45th Landwehr Division (1st Royal Saxon)
45th Landwehr Division (1st Royal Saxon) |
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active | February 15, 1917 to March 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Saxon Army |
Armed forces | army |
Type | Infantry Division |
structure | See: Outline |
First World War |
Eastern Front
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Commanders | |
Please refer: | List of commanders |
The 45th Landwehr Division (1st Royal Saxon) was a major unit of the Saxon army in the First World War .
structure
Division of War of February 15, 1917
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45th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 107
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 133
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 350
- 4th Squadron / Guard Rider Regiment (1st Heavy Regiment)
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 408
- 4th Reserve Company / Engineer Battalion No. 22
- Headlight train No. 2
- Mine thrower company No. 345
Division of War of January 27, 1918
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45th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 107
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 133
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 350
- 4th Squadron / Guard Rider Regiment (1st Heavy Regiment)
- Artillery Commander No. 152
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 408
- Divisional News Commander # 545
Battle calendar
The division was composed of Landwehr and replacement units on the Eastern Front in February 1917 . It stayed there after the end of the war and acted as a police and occupying power.
1917
- March 5th to December 1st --- Trench warfare on the upper Styr - Stochod
- December 2nd to 17th --- Truce
- from December 17th --- armistice
1918
- until February 18th --- Armistice
- February 18 to June 21 --- Fighting in support of Ukraine
- March 1-3 --- Capture of Kiev
- March 2nd to 3rd --- Taking Zmerinka
- March 5th --- Battle of Hobodka
- March 7th to 8th --- Fights near Kharkov
- March 12th --- Battle at Kononowska
- March 14th --- Battle at Marianowka
- March 21st --- Battle at Romodan
- March 27-28 --- Battle near Potoki
- April 4th to 6th --- Battle of Wodjanaja and Kowiagi
- April 8th --- Capture of Kharkov
- May 23rd - Walujki is taken
- June 22nd to November 15th --- Occupation of Ukraine
- from November 16 --- evacuation of Ukraine
1919
- until March 16, 1919 --- evacuation of the Ukraine
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Major general | Kurt von Reyher | February 20, 1917 to March 30, 1918 |
Major general | Matthias Hoch | March 31 to September 1, 1918 |
Major general | Otto from the ceiling | September 2, 1918 to March 1919 |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army , published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 70, 140
- 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, p. 468
- Artur Baumgarten-Crusius: The Saxons in the field 1914-1918 , Verlag der Literaturwerke "Minerva", R. Max Lippold, Leipzig 1923, pp. 509-514
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 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. 197