-27 - Battle of Przasnysz
- March 3 to 10 - Battles in the Orzyc Arc
- March 11th to July 12th - trench warfare north of Przasnysz
- July 13th - storming of the village and forest of Szla
- July 13th to 17th - breakthrough battle near Przasnysz
- July 18-22 - Pursuit battles to the Lower Narew
- July 18-24 - Battle of Roshan Fortress
- July 23 to August 3 - Battle of the Narew
- 4th to 7th August - Battle of the Orz Bach
- August 8-10 - Battle of Ostrow
- August 11-12 - Battle of Chishev-Sambrov
- August 13-14 - crossing over the Nurzec and taking Ciechanoviec
- August 13-18 - pursuit battles on the upper Narew and Nurzec
- August 19th - Storming of Bocki
- August 19-25 - Battle of Bielsk
- August 26th to September 5th - chase battles on the Swislosz and on the Naumka-Werecia
- September 6-7 - Battle of Wolkowyszk
- September 24 to October 19 - Battles on the Mjadsjolka and Dryswjata, around Kosjany
- from October 20th - positional battles between the Naroch and Dryswjaty lakes
1917
- until November 14th - positional battles between the Naroch and Dryswjaty lakes
- November 16 to December 7 - trench warfare in front of Dünaburg
- Truce December 7th to 17th -
- from December 17th - armistice
1918
- until February 18 - armistice
- February 18 to March 3 - Offensive against Lake Peipus and the upper Daugava
- March 3rd to 22nd - occupation of Russian territory between the Upper Daugava and Lake Peipus
- March 22nd to October 2nd - occupation of Great Russian territory
- October 10-12 - Fighting on the Hunding and Brunhild fronts
- October 15-17 - defensive battle in Flanders
- October 18 to 24 - rearguard battles between Yser and Lys
- October 25th to November 1st - Battle of the Lys
- November 2nd to 4th - rearguard fighting on both sides of the Scheldt
- November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp-Maas position
- from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Lieutenant General | Karl August Adolf von Krafft | September 13, 1818 to June 17, 1825 |
Lieutenant General | Constantine of Zepelin | June 18, 1825 to March 16, 1835 |
Major general | Karl Christian von Weyrach | March 30, 1835 to March 29, 1837 (in charge of the tour) |
Major General / Lieutenant General | Karl Christian von Weyrach | March 30, 1837 to March 29, 1840 |
Lieutenant General | Friedrich Wilhelm von Brünneck | March 30, 1840 to March 5, 1848 |
Major General / Lieutenant General | Ludwig Roth von Schreckenstein | March 6 to July 24, 1848 |
Lieutenant General | Georg von Stülpnagel | July 25, 1848 to September 14, 1849 |
Major general | Wilhelm von Cölln | September 15-21, 1849 |
Lieutenant General | Friedrich Wilhelm Karl von Grabow | September 22, 1849 to November 3, 1851 |
Lieutenant General | Ferdinand von Hirschfeld | November 4, 1851 to June 6, 1856 |
Lieutenant General | Karl von Herrmann | June 7, 1856 to April 29, 1859 |
Lieutenant General | Friedrich Karl of Prussia | April 30, 1859 to June 30, 1860 |
Lieutenant General | Ferdinand von Bialcke | July 1, 1860 to May 8, 1865 |
Major General / Lieutenant General | August from Werder | May 9, 1865 to July 17, 1870 |
Major General / Lieutenant General | Ernst von Hartmann | July 18, 1870 to March 12, 1877 |
Major General / Lieutenant General | Theodor von Sell | March 13, 1877 to May 13, 1881 |
Lieutenant General | Helmuth von Ziemietzky | May 14, 1881 to October 13, 1882 |
Major General / Lieutenant General | Rudolf von Waldow | October 14, 1882 to December 5, 1883 |
Lieutenant General | Rudolf von Oppeln-Bronikowski | December 6, 1883 to January 26, 1888 |
Major general | Hans von Kaltenborn-Stachau | January 27 to July 6, 1888 |
Lieutenant General | Wilhelm Roeder of Diersburg | July 7, 1888 to January 13, 1891 |
Dignity. Lieutenant General | Kuno von Falkenstein | January 17, 1891 to July 7, 1892 |
Lieutenant General | Anton von Froben | July 28, 1892 to July 17, 1896 |
Lieutenant General | August by Janson | July 18, 1896 to August 9, 1899 |
Lieutenant General | Leopold Hentschel from Gilgenheimb | August 18, 1899 to April 17, 1903 |
Lieutenant General | Hermann von Vietinghoff-Scheel | April 18, 1903 to May 16, 1907 |
Major general | Ernst Kuntze | May 21 to September 10, 1907 (in charge of the tour) |
Lieutenant General | Ernst Kuntze | September 11, 1907 to February 17, 1908 |
Lieutenant General | Wolfgang von Unger | February 18, 1908 to January 19, 1910 |
Lieutenant General | Rudolf von Wegerer | January 20, 1910 to March 1, 1911 |
Major general | Georg von der Marwitz | March 2 to March 19, 1911 (in charge of the tour) |
Lieutenant General | Georg von der Marwitz | March 20, 1911 to November 11, 1912 |
Lieutenant General | Ferdinand von Trossel | November 12, 1912 to December 10, 1914 |
Lieutenant General | Gustav von Hollen | December 11, 1914 to June 14, 1915 |
Lieutenant General | Hermann von Staabs | June 15, 1915 to July 6, 1916 |
Major general | Paul Grünert | July 7 to September 5, 1916 |
Lieutenant General | Richard von Kraewel | September 6, 1916 to February 1, 1917 |
Major general | Friedrich Wilhelm von Sydow | February 2, 1917 to January 11, 1919 |
Lieutenant General | Siegfried of La Chevallerie | January 12 to June 23, 1919 |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 61, 89–90.
- 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. 76-77.
- The servant. Field newspaper of the 3rd division. On-line
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. 93 f.