35th Division (German Empire)

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The 35th Division , also known as the 35th Infantry Division for the duration of the mobile relationship in World War I , was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

structure

The division was part of the XVII. Army Corps .

Peace structure 1914

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

  • 70th Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment "von Borcke" (4th Pomeranian) No. 21
    • Infantry Regiment "von der Marwitz" (8th Pomeranian) No. 61
  • 87th Infantry Brigade
  • Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 4
  • 35th Field Artillery Brigade
    • Field artillery regiment "Groß-Komtur" No. 71
    • Thorner Field Artillery Regiment No. 81
  • 1st company / 1st West Prussian Pioneer Battalion No. 17

Division of War of August 22, 1918

  • 87th Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment "von der Marwitz" (8th Pomeranian) No. 61
    • Kulmer Infantry Regiment No. 141
    • 9th West Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 176
    • MG Sniper Division No. 46
    • 2nd squadron / hussar regiment "Prince Blücher von Wahlstatt" (Pomeranian) No. 5
  • Artillery Commander No. 35
    • Field artillery regiment "Groß-Komtur" No. 71
    • 1st Battalion / Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 18
  • Engineer Battalion No. 133
  • Division News Commander No. 35

history

The division was established on April 1, 1890. The command was initially in Graudenz. From 1912 until the demobilization and dissolution in 1919 it was in Thorn .

First World War

During the First World War , the division was deployed on the Eastern Front and in October 1915 relocated to the West , where it fought until the end of the war.

Battle calendar

1914

1915

  • to July 6th - Battle of the Rawka-Bzura
    • January 31 to February 2 - Battle of Humin
    • 0March 5-16 - Battle of Stolniki
  • July 13th to 17th - breakthrough battle near Przasnysz
  • July 18-22 - Pursuit battles to the Lower Narew
  • July 23 to August 3 - Battle of the Narew
  • 04th to 7th August - Battle of the Orz
  • 0August 8-10 - Battle of Ostrow
  • August 11-12 - Battle of Chishev-Sambrov
  • August 13-18 - pursuit battles on the upper Narew and Nurzec
  • August 19-25 - Battle of Bielsk
  • August 26th to September 5th - chase battles on Swislocz and Naumka-Werecia
  • 0September 6-7 - Battle of Wolkowyszk
  • 08 to 12 September - Battle of the Zelwianka and the Niemen
  • September 12-17 - Battle of Szczara and Jelnia
  • September 17th to 26th - chase battles in the Lithuanian swamps
  • September 27th to October 17th - departure and transport to the west
  • from October 19th - trench warfare between Somme and Oise

1916

  • until June 23rd - trench warfare between Somme and Oise
  • June 24th to November 26th - Battle of the Somme
  • from November 27th - trench warfare on the Somme

1917

  • until March 15 - trench warfare on the Somme
  • March 16 to April 10 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • 0April 2nd to May 20th - Battle of Arras
  • May 21-28 - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • May 27 to June 13 - Battle of Flanders
  • June 15-20 - Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • June 24th to October 8th - fighting in the Siegfried Line
  • October 20th to December 3rd - Autumn battle in Flanders
  • from December 4th - trench warfare in Flanders

1918

  • until March 30th - trench warfare in Flanders
  • March 31 to May 6 - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0May 7th to August 23rd - Trench warfare in Flanders
  • August 24th to September 2nd - Battle of Monchy-Bapaume
  • 0September 3 to 26 - Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • September 27th to October 8th - defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
  • 0October 9th to November 4th - fights in front of and in the Hermann position
  • 0November 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
Lieutenant General Karl von Kczewski 0April 1, 1890 to March 24, 1893
Lieutenant General Bernhard Boie March 25, 1893 to June 28, 1895
Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Amann June 29, 1895 to June 14, 1899
Lieutenant General Oskar Wallmüller June 15, 1899 to March 31, 1902
Lieutenant General Hugo Kohlhoff 0April 1, 1902 to February 13, 1905
Lieutenant General Wilhelm Mootz February 14, 1905 to October 1, 1906
Major general Alfred von Briesen 0October 2 to 15, 1906 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General Alfred von Briesen October 16, 1906 to March 4, 1910
Lieutenant General Paul Oldenburg 0March 5, 1910 to April 21, 1912
Lieutenant General Hans von Winterfeld April 22 to November 19, 1912
Lieutenant General Otto Hennig November 19, 1912 to November 24, 1914
Major general Johannes von Hahn November 25, 1914 to January 20, 1918
Major general Albert von Kemnitz January 21 to September 4, 1918
Major general Max Wohlgemuth 0September 5, 1918 to January 26, 1919
Lieutenant General Detlev Vett January 27 to February 13, 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. 413-415.

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 f.