80th Reserve Division (German Empire)

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The 80th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War of December 29, 1914

  • 80th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 264
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 265
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 266
    • Reserve cyclist company No. 80
    • Reserve Cavalry Division No. 80
  • 80th Reserve Field Artillery Brigade
    • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 65
    • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 66
  • Reserve Engineer Company No. 82
  • Reserve Engineer Company No. 83

Division of War of March 29, 1918

history

The large association was set up in December 1914 and initially deployed on the Eastern Front. At the end of December 1916, the division was relocated to the Western Front , where the division fought until the Compiègne armistice . After the end of the war they marched back home, where the division was demobilized and finally disbanded in January 1919.

Battle calendar

1914

1915

  • until February 1 --- 10th Army deployment
  • February 4th to 22nd --- Winter battle in Masuria
  • February 23 to March 6 --- Battles on Bobr
  • March 9-12 --- Skirmishes near Sejny
  • March 25-30 --- Battles near Krasnopol and Krasne
  • March 31 to July 20 --- Trench warfare between Augustow , Mariampol and Pilwiszki
    • May 17-20 --- Battles near Szaki
  • July 21st to August 7th --- Fights at Jesia and Wejwery
  • August 8th to 18th --- Siege of Kovno
  • 19th August to 8th September --- Battle of Nyemen
  • September 9th to October 2nd --- Battle of Vilna
  • from October 3rd --- position battles between Krewo- Smorgon - Narotsch -Tweretsch

1916

  • until December 20th --- position battles between Krewo-Smorgon-Narotschsee-Tveretsch
  • December 21st to 25th --- Transport to the West
  • from December 24th --- Reserve of the OHL

1917

  • until January 14th --- Reserve of the OHL
  • 15th January to 1st April --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • April 2nd to May 16th --- Spring battle near Arras
  • 17th to 26th May --- Trench warfare on the Yser
  • May 27th to June 25th --- Battle for the Wytschaetebogen
  • June 25th to July 7th --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • July 8th to 19th --- Position battles in Champagne
  • July 20th to September 8th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
    • August 12th to September 8th --- Defense battle near Verdun
  • September 9th to October 6th --- Position battles in Champagne
  • from October 6th --- Trench warfare in the Argonne

1918

  • until January 26th --- Trench warfare in the Argonne
  • January 26th to February 26th --- Trench warfare in Champagne
  • February 27 to March 18 --- Trench warfare in the Argonne
  • March 19-27 --- Trench warfare in Champagne
  • March 28th to April 6th --- Great battle in France
  • April 7th to 15th --- Fights on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
  • April 16 to August 23 --- Trench warfare near Reims
  • August 24th to 31st --- Trench warfare on the Vesle
  • September 1st to 4th --- Defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
  • September 5th to 8th --- Fights near Vauxaillon and Laffaux
  • September 5th to 8th --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • September 9-22 --- Fights in the Siegfried Line
  • September 22nd to October 9th --- Trench warfare near Reims
  • October 10th to 12th --- Fighting in front of the Hunding and Brunhild fronts
  • October 13th to 24th --- Trench warfare on the Aisne
  • October 25 to November 1 --- Defensive battle in the Hunding position
  • November 2nd to 4th --- Trench warfare on the Aisne
  • 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
Lieutenant General Max Karl Gottlob Beckmann December 20, 1914 to November 3, 1915
Major general Erich von Redern November 4, 1915 to June 12, 1916
Lieutenant General Friedrich Karl Erich Goebel June 13, 1916 to March 16, 1917
Major general Theodor Karl Ernst Koerner March 17, 1917 to May 14, 1918
Major general Paul Jancke May 15, 1918 to January 23, 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 72, 150–151.
  • 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. 541-543.

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. 185.