38th Division (German Empire)

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The 38th Division was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

structure

The division was part of the XI. Army Corps .

Peacemaking

Organization of war in mobilization

  • 76th Infantry Brigade
    • 3rd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 71
    • 6th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95
  • 83rd Infantry Brigade in Erfurt
    • Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke of Saxony" (5th Thuringian) No. 94
    • 7th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 96
  • 3rd squadron / cuirassier regiment "Emperor Nicholas I of Russia" (Brandenburg) No. 6
  • 38th Field Artillery Brigade
    • 1st Thuringian Field Artillery Regiment No. 19
    • 2nd Thuringian Field Artillery Regiment No. 55
  • 2nd and 3rd Company / Engineer Battalion No. 11

Division of War of July 27, 1918

  • 83rd Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke of Saxony" (5th Thuringian) No. 94
    • 6th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95
    • 7th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 96
    • 3rd squadron / cuirassier regiment "Emperor Nicholas I of Russia" (Brandenburg) No. 6
  • Artillery Commander No. 38
    • 1st Thuringian Field Artillery Regiment No. 19
    • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 61
  • Engineer Battalion No. 135
  • Division News Commander No. 38

history

The division was established on April 1, 1899 and had its headquarters in Erfurt . During the First World War , the association was mainly used on the western front and from September 1914 to October 1915 intermittently on the eastern front.

Battle calendar

1914

1915

  • to July 3rd - Battle of the Rawka-Bzura
  • 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
  • 0September 8-16 - Persecution from Nyemen to Berezina
  • September 16-17 - Battle of Szczara and Jelnia
  • September 17-18 - chase battles in the Lithuanian swamps
  • September 19 to October 5 - departure and transport to the west
  • from October 9th - fighting on the Aisne

1916

  • until March 14, 1916 - fighting on the Aisne
  • May 13th to September 8th - Battle of Verdun
    • May 18-29 - Fights for altitude 304
  • October 18 to November 17 - Battle of the Somme
  • November 18 to December 17 - Trench warfare on the Yser
  • from December 18 - trench warfare on the Somme

1917

  • until March 15 - trench warfare on the Somme
  • March 15 to April 5 - Trench warfare on the Aisne
  • March 16 to April 11 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • May 16-20 - the spring battle at Arras
  • May 21st to June 4th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0June 8th to August 6th - Battle of Flanders
  • 07th to 27th August - OHL reserve at Antwerp Governorate
  • August 28th to November 7th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0November 8th to December 3rd - Autumn battle in Flanders
  • from December 4th - trench warfare in Flanders

1918

  • until April 9th ​​- trench warfare in Flanders
  • 0April 4th to 30th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0May 1st to August 4th - Trench warfare in French Flanders and Artois
  • 05th to 6th August - Fighting off the Ypres Front - La Bassée
  • 0August 8-20 - Defensive battle between Somme and Avre
    • August 8th to 9th - tank battle between Ancre and Avre
    • August 10th to 12th - Battle of the Roman Road
  • August 21 to September 2 - Defensive battle between Scarpe and Somme
  • 0September 3 to 7 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • 0September 8th to October 8th - defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
  • 0October 9th to 15th - fights in front of and in the Hermann position
  • October 15-19 - fighting between Deûle Canal and Scheldt
  • October 20th to November 4th - fighting in the Hermann position on the Scheldt
  • 0November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp-Maas position
  • November 12th to December 19th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Julius Heinrich von Gemmingen-Steinegg 0April 1, 1899 to July 8, 1900
Lieutenant General Arnold von Behm 0July 9, 1900 to April 17, 1903
Lieutenant General Georg von Kleist April 18, 1903 to January 23, 1907
Lieutenant General Kurt von Manteuffel January 24, 1907 to July 6, 1909
Lieutenant General Alfred von Stubberg 0July 7, 1909 to April 20, 1911
( Württ. ) Lieutenant General Hermann von Rampacher April 21, 1911 to January 20, 1913
Lieutenant General Ernst Wagner January 27, 1913 to October 26, 1914
Lieutenant General Adolf von der Esch October 27, 1914 to May 30, 1915
Major general Hermann Schultheis 0June 1, 1915 to December 27, 1918
Lieutenant General Traugott from Sauberzweig December 28, 1918 to July 5, 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, 135–136.
  • 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. 429-432.

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. 132.