50th Division (German Empire)

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The 50th Division was a major unit of the German Army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of March 10, 1915

Division of War of May 26, 1918

  • 100th Infantry Brigade
    • Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment No. 39
    • 5th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 53
    • 7th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 158
    • MG Sniper Division No. 36
    • 1. Squadron / Uhlan Regiment "Hennigs von Treffenfeld" (Altmärkisches) No. 16
  • Artillery Commander No. 50
    • Field Artillery Regiment No. 99
    • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 95
  • Engineer Battalion No. 50
  • Division News Commander No. 50

history

The division was formed on March 1, 1915 and, after its formation, was used exclusively on the Western Front. After the end of the war, she returned home, where she was dissolved in January 1919.

Battle calendar

1915

Commemorative medal of the 50th Infantry Division
  • April 3rd to September 21st --- Position battles in Champagne
    • April 27th --- Storming of the Fritsch mountain
  • September 22nd to November 3rd --- Autumn battle in Champagne
  • from November 4th --- Position battles in Champagne

1916

  • until April 4th --- Position battles in Champagne
  • April 5th to September 9th --- Battle of Verdun
    • April 16th to June 1st --- Battle of Fort Vaux
    • May 14th to June 1st --- Battle of Damloup
    • June 2nd --- Storming of Damloup and Fort Vaux
    • June 3-7 --- Fighting in and around Fort Vaux
    • June 3rd to September 9th --- Fights south of Fort Vaux, mountain and fairy forest
    • June 21st --- Storming of Battery a and the quarry southwest of Fort Vaux
    • July 3rd --- Storming of the Hohen-Batterie de Damloup
  • September 9 to November 18 --- Position battles in front of Verdun
    • October 24th --- Fighting on Douaumont and Fort Vaux
  • November 21st to 28th --- Fights in the Argonne Forest
  • from November 28th --- Trench warfare in the Argonne

1917

  • until February 26th --- Trench warfare in the Argonne
  • February 26 to April 6 --- OHL reserves behind the 6th Army
  • April 11th to May 27th --- Battle of the Aisne and Champagne
  • May 28 to October 23 --- Trench warfare at the Chemin des Dames
    • June 1st --- Storming of the 1st French position west of Allemant
  • October 24th to November 2nd --- rearguard battles on and south of the Ailette
  • from November 3rd --- trench warfare north of the Ailette

1918

  • until January 16 --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • January 17th to March 20th --- resting time behind the 18th Army
  • March 21-22 --- Breakthrough battle at St. Quentin - La Fère
  • March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
  • March 23rd to 24th --- Fighting at the crossing over the Somme and the Crozat Canal between St. Christ and Tergnier
  • March 25th to 31st --- Chase battles to Montdidier - Noyon
  • April 7th to May 5th --- Fights on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
  • May 5th to June 15th --- Trench warfare near Reims
  • June 14th to July 4th --- Position battles between Oise , Aisne and Marne
  • July 5th to 14th --- Trench warfare west of Soissons
  • July 15-17 --- Attack battle on the Marne and Champagne
  • July 18th to 25th --- Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to August 3rd --- Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • August 4th to 24th --- Trench warfare near Reims
  • August 24th to September 3rd --- Trench warfare on the Vesle
  • September 4th to October 9th --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • October 10th to 12th --- Fighting in front of the Hunding and Brunhild fronts
  • October 13th to November 4th --- Fights in the dog position
    • November 2nd to 4th --- Trench warfare on the Aisne
  • November 5th to 11th --- fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp - Meuse position
  • from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General George of Engelbrechten March 1, 1915 to July 8, 1918
Major general Friedrich von Derschau July 9, 1918 to November 6, 1918
Major general Georg von Alt-Stutterheim November 7, 1918 to January 2, 1919

literature

  • The field gray. War magazine with picture decorations. ed. from the 50th Division, 1918 ( LLB Detmold )
  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 71, 143.
  • Wilhelm Engelmann: History of the field artillery regiment No. 99 . Using the files of the Reichsarchiv , Oldenburg i. O./Berlin (Gerhard Stalling) 1927 (souvenir sheets of German regiments. Troops of the former Prussian contingent. The series of publications 230th volume).

Individual evidence

  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. 138.