52nd Division (German Empire)

The 52nd Division was a major unit of the German Army in the First World War .

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 demobilized in January 1919 and then dissolved.

Battle calendar

1915

• from May 23rd --- Trench warfare in the Artois west of Bapaume
  • June 7-13 --- Battle of Serre

1916

• until June 23rd --- --- Trench warfare in the Artois west of Bapaume
• June 24th to November 26th --- Battle of the Somme
• from November 27th --- Trench warfare on the Somme

1917

• until January 5th --- Trench warfare on the Somme
• January 5th to April 2nd --- Trench warfare in Upper Alsace
• April 2nd to 20th --- OHL reserve at Army Department B
• April 20th to May 27th --- Battle of the Aisne and 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
• from November 1st --- trench warfare in Champagne

1918

• until March 15th --- Position battles in Champagne
• March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
  • March 25th to 31st --- Chase battles to Montdidier - Noyon
• April 7th to May 5th --- Fights on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
• May 6th to 26th --- Reserve of the OHL
• May 27th to June 13th --- Battle of Soissons and Reims
  • May 27th --- Storming the heights of the Chemin des Dames
• June 14-21 --- Position battles between Oise , Aisne and Marne
• June 21 to August 4 --- Trench warfare in French Flanders and Artois
• August 5th to 18th --- Fighting on the Ypres Front - La Bassée
• August 21 to September 2 --- Battle of Monchy-Bapaume
  • August 25-28 --- Fights for Thilloy
• September 3 to 7 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
• September 9-22 --- Trench warfare in Flanders
• September 22nd to 28th --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
• September 29 to October 31 --- Defensive battle between Argonne and Meuse
• September 29th to November 11th --- Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
  • November 1st to 11th --- Defensive battles between Aire and Maas, retreat battles and transition to the right bank of the Maas
• from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

structure

Division of War of March 6, 1915

• 104th Infantry Brigade
  • 3rd Magdeburg Infantry Regiment No. 66
  • 8th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 169
  • 9th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 170
  • Cycling company No. 52
  • 4th Squadron / Uhlan Regiment "Hennigs von Treffenfeld" (Altmärkisches) No. 16
• 52nd Field Artillery Brigade
  • Field Artillery Regiment No. 103
  • Field Artillery Regiment No. 104
  • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 52
  • Engineer Company No. 103
  • Engineer Company No. 104

Division of War of May 26, 1918

• 56th Infantry Brigade
  • Infantry regiment “Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm” (3rd Baden) No. 111
  • 8th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 169
  • 9th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 170
  • Machine-gun sniper division No. 38
  • 4th Squadron / Uhlan Regiment "Hennigs von Treffenfeld" (Altmärkisches) No. 16
• Artillery Commander No. 52
  • Field Artistry Regiment No. 104
  • 2nd Battalion / Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 17
• Engineer Battalion No. 137
• Division News Commander No. 52

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant General	Karl von Borries	March 3, 1915 to October 22, 1918
Major general	Eugene luck	October 25 to December 11, 1918
Major general	Wilhelm Ribbentrop	December 12, 1918 to January 23, 1919

literature

• Hall of Fame of our Old Army. , Edited on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 71, 144–145.

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.