36th Reserve Division (German Empire)

36th Reserve Division
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 Battle of Gumbinnen Battle of Tannenberg Battle of the Masurian Lakes Western front

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

• 69th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 21
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 61
  • Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 2
• 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

• 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
• 0September 5th to 15th - Battle of the Masurian Lakes
  • September 11th - Insterburg is captured
• September 25-30 - Battles on the Nyemen
• September 29 to October 2 - Battles near Raczki
• 0October 3 to November 5 - trench warfare for Wirballen
• 0November 6th to 8th - Battle of Göritten
• 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
• 01 to 7 March - position competition at Szlubowo
• 0March 3 to 10 - Battles in the Orzyc Arc
• March 11th to May 2nd - trench warfare north of Przasnysz
• 0May 7th to 9th - advance to Lithuania and Courland
• 0May 7th to July 13th - Battles on the Lower Dubissa
• 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
• 0September 9th to November 1st - Battle of Dünaburg
  • September 13th to November 1st - Fighting for the bridgehead in Dünaburg
• 0November 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
  • July 16-23 - Battle of Kekkau
• 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
• 0June 5th to October 17th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
• 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
• 0August 5th to September 6th - Fighting on the Ypres Front - La Bassée
• 0September 7-29 - Fighting on the Armentières - Lens front
• 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
• 0November 2nd to 4th - rearguard fighting on both sides of the Scheldt
• 05th to 11th November - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp - Meuse position
• from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant General	Kurt Kruge	0August 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

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. 177.