34th Division (German Empire)

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The 34th Division , also known as the 34th Infantry Division for the duration of the mobile relationship , was a large unit of the Prussian Army . The division was part of the XVI. Army Corps .

Division headquarters in the spring of 1917

structure

Peace structure 1914

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

  • 68th Infantry Brigade
    • 4th Magdeburg Infantry Regiment No. 67
    • King Infantry Regiment (6th Lorraine) No. 145
  • 86th Infantry Brigade in Saarlouis
    • Infantry Regiment "Graf Werder" (4th Rheinisches) No. 30
    • 9th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 173
  • 2nd Hanover Uhlan Regiment No. 14
  • 34th Field Artillery Brigade
    • 3rd Lorraine Field Artillery Regiment No. 69
    • 4th Lorraine Field Artillery Regiment No. 70
  • 3rd company / 1st Lorraine Engineer Battalion No. 16

Division of War of June 19, 1918

  • 68th Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment "Graf Werder" (4th Rheinisches) No. 30
    • 4th Magdeburg Infantry Regiment No. 67
    • King Infantry Regiment (6th Lorraine) No. 145
    • Machine gun sniper division No. 44
    • 5th Squadron / Jäger Regiment on Horseback No. 12
  • Artillery Commander No. 34
  • Engineer Battalion No. 132
  • Division News Commander No. 34

history

The large association was established on April 1, 1890 and had its command until 1918 in the fortress of Metz .

First World War

During the First World War , the division was only active on the Western Front .

Battle calendar

1914

  • July 31 to August 16 - border guard against France (parts of the division)
  • August 22-27 - Battle of Longwy-Longuyon and the Othain Sector
  • August 28th to September 1st - Battle of the Meuse crossings
  • 02nd to 3rd September - Battle of Varennes-Montfaucon (1st Battle of Varennes)
  • 0September 4-5 - pursuit west of Verdun and through the Argonne
  • 0September 6-12 - Battle of Vaubecourt-Fleury (Vaubecourt-Sommaisne)
  • September 17th to 24th - Battle of Varennes (2nd Battle of Varennes)
  • from September 25th - fight in the Argonner forest

1915

  • Battle in the Argonne Forest

1916

  • until August 20 - battle in the Argonner forest
  • August 21 to September 9 - Battle of Verdun
  • 0September 9th to October 28th - trench warfare around Verdun
  • 0November 6th to December 5th - Trench warfare in the central Vosges
  • from December 7th - reserve of the OHL

1917

  • until February 3 - reserve of the OHL
  • 0February 4th to March 9th - Trench warfare in the Argonne
  • April 16 to May 27 - Aisne-Champagne double battle
  • May 28th to July 22nd - Trench warfare near Reims
  • August 10-28 - Battle of Flanders
  • September 13th to October 26th - Trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle : near Richecourt, Seicheprey and Flirey
  • November 21-29 - Tank battle near Cambrai
  • November 30th to December 7th - Assault battle near Cambrai

1918

  • 0January 9th to March 7th - Trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • 0March 7-20 - Training and preparation for the Great Battle of France
  • March 21 to April 6 - Great battle in France
    • March 21-22 - Breakthrough battle at St. Quentin-La Fère
    • March 23 to 24 - Fighting in the crossing of the Somme and Crozat Canal between St. Christ and Tergnier
    • March 25th to 31st - pursuit battles to Montdidier-Noyon
  • 0April 7th to May 20th - Fights at Noyon
  • May 27th to June 13th - Battle of Soissons and Reims
  • May 28th to June 1st - chase battles between Oise and Aisne and over the Vesle to the Marne
  • May 30th to June 13th - Assault fighting west and southwest of Soissons
  • June 14th to July 4th - Trench warfare on the Aisne
  • July 18-25 - Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • August 20th to September 4th - Defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
  • 0September 4 to 18 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • September 19 to October 9 - Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
  • October 10th to November 4th - fights in front of and in the Hermann position
    • November 4th - Battle of Guise
  • 0November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp- Maas position
  • November 12th to December 22nd - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Konrad von Bartenwerffer 0April 1, 1890 to February 13, 1893
Major general Maximilian von Buch February 14 to April 17, 1893 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General Maximilian von Buch April 18, 1893 to September 9, 1897
Lieutenant General Bernhard von Morsbach September 10, 1897 to October 17, 1900
Lieutenant General Heinrich XIX. Prince of Reuss October 18, 1900 to March 1, 1903
Lieutenant General Karl von Hochwächter 0March 2, 1903 to April 30, 1904
Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Uslar 0May 1, 1904 to April 3, 1907
Lieutenant General Kurt von Uechtritz and Steinkirch 0April 4, 1907 to March 5, 1909
Major general Adolf Franke 0March 6 to April 19, 1909 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General Adolf Franke April 20, 1909 to February 7, 1912
Lieutenant General Theodor Gustav Heinrich Claassen 0February 8, 1912 to January 5, 1914
Lieutenant General Walter von Heinemann 0January 6, 1914 to April 24, 1916
Major general Fritz von Unger April 25 to August 5, 1916
Major general Hugo blacksmith's blanket 0August 6 to October 13, 1916
Major general Theodor Teetzmann October 14, 1916 to February 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, 132.
  • 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. 409-412.

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. 130.