52nd Reserve Division (German Empire)
52nd Reserve Division |
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active | August 2, 1914 to January 1919 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry division |
structure | See: Outline |
Insinuation | XXVI. Reserve Corps |
First World War | Western front |
Commanders | |
1914-1918 | Lieutenant General Emil Waldorf |
The 52nd Reserve Division was a large unit of the Prussian Army .
structure
Division of War 1914
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103rd Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 237
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 238
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104th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 239
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 240
- Reserve Cavalry Division No. 52
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 52
- Reserve Engineer Company No. 52
Division of War of October 19, 1918
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104th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 238
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 239
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 240
- Reserve Cavalry Division No. 52
- Artillery Commander No. 69
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 52
- Foot Artillery Battalion No. 51
- Engineer Battalion No. 352
- Division News Commander # 452
Battle calendar
The division was formed mainly from volunteers at the beginning of World War I as part of mobilization . In 1914 it was under the XVI. Army Corps and was used exclusively on the Western Front for the rest of the war .
1914
- October 18 to November 30 --- Battle of Ypres , occupied Passchendaele on October 20
- December 1 to April 21 --- Trench warfare on the Yser
1915
- April 22nd to May 25th --- Fighting for Ypres
- April 22 to 23 --- Big breakthrough via Pilkem , Langemarck to the heights north of Ypres (first gas attack on the German side)
- May 26 to September 16, 1916 --- Trench warfare on the Yser
1916
- September 17th to October 2nd --- Battle of the Somme
- October 7th to April 29th --- Position battles in Champagne
1917
- April 29th to May 27th --- Aisne-Champagne double battle
- May 28th to July 9th --- Trench warfare near Reims
- July 9th to 20th --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- July 22nd to August 12th --- Summer battle in Flanders
- August 15 to December 31 --- Trench warfare in Champagne
1918
- January 1st to April 27th --- Trench warfare in Champagne
- April 26-29 --- Battle of Kemmel
- April 30 to August 29 --- Trench warfare in Flanders
- August 29th to 31st --- Fighting in front of the Ypres- La Bassée front
- September 1st to 2nd --- Battle of Monchy - Bapaume
- September 3 to 26 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- 28 September to 17 October --- Defensive battle in Flanders
- October 18th to 4th --- rearguard fighting between Yser and Lys
- October 25th to November 1st --- Battle of the Lys
- November 2nd to 4th --- Rearguard fighting on both sides of the Scheldt
- 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 |
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Lieutenant General | Emil Waldorf | September 10, 1914 to December 12, 1918 |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 71, 145.