44th Reserve Division (German Empire)
The 44th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War of September 10, 1914
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87th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 205
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 206
- Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 16
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88th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 207
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 208
- Reserve Cavalry Division No. 44
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 44
- Reserve Engineer Company No. 44
Division of War of August 22, 1918
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87th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 205
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 206
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 208
- Reserve Cavalry Division No. 44
- Artillery Commander No. 44
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 44
- II. Division / Foot Artillery Regiment No. 21
- Engineer Battalion 344
- Division News Commander # 444
history
The division was formed on September 10, 1914 and used on the Western and Eastern Fronts during the First World War .
Battle calendar
1914
- October 20 to November 30 - Fights at Dixmude
- December 1 to April 21 - Trench warfare at the Yser
1915
- April 22nd to May 25th - Fighting for Ypres
- May 26th to June 1st - trench warfare on the Yser
- June 1 to 10 - transport to the east
- June 12-15 - breakthrough battle of Lubaczów
- June 17th to 22nd - Battle of Lviv
- June 22nd to July 16th - Persecution battles on the Galician-Polish border
- July 16-17 - breakthrough battle near Krasnostav
- July 19-28 - follow-up battles
- July 29-30 - Breakthrough Battle of Biskupice
- July 31 to August 19 - chase battles from Wieprz to Bug
- August 18 to 24 - Attack on Brest-Litovsk
- September 4 to October 6 - Second deployment on the northern Serbian border
- October 6th to November 22nd - Campaign in Serbia
- October 7th - crossing the Sava and storming the Banovo mountain
- October 9th - capture of Belgrade
- November 23 to February 6 - Reserve in Syrmia
1916
- February 1 to 6 - transport to the west
- February 6 to March 23 - OHL reserves in the 6th Army
- March 25th to June 15th - Battle of Verdun
- 3rd to 7th May - Fights for "Höhe 304"
- May 20th to 29th - Fights for the "dead man"
- July 1-11 - Battle of the Somme
- July 11th to October 9th - Trench warfare at Roye-Noyon
- October 10-30 - Battle of the Somme
- October 30th to March 15th - Trench warfare at Roye-Noyon
1917
- March 16 to 31 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- April 6th to May 10th - Aisne-Champagne double battle
- May 17th to October 21st - Position battles before Verdun in the Loclont-Seuzey section
- October 23 to November 28 - Autumn battle in Flanders
- November 28th to December 31st - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
1918
- January 1st to August 4th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- April 9-18 - Battle of Armentières
- 5th to 23rd August - Fighting in front of the Ypres- La Bassée front
- August 24th to September 2nd - Battle of Monchy-Bapaume
- September 3-15 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- September 18 to October 11 - Trench warfare in Lorraine
- October 11th to November 4th - fights in front of and in the Hermann position
- November 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 |
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Lieutenant General | Eugen von Dorrer | August 25, 1914 to April 2, 1916 |
Major general | Carl von Wichmann | April 3 to June 17, 1916 |
Lieutenant General | Kurt Christoph von Fölkersamb | September 21, 1916 to August 19, 1917 |
Lieutenant General | Anton Baron Digeon of Monteton | August 20, 1917 to March 15, 1918 |
Major general | Otto Haas | March 16 to December 16, 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, 139-140.
Individual evidence
- ^ Anton Wagner: The First World War, A look back. Herold Verlag, Vienna 1998, p. 120, ISBN 3-901183-04-3 .
- ↑ 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. 179.