5th Landwehr Division (German Empire)
5th Landwehr Division |
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active | October 25, 1914 to January 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
First World War | Western front |
Commanders | |
Please refer: | List of commanders |
The 5th Landwehr Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Organization of war in mobilization
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14th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 17
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 36
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 66
- Reserve Fortress MG Division No. 1
- Reserve Fortress MG Division No. 3
- Fortress MG Division No. 14
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30th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 25
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 65
- Reserve Fortress MG Division No. 6
- Fortress MG Squad No. 10
- Fortress MG Squad No. 17
- ½ 2nd Squadron / Reserve Hussar Regiment No. 2
- Landwehr Foot Artillery Battalion No. 8
- Replacement Battalion / 2nd Bavarian Foot Artillery Regiment
- Mobile Landwehr Pioneer Company / XVI. Army Corps
- Mobile Landwehr Pioneer Company / XI. Army Corps
- Light headlight train No. 11
Division of War of January 4, 1918
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30th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 25
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 36
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 65
- 2. Squadron / Uhlan Regiment "Hennigs von Treffenfeld" (Altmärkisches) No. 16
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 256
- Engineer Battalion No. 405
- Division News Commander No. 505
Battle calendar
The large association was formed on the Western Front in October 1914, initially as the Waldow Division , and was used here throughout the First World War . After the armistice , the division evacuated the occupied territories and marched back home, where it was first demobilized and finally dissolved in January 1919.
1914
- from October 22nd - fighting between Meuse and Moselle
- November 12th - Battle of Pintheville and Riaville
1915
- Fight between Meuse and Moselle
- March 18 - Battle of Marchéville
- March 27 - Battle of Marchéville
- April 5th to 16th - fights near Marchéville
1916
- until August 25th - fighting between Meuse and Moselle
- February 26 - Battle of Ville-en-Woëvre
- February 27 to April 24 - Fights at Champion
- February 27 to July 31 - Battle of Verdun
- from August 3rd - fights on the Meuse heights in Bois-Brûlé and Apremont
1917
- February 23rd - Fights on the Meuse heights in Bois-brûlé and Apremont
- from February 24th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
1918
- until June 18 - trench warfare in front of Verdun
- April 12-14 - Storming the enemy positions in the Bois-Brûlé
- June 19 to September 11 - trench warfare between the Meuse and the Moselle, in front of Verdun in the woods of Ailly and Apremont
- September 12-14 - evasive battles in the Mihiel Arch
- September 15 to October 10 - Trench warfare in the Woëvre plain and west of the Moselle
- October 11th to November 11th - Trench warfare in the Woëvre plain
- from November 12th - march back through Lorraine , the Rhine Province and the Palatinate during the armistice
1919
- until January 4th - march back through Lorraine, the Rhine Province and the Palatinate during the armistice
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Lieutenant General z. D. | Adolf von Waldow | October 25, 1914 to January 15, 1915 |
Lieutenant General z. D. | Carl Auler | January 16, 1915 to March 14, 1916 |
Major general | Fritz von Unger | March 15 to April 17, 1916 (deputy) |
Lieutenant General / General of the Infantry z. D. | Carl Auler | April 18, 1916 to August 14, 1918 |
Lieutenant General | Karl von Lewinski | August 15 to October 17, 1918 |
Major general | Friedrich Spennemann | October 18, 1918 to January 1919 |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 62, 97.
- 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. 117-119.
- Carl Auler: The 5th Prussian Landwehr Division in the World War 1914-1918. Chr.Belser AG, Stuttgart 1923.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 188.