39th Royal Bavarian Reserve Division

The 39th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Bavarian Army from February 1916 during the First World War .

39th Royal Bavarian Reserve Division
active	December 8, 1914 to 1919
Country
Armed forces	Bavarian Army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline
Insinuation	XV. Reserve Corps

structure

Division of War of November 20, 1914

• Bavarian 9th Replacement Brigade
  • Bavarian Replacement Infantry Regiment 1
  • Bavarian Replacement Infantry Regiment 3
• Bavarian 1st Spare Infantry Brigade
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 80
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 81
• 3rd Squadron / Reserve Hussar Regiment No. 9
• Substitute Department / Bavarian 10th Field Artillery Regiment
• Replacement battery / Bavarian 4th Field Artillery Regiment "König"
• Replacement battery / Bavarian 8th Field Artillery Regiment "Prince Heinrich of Prussia"
• 2nd Replacement Company / Bavarian 1st Engineer Battalion
• 1st Replacement Company / Bavarian 3rd Pioneer Battalion

Division of War of March 15, 1918

• 1st Replacement Infantry Brigade
  • 1st replacement regiment
  • 2nd replacement regiment
  • 3rd replacement regiment
  • 1st Squadron / 2nd Chevaulegers Regiment "Taxis"
• Artillery Commander No. 21
  • 10th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment
• Engineer Battalion 23
• Divisional News Commander # 439

history

In August 1914 it was originally set up as the "Rekowski" provisional brigade . On October 2, 1914, the association was expanded to form the "Rekowski" division and, from December 8, 1914, it was run as the 39th Reserve Division . Since the division consisted for the most part of Bavarian associations, it was renamed the Royal Bavarian 39th Reserve Division on February 4, 1916 and the newly formed XV. Subordinate to Reserve Corps .

After the armistice in Compiègne , the remnants of the division marched back home via Schönau and Tübingen , where they were demobilized and finally dissolved.

Battle calendar

1914

• from August 17th --- position battle in the central Vosges

1915

• January 1st to December 31st --- Trench warfare in the central Vosges

1916

• to November 7th --- Trench warfare in the central Vosges
• November 8th to December 17th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
  • December 15 and 16 --- Fights at Louvemont and Bezonvaux

1917

• from January 3rd --- position battle in Upper Alsace

1918

• until January 16 --- Position battle in Upper Alsace
• January 16 to November 11 --- Trench warfare in Lorraine and the Vosges
• from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant General	Otto Fedor von Gynz-Rekowski	October 5 to November 2, 1915
Lieutenant General	Friedrich Grüber	February 1 to December 21, 1916
Major General / Lieutenant General	Karl von Riedl	December 22, 1916 to September 29, 1917
Major general	Karl von Reck	September 30, 1917 to December 1918

literature

• Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reich Archives . Military Publishing House. Berlin 1927. pp. 70, 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. 440-441.
• Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Volume I and II. Chr. Belser AG publishing bookstore. Stuttgart 1930.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hermann Cron: History of the German Army in the World War 1914-1918. Berlin 1937. p. 103.
2. ^ Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen, Friedrichfranz Feeser: The Bavarian Book of the World Wars 1914-1918. Volume I. Chr. Belser AG publishing bookstore. Stuttgart 1930. p. 175.
3. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 . P. 178.
4. ^ Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen, Friedrichfranz Feeser: The Bavarian Book of the World Wars 1914-1918. Volume I. Chr. Belser AG. Publishing bookstore. Stuttgart 1930. p. 197.