36th Reserve Division (German Empire)
36th Reserve Division |
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active | August 2, 1914 to January 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
Strength | 18,000 |
Insinuation | I. Reserve Corps |
First World War |
Eastern Front
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The 36th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Together with the 1st Reserve Division , it formed the 1st Reserve Corps under Otto von Below .
Organization of war during mobilization in 1914
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69th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 21
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 61
- Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 2
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70th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Infantry Regiment “von der Goltz” (7th Pomeranian) No. 54
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 5
- Reserve Hussar Regiment No. 1
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 36
- 1st Reserve Company / Pomeranian Engineer Battalion No. 2
Division of War of May 24, 1918
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69th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 5
- Infantry Regiment “von der Goltz” (7th Pomeranian) No. 54
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 61
- 5th Squadron / 1st Guards Dragoon Regiment "Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland"
- Artillery Commander No. 72
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 36
- III. Battalion / Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 4
- Pomeranian Pioneer Battalion No. 2
- Division Message Commander # 436
history
The division was formed at the beginning of the war and used on the Eastern and Western Fronts.
Battle calendar
1914
- August 19-20 - Battle of Gumbinnen
- 23rd to 31st August - Battle of Tannenberg
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Battle of the Masurian Lakes
- September 11th - Insterburg is captured
September 5th to 15th - - September 25-30 - Battles on the Nyemen
- September 29 to October 2 - Battles near Raczki
- trench warfare for Wirballen October 3 to November 5 -
- Göritten November 6th to 8th - Battle of
- November 10-13 - Battle of Włocławek
- November 14th to 19th - Fights near Gostynin - Gombin
- November 16 - Gostynin intake
- November 19 - Ingestion of Gombin
- November 20-22 - on and east of the Kiernozia- Łowicz road
- November 20-29 - Battle of Łódź
- November 30th to December 17th - Battle of Lowicz- Sanniki
- from December 18th - Battle of the Rawka - Bzura
1915
- until February 16 - Battle of the Rawka-Bzura
- January 31 to February 2 - Battle of Humin
- February 20-27 - Battle of Przasnysz
- position competition at Szlubowo 1 to 7 March -
- March 3 to 10 - Battles in the Orzyc Arc
- March 11th to May 2nd - trench warfare north of Przasnysz
- Lithuania and Courland May 7th to 9th - advance to
- Dubissa May 7th to July 13th - Battles on the Lower
- July 14th to 25th - Battle of Schaulen
- July 30th to August 7th - Battle of Kupishki
- August 12th to 19th - Battle of Shimanzy-Ponedeli
- August 20 to September 8 - trench warfare on the Swjenta and Jara
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Dünaburg
- September 13th to November 1st - Fighting for the bridgehead in Dünaburg
September 9th to November 1st - Battle of - November 1st to 18th - trench warfare in front of Dünaburg
- from November 30th - trench warfare in front of Riga
1916
- until September 30th - trench warfare in front of Riga
- from October 4th - trench warfare on the Narajowka , between Narajowka and Zlota Lipa and on the Ceniowka
1917
- to 23 May - trench warfare on the Narajowka, between Narajowka and Zlota Lipa and on the Ceniowka
- May 23-29 - transport to the west
- May 29 to June 10 - Trench warfare in Lorraine
- June 11th to July 3rd - trench warfare in Upper Alsace
- Flanders and Artois June 5th to October 17th - Trench warfare in
- October 18 to December 3 - autumn battle in Flanders
- from December 4th - trench warfare in Flanders
1918
- until January 14th - trench warfare in Flanders
- January 15 to February 11 - Border patrol on the Belgian-Dutch border
- February 12th to April 9th - Trench warfare in Flanders
- April 10th to 29th - Battle of the Kemmelberg
- April 30th to May 19th - Trench warfare in Flanders
- May 20th to August 4th - Trench warfare in French Flanders and Artois
- Ypres Front - La Bassée August 5th to September 6th - Fighting on the
- Armentières - Lens front September 7-29 - Fighting on the
- September 30th to October 17th - defensive battle in Flanders
- October 18 to 24 - rearguard battles between Yser and Lys
- October 25th to November 1st - Battle of the Lys
- Scheldt November 2nd to 4th - rearguard fighting on both sides of the
- Antwerp - Meuse position 5th to 11th November - fighting in retreat in front of the
- from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Lieutenant General | Kurt Kruge | August 2, 1914 to December 27, 1916 |
Lieutenant General | Arnd from Leipzig | December 28, 1916 to January 28, 1918 |
Major general | Franz von Rantzau | January 29, 1918 to January 21, 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, 134.
- 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. 422-424.
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. 177.