83rd Division (German Empire)

The 83rd Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

history

The division was formed from units from the Posen Fortress in October 1914 after the outbreak of World War I and was deployed on the Eastern Front until mid-March 1918 . Then she was transferred to the West , where she participated in the fighting there until the end of the war. After the armistice , the remnants of the division marched back home, where the large unit was demobilized and finally dissolved on January 27, 1919.

Battle calendar

1914

• November 16 to December 15 - Battle of Łódź
• from December 18th - Battle of Rawka - Bzura

1915

• to June 14th - Battle of Rawka-Bzura
• July 22nd to 27th - Narew crossing southeast of Ostrolenka
• July 23 to August 3 - Battle of the Narew
• August 3rd - capture of Ostrolenka
• 4th to 7th August - Battle of the Orz
• August 8-10 - Battle of Ostrow
• August 11-12 - Battle of Chishev-Sambrov
• August 13-18 - pursuit battles on the upper Narew and Nurzec
• August 19-25 - Battle of Bielsk
• August 26th - capture of Białystok
• August 27th to September 2nd - capture of Grodno
• September 1st to 27th - Persecution from Nyemen to Berezina
• from September 28th - trench warfare on the Berezina, Olschanka and Krewlyanka

1916

• Trench warfare on the Berezina, Olschanka and Krewlyanka

1917

• until April 22nd - trench warfare on the Berezina, Olschanka and Krewlyanka
• April 23rd to June 21st - trench warfare on the upper Shchara -Servetsch
• June 21st to July 21st - trench warfare near Kalusz
• July 21 to August 5 - Persecution in Eastern Galicia and Bucovina
• August 6th to September 6th - trench warfare north of Chernivtsi
• September 7th to November 28th - trench warfare on the eastern border of Bukovina
• November 30th to December 7th - trench warfare between Dniester and Zbrucz
• December 6-17 - Truce
• from December 17th - armistice

1918

• until February 18 - armistice
• February 18 to March 19 - support to Ukraine
• March 19-28 - transport to the west
• March 28 to April 10 - Trench warfare in Lorraine
• April 10-15 - Trench warfare in Flanders
• April 16-29 - Fights in the Wytschaete Arch
• April 30th to July 20th - Trench warfare in Flanders
• July 21st to August 20th - Fights between Arras and Albert
• August 21-25 - Battle of Monchy- Bapaume
• August 25th to September 2nd - Battle of Albert- Péronne
• September 2nd to November 11th - Trench warfare in Lorraine
• from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

structure

Division of War of June 2, 1916

• 165th Infantry Brigade
  • Infantry Regiment No. 329
  • Infantry Regiment No. 330
• 166th Infantry Brigade
  • Infantry Regiment No. 331
  • Infantry Regiment No. 332
  • Replacement squadron / Uhlan regiment "Emperor Alexander II of Russia" (1st Brandenburg) No. 3
  • 5th Landsturm Squadron / 5th Army Corps
• Staff / 2nd Thuringian Field Artillery Regiment No. 55
  • Replacement Department / 2nd Grand Ducal Hessian Field Artillery Regiment No. 61
  • 7th Battery / Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 5
  • 2nd Reserve Foot Artillery Battery No. 24
• Landwehr Pioneer Company / XIV Army Corps

Division of War of July 26, 1918

• 165th Infantry Brigade
  • Infantry Regiment No. 329
  • Infantry Regiment No. 330
  • Infantry Regiment No. 331
  • 3rd Squadron / Dragoon Regiment "von Wedel" (Pomeranian) No. 11
• Artillery Commander No. 249
  • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 28
• Engineer Battalion No. 83
• Division News Commander # 83

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant General	Hugo von Wasielewski	December 24, 1914 to May 10, 1915
Lieutenant General zD	Max Stumpff	June 25, 1915 to August 7, 1918
Major general	Bruno Melms	0August 8, 1918 to January 27, 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. 72, 151-152.
• 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. 550-553.

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. 140.