45th Reserve Division (German Empire)

45th Reserve Division
active	October 1914 to January 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Armed forces	army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline
Strength	15,000

The 45th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of September 10, 1914

• 89th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 211
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 212
• 90th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 209
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 210
  • Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 17
• Reserve Cavalry Division No. 45
• Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 45
• Reserve Engineer Company No. 45

Division of War of May 26, 1918

• 90th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 210
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 211
  • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 212
  • Reserve Cavalry Division No. 45
• Artillery Commander No. 45
  • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 45
  • 1st Battalion / Lauenburg Foot Artillery Regiment No. 20
• Engineer Battalion No. 345
• Divisional News Commander # 445

history

The division was put together in early October 1914 and was together with the 46th Reserve Division of the XXIII. Subordinate to Reserve Corps . The large association was used exclusively on the Western Front and was demobilized after the end of the war in January 1919 and then dissolved.

Battle calendar

1914

• October 18 to November 30 --- Battle of the Yser
  • October 22nd to November 11th --- Fights for Bixschoote
• from December 1st --- trench warfare on the Yser

1915

• until April 21st - trench warfare on the Yser
  • April 8th - capture of the Drie canals
• April 22nd to May 25th - Fighting for Ypres
  • April 22-27 - Fights at Steenstraate-Lizerne
• from May 26th - trench warfare on the Yser in the Wytschaete-Bogen
  • July 4th to September 21st - Battles at the Het-Sas lock
  • July 6-8 - Battle at Pilkem

1916

• to September 5th --- Position battles on the Yser in the Wytschaete-Bogen
  • March 27th to April 27th --- Fights at St. Eloi
• September 5th to 26th --- Battle of the Somme
• from September 26th --- fighting on the Aisne

1917

• until March 14th --- fighting on the Aisne
• March 15 to April 5 --- Trench warfare on the Aisne
• April 6th to May 16th --- Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
• May 16 to September 26 --- Position battles in front of Verdun
• September 27th to October 13th --- Autumn battle in Flanders
• October 18 to December 8 --- Position battles in front of Verdun
• December 8th to 27th --- Fights in the Siegfried Line
• from December 27th --- Trench warfare at Saint-Quentin and the Oise

1918

• until March 20th --- Trench warfare near Saint-Quentin and the Oise
• March 21-22 --- Breakthrough battle at Saint-Quentin- La Fère
• March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
• April 7-16 --- Fights on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
• April 24th to May 25th --- Position battles in Champagne
• May 27th to June 13th --- Battle of Soissons and Reims
  • May 28th to June 1st --- Pursuit battles between Oise and Aisne and over the Vesle to the Marne
  • May 30th to June 13th --- Aggressive fighting west and southwest of Soissons
• June 14th to July 4th --- Position battles between Oise, Aisne and Marne
• July 5th to 17th --- Position battles between Aisne and Marne
• July 18th to 25th --- Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
• July 26th to August 1st --- Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
• August 1st to September 25th --- Trench warfare in Champagne
• September 26th to October 31st --- Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
• November 1st to 11th --- Position battles on the Woëvre plain
• from November 12th --- March back through Lorraine , the Rhine provinces and the Palatinate during the armistice

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
General of the Infantry z.D.	Albert Schöpflin	0August 2, 1914 to February 21, 1917
Lieutenant General	Walter von Eberhardt	March 30, 1917 to February 24, 1918
Major general	Otto von Weise	February 25 to April 13, 1918
Major general	Friedrich Gündell	April 14, 1918 to January 20, 1919

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, 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. pp. 464-467.

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. 179.