33rd Division (German Empire)

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The 33rd Division , also known as the 33rd Infantry Division for the duration of the mobile relationship , was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

structure

The division was the XVI. Army Corps subordinated.

Peace formation from August 1, 1914

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

  • 66th Infantry Brigade
    • Metz Infantry Regiment No. 98
    • 1st Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 130
  • 67th Infantry Brigade
    • 3rd Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 135
    • 5th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 144
  • Horse Regiment No. 12
  • 33rd Field Artillery Brigade
    • 1st Lorraine Field Artillery Regiment No. 33
    • 2nd Lorraine Field Artillery Regiment No. 34
  • 1st Company / Engineer Battalion No. 16

Organization of War of April 27, 1918

  • 66th Infantry Brigade
    • Metz Infantry Regiment No. 98
    • 1st Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 130
    • 3rd Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 135
    • Machine gun sniper detachment No. 43
    • 4th Squadron / Jäger Regiment on Horseback No. 12
  • Artillery Commander No. 33
    • Field Artillery Regiment No. 283
    • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 76
  • Engineer Battalion 16
  • Division Message Commander No. 33

history

The division was established on April 1, 1887 and initially had its command in Strasbourg . On April 1, 1890, numbers were exchanged with the 30th Division and from that point on the location was Metz fortress .

First World War

The division was only active on the Western Front during the First World War .

Battle calendar

1914

  • August 22-27 - Battle of Longwy - Longuyon and the Othain Sector
  • August 28th to September 1st - Battle of the Meuse crossings
  • 0September 2nd to 3rd - Battle of Varennes-Montfaucon
  • 0September 4-5 - pursuit west of Verdun and through the Argonne
  • 0September 6-12 - Battle of Vaubecourt-Fleury
  • September 17th to 24th - Battle of Varennes
  • from September 25th - fight in the Argonne forest

1915

  • 0January 1st to December 31st - fight in the Argonne Forest

1916

  • until August 8th - battle in the Argonne forest
  • 0August 8th to September 9th - Battle of Verdun
  • 0September 9th to October 17th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
  • October 18 to November 30 - Fight in the Argonne Forest
  • from December 1st - trench warfare on the Somme

1917

  • until January 31st - trench warfare on the Somme
  • 0February 3 to April 30 - Trench warfare in the Argonne
  • 0May 4th to 27th - Aisne-Champagne double battle
  • 0June 3 to October 6 - Trench warfare in the Argonne
  • 0October 6th to December 31st - Trench warfare in Champagne

1918

  • 01st to 7th January - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • 0January 8th to March 12th - Reserve of the OHL
  • March 12-20 - resting time behind the 18th Army
  • March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
  • 0April 7-22 - Fights on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
  • April 23 to May 26 - Trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • May 27th to June 13th - Battle of Soissons and Reims
  • June 14th to July 4th - trench warfare between Oise , Aisne and Marne
  • 0July 5th to 14th - Reserve of the OHL
  • July 15-17 - Assault battle on the Marne and Champagne
  • July 18-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to August 3rd - Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • 0August 3 to September 25 - trench warfare in front of Verdun
  • September 26th to November 11th - defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
  • from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Otto von Derenthall 0April 1 to November 14, 1887 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General Otto von Derenthall November 15, 1887 to July 11, 1888
Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Scherff July 12, 1888 to June 16, 1889
Lieutenant General Robert von Goetze June 17, 1889 to March 23, 1890
Lieutenant General Julius von Bergmann 0April 1, 1890 to January 26, 1892
Lieutenant General Robert von Kayser January 27, 1892 to January 26, 1895
Lieutenant General Robert d'Orville von Löwenclau January 27, 1895 to May 19, 1897
Lieutenant General Arnold von Langenbeck May 20, 1897 to January 5, 1898
Lieutenant General Louis von Freyhold 0January 6, 1898 to May 1, 1901
Lieutenant General Friedrich von Liechtenstern 0May 2, 1901 to May 1, 1903
Lieutenant General Friedrich von Tippelskirch 0May 2, 1903 to April 21, 1904
Lieutenant General Hans Gaede April 22, 1904 to March 2, 1907
Lieutenant General Otto Leo von Blanquet 0March 3, 1907 to April 1, 1908
Lieutenant General Eugene Petzel 0April 2, 1908 to March 21, 1910
Lieutenant General Werner von Rostken March 22, 1910 to April 2, 1911
Lieutenant General Albert Schöpflin 0April 3, 1911 to February 16, 1913
Lieutenant General Franz Reitzenstein February 18, 1913 to September 25, 1914
Lieutenant General Walther von Lüttwitz September 26, 1914 to July 2, 1915
Lieutenant General Karl Vollbrecht 0July 3, 1915 to August 27, 1916
Major general Kuno from Barefoot August 28, 1916 to January 12, 1917
Major general Heinrich Schëuch January 13 to August 15, 1917
Major general Wilhelm Groener August 16 to December 22, 1917
Major general Walter von Schönberg December 23, 1917 to March 19, 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 69, 131.
  • 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. 402-404.

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. 129.