75th Reserve Division (German Empire)

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75th Reserve Division

active October 1914 to January 1919
Country German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Armed forces Prussian Army
Armed forces army
Type Infantry Division
structure See: Outline
Insinuation XXXVIII. Reserve Corps
First World War Eastern Front
Winter battle in Masuria
Kerensky offensive

Western front

German spring offensive 1918
Meuse-Argonne offensive

The 75th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War 1914

  • 75th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 249
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 250
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 251
    • Cycling company No. 75
    • Reserve Cavalry Division No. 75
  • 75th Reserve Field Artillery Brigade
    • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 55
    • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 57
    • Reserve Engineer Company No. 75

Division of War of March 29, 1918

  • 75th Reserve Infantry Brigade
  • Artillery Commander No. 75
    • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 55
    • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 82
  • Engineer Battalion No. 375
  • Division News Commander No. 475

Battle calendar

The division was formed as part of the mobilization at the beginning of the First World War and was deployed during the course of the war, initially on the Eastern Front and from the beginning of December 1917 on the Western Front.

1914

1915

  • until February 3 --- deployment of the 10th Army
  • February 4th to 22nd --- Winter battle in Masuria
  • February 23 to March 6 --- Battles on Bobr
  • March 6th to 29th --- Position battles at Lipniki-Lyse
  • March 26th to July 12th --- Trench warfare near Lomsha-Osowiec
  • July 13th to August 26th --- Narew -Bobr Battle
  • August 27th to September 2nd --- Conquest of Grodno
  • September 2nd to 3rd --- Street fighting in Grodno
  • September 9th to October 2nd --- Battle of Vilna
  • from October 3rd --- position battles between Krewo- Smorgon -Norotsch-Tveretsch

1916

  • until August 2nd - position battles between Krewo-Smorgon-Norotsch-Tveretsch
  • August 4th to October 31st --- Battle of Kovel
  • from November 1st --- position battles on the Narajowka, between Narajowka and Zlota-Lipa and on the Ceniowka

1917

  • to June 28th --- Position battles on the Narajowka, between Narajowka and Zlota-Lipa and on the Ceniowka
  • June 29th to July 3rd --- Defense against the Russian summer offensive
  • July 4th to 20th --- Position battles on the Narajowka, between Narajowka and Zlota-Lipa and on the Ceniowka
  • July 25th to August 24th --- Position battles between Krewo-Smorgon-Norotsch-Tveretsch
  • August 24th to 31st --- Position battles in front of Riga
  • September 1st to 5th --- Battle of Riga
  • September 6th to November 29th --- Trench warfare north of the Daugava
  • December 1st to 7th --- Transport to the West
  • 7th to 29th December --- 7th Army Reserve
  • from December 29th --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette

1918

  • until March 20 --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • March 21st to April 9th ​​--- Great battle in France
  • April 10-12 --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • April 26th to June 8th --- Fights on the Avre , Montdidier and Noyon
  • June 9th to August 7th --- Fights on the Avre and Matz
  • August 8 to September 3 --- Defensive battle between the Somme and Oise
  • September 4th to 18th --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • September 18 to October 3 --- Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
  • October 3rd to 8th --- Fights in the Siegfried Line
  • October 9th to November 5th --- Trench warfare in Lorraine and the Vosges
  • November 6th to 11th --- Defensive battle in Champagne and on the Meuse
  • from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Max von Seydewitz December 20, 1914 to April 12, 1916
Lieutenant General Ernst von Hoeppner April 13 to November 11, 1916
Lieutenant General Arthur von Eisenhart-Rothe November 12, 1916 to 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. 71-72, 147-148.