7th (Württemberg) Landwehr Division

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7th (Württemberg) Landwehr Division

active January 27, 1915 to March 1919
Country Kingdom of Württemberg Kingdom of Württemberg
Armed forces Württemberg Army
Armed forces army
Type Infantry Division
structure See: Outline
Location See garrisons
First World War Western front

Eastern Front

management
Commanders See list of commanders

The 7th (Württemberg) Landwehr Division was a major unit of the Württemberg Army from 1915 to 1919 during the First World War .

history

Garrisons

Set up as a war formation, the division had no peace garrison.

Battle calendar

The division was formed on January 27, 1915 on the Western Front , withdrawn from Lorraine in May 1917 and transferred to the Eastern Front. Here she fought beyond the local armistice and took part in the occupation of Ukraine . After the war ended, the division returned home by mid-March 1919.

1915

1916

  • until February 29th --- position battle in Upper Alsace
  • from March 1st --- position battle in Upper Alsace

1917

  • until February 15th --- position battle in Upper Alsace
  • February 21 to May 14 --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
  • May 21st to December 1st --- fighting on the upper Styr - Stochod
  • December 2nd to 17th --- Truce
  • from December 17th --- armistice

1918

  • until February 18th --- Armistice
  • February 18 to June 21 --- Fighting in support of Ukraine
    • March 17th to 18th --- Battle at Adabash- Novo-Ukrainka
    • April 2nd to 3rd --- capture of Yekaterinoslav
    • April 7-13 --- Battle near Sinjelniekowo
    • April 28 to May 1 --- Skirmishes near Rashenoye, Prokovskoye, capture of Taganrog
    • May 7th to 8th --- Battle of Rostov , capture of Rostov
  • June 22nd to November 15th --- Occupation of Ukraine
  • from November 16 --- evacuation of Ukraine

1919

  • until March 16 --- evacuation of Ukraine

organization

structure

Division of War of March 25, 1915

  • 51st Landwehr Infantry Brigade (Württ.)
  • 52nd (Württ.) Landwehr Infantry Brigade
    • Württ. Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 121
    • Württ. Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 126
    • Württemberg Mountain Company
    • 1st Landwehr Squadron / XIII. Army Corps
    • 2nd Landwehr Squadron / XIII. Army Corps
    • Württ. Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment No. 1
    • 2. Landwehr Pioneer Company / XIII. Army Corps
    • 3rd Landwehr Pioneer Company / XIII. Army Corps

Division of War of May 8, 1918

  • 52nd (Württ.) Landwehr Infantry Brigade
  • Württ. Artillery Commander No. 149
    • Württ. Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment No. 1
  • Württemberg Pioneer Battalion No. 407
  • Wuerttemberg Division News Commander No. 507

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Adolf von Wencher January 27, 1915 to July 27, 1917
Lieutenant General Karl Albert von Knoerzer July 28, 1917 to February 15, 1918
Lieutenant General Karl von Götz February 16, 1918 to March 17, 1919

See also

reference

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army , published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, p. 63, 100–101.
  • Otto von Moser : Die Württemberger im World War , 2nd expanded edition, Chr.Belser AG, Stuttgart 1928.
  • 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. 153-155.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. 189