5th Guard Division (German Empire)

5th Guard Division
active	January 10, 1917 to January 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Armed forces	army
Type	Infantry division
structure	See: Outline

The 5th Guards Infantry Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

history

The large association was formed on January 10, 1917 and was used exclusively on the western front during the course of the war . After the war ended , the division was demobilized and dissolved in January 1919.

Battle calendar

1917

15 January to 7 March --- OHL reserves in the area of the 2nd and 7th Army
March 8 to April 5 --- Trench warfare on the Aisne
April 6th to May 27th --- Double battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
May 28 to October 23 --- Trench warfare at the Chemin des Dames
October 23rd --- Battle at Chavignon
October 24th to November 2nd --- rearguard battles on and south of the Ailette
3rd to 19th November --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
November 20th to 29th --- Battle of Cambrai
November 29th to December 31st --- Fights in the Siegfriedstellung

1918

January 1st to March 20th --- Reserve of the OHL
March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
April 7-13 --- Fights on the Avre , Montdidier and Noyon
April 20 to May 26 --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
May 27th to June 13th --- Battle of Soissons and Reims
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 3rd --- Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
4th to 9th August --- position battles on the Vesle
17th August to 4th September --- Defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
September 5th to 19th --- Fighting in front of and in the Siegfried Front
September 21-25 --- Trench warfare in the Argonne
September 26th to October 9th --- Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
October 11 to November 11 --- Trench warfare in the Woëvre plain and on both sides of the Moselle

from November 12th --- march back through Lorraine , the Rhine Province and the Palatinate

structure

Division of War of June 5, 1917

2nd Guard Infantry Brigade
Guard Artillery Commander No. 5
- 4th Guards Field Artillery Regiment
4th Guards Pioneer Company
1st Guard Reserve Engineer Company
Guard Mine Thrower Company No. 9
Guard Telephone Department No. 5

Organization of War of April 27, 1918

2nd Guard Infantry Brigade
- Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3
- Infantry Regiment "Count Tauentzien von Wittenberg" (3rd Brandenburg) No. 20
- MG Sniper Division No. 75
- 1st squadron / 2nd squadron Guard Uhlan Regiment
Guard Artillery Commander No. 5
- 4th Guards Field Artillery Regiment
- I. Division / Guard Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 1
Engineer Battalion No. 100
Division News Commander No. 5

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Major general	Walter from the east	January 11, 1917 to March 3, 1918
Major general	Walter von Haxthausen	March 4, 1918 to January 12, 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. 61, 94-95.

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 137.

[Wegner-1] 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. 137.