6th Royal Bavarian Division

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The 6th Division , referred to as the 6th Infantry Division in World War I , was a large unit of the Bavarian Army .

6th Royal Bavarian Division

active
Country Flag of Bavaria (striped) .svg Kingdom of Bavaria
Armed forces Bavarian Army
Type Infantry Division
structure see: Outline

structure

Peace structure 1914

Division of War of August 2, 1914

Division of War of March 25, 1918

  • 11th Infantry Brigade
    • 6th Infantry Regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia"
    • 10th Infantry Regiment "King Ludwig"
    • 13th Infantry Regiment "Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary"
    • MG sniper division 3
    • 3rd Squadron / 2nd Chevaulegers Regiment "Taxis"
  • Bavarian artillery commander 6
  • Engineer Battalion 6
  • Division Message Commander 6

history

The division was established on April 1, 1900 and the command was in Regensburg until the disbandment of the large association in 1919 . She was the III. Army Corps subordinated.

First World War

Since the beginning of the First World War she fought as part of the 6th Army on the Western Front . There she was in action throughout the course of the war.

Battle calendar

1914

1915

  • January 1st to December 31st - fighting between Meuse and Moselle

1916

1917

  • until January 31st - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • February 1 to April 1 - Trench warfare in French Flanders and Artois
  • April 2nd to May 20th - Battle of Arras
  • May 21st to September 20th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • September 20th to October 12th Battle of Flanders
  • from October 12th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois

1918

  • until March 16 - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • March 16-20 - Trench warfare in Artois and deployment to the Great Battle of France
  • March 21st to 31st - Great Battle of France
  • April 1st to 15th - Trench warfare in Flanders
  • April 16-29 - Fights in the Wytschaete Arch
  • April 30 to May 1 - Trench warfare in Flanders
  • May 2nd to August 8th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
  • August 8th to September 3rd - defensive battle between the Somme and Oise
  • September 4 to 18 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • September 19 to October 9 - Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
  • October 10th to November 4th - fights in front of and in the Hermann position
  • November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp- Maas position
  • from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Carl von Horn 0April 1, 1900 to March 18, 1904
Lieutenant General Theodor von Zwehl March 19, 1904 to May 20, 1906
Lieutenant General Luitpold von Horn May 21 to October 12, 1906
Lieutenant General Friedrich von Pflaum October 13, 1906 to August 5, 1909
Lieutenant General Karl von Martini 0August 6, 1909 to April 21, 1912
Lieutenant General Oskar von Xylander April 22, 1912 to March 26, 1913
Lieutenant General Maximilian von Höhn March 27, 1913 to February 17, 1915
Lieutenant General Otto von Gyßling February 17, 1915 to April 17, 1916
Lieutenant General z. D. Albert Koch April 17 to July 10, 1916
Lieutenant General Maximilian von Höhn July 10 to October 16, 1916
Major general Maximilian von Kirschbaum October 16-23, 1916
Major general Ignace of Godin October 28, 1916 to September 28, 1917
Lieutenant General Karl von Riedl September 30, 1917 to May 29, 1918
Lieutenant General Otto von Rauchberger May 29 to December 19, 1918
Major general Eugen Ritter von Zoellner December 20, 1918 to June 19, 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. 62, 98.
  • 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. 142-143.
  • Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Volume I. + II. Chr. Belser AG. Stuttgart 1930.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 666.