33rd Reserve Division (German Empire)

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33rd Reserve Division

active August 2, 1914 to August 12, 1918
Country German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Armed forces Prussian Army
Type Infantry division
structure See: Outline

The 33rd Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

Division of War of January 23, 1918

  • 66th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Artillery Commander No. 125
    • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 33
  • Engineer Battalion No. 333
  • Division News Commander # 433

history

The division was formed at the beginning of the First World War from the main reserve of the fortress Metz and initially consisted of Bavarian and Prussian troops. The large association was deployed on the western and eastern fronts and was disbanded on August 12, 1918.

Battle calendar

1914

  • August 20-22 --- Battle of Lorraine
  • August 22-27 --- Battle of Longwy and the Othain Sector
    • August 24th to 25th --- Battle of Etain
  • September 2nd --- Trench warfare around Verdun
  • September 5-9 --- Fights for positions in front of Nancy
  • 5th to 12th September --- Fighting in the southern position of Metz
  • September 13th to 26th --- Position battles around Verdun
  • from September 29th --- Fights between Meuse and Moselle

1915

  • January 1st to December 31st --- Fights between Meuse and Moselle

1916

  • until August 11th --- Fights between Meuse and Moselle
  • August 11th to September 9th --- Battle of Verdun
    • August 28th to 29th --- Fights in the mountain forest
    • September 3rd --- Storming of the French positions on both sides of the Souville Gorge
    • September 4th to 9th --- Battles for Souville Gorge
  • September 9 to November 6 --- Trench warfare around Verdun
    • October 24th --- Fighting on Douaumont and Fort Vaux
  • from November 7th --- Trench warfare in Lorraine

1917

  • until April 14th --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
  • April 18th to May 22nd --- Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
  • May 23rd to August 20th --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
  • August 20th to September 10th --- Defense battle near Verdun
  • September 11th to 18th --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
  • September 18-22 --- Transport to the East
  • September 23 to December 7 --- Trench warfare on the Sereth
  • December 7th to 17th --- Truce
  • from December 17th --- armistice

1918

  • until January 16 --- Armistice
  • January 20th to June 20th --- Trench warfare near Reims
  • June 20 to July 14 --- Trench warfare in Champagne
  • July 15-17 --- Attack battle on the Marne and Champagne
  • July 18th to 26th --- Position battles in Champagne
  • July 28th to August 5th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
  • August 12, 1918 --- Division disbanded

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Viktor Karl Wilhelm Bausch August 2, 1914 to June 21, 1917
Major general Kuno from Barefoot June 22, 1917 to August 9, 1918

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. 405-408.

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. 177.