86th Division (German Empire)

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The 86th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

history

The association emerged from the "Wernitz" division, which had existed since the beginning of the First World War and was budgeted as the 86th division in March 1915. She fought on the Eastern Front until the armistice there. At the end of January 1918 he was transferred to France on the Western Front . She worked there until the end of the war and then marched back home. Here it was demobilized until the beginning of February 1919 and finally dissolved.

Battle calendar

1914

1915

  • until July 12th --- trench warfare near Mlawa
  • July 13-14 --- Breakthrough at Przasnysz
  • July 18-22 --- Pursuit battles to the Lower Narew
  • July 23rd to August 3rd --- Battle of the Narew
    • July 24th --- Taking Pultusk
    • July 25th to 26th --- at the Prut and at Ciepielin
  • 4th to 7th August --- Battle of the Orz
  • August 8th to 10th --- Battle of Ostrow
  • August 11th to 12th --- Battle of Chishev Sambrov
  • August 13th to 18th --- Pursuit battles on the upper Narew and Nurzec
  • August 19-25 --- Battle of Bielsk
  • August 26th to September 5th --- Chase battles on Swislocz and Naumka-Werecia
  • September 6-7 --- Battle of Wolkowyszk
  • September 8 to 12 --- Battle of the Zelwianka and the Niemen
  • September 12th to 17th --- Battle of Szczara and Jelnia
  • September 17-27 --- Pursuit battles in the Lithuanian swamps
  • from September 28th --- trench warfare on the Beresina , Olschanka and Krewlyanka

1916

  • until March 15 --- trench warfare on the Beresina, Olschanka and Krewlyanka
  • March 15 to July 8 --- Position battles between Krewo, Smorgon, Narotsch , Tveretsch
    • March 21st to April 30th --- Battle of the Naroch
  • July 10th to 26th --- Battle of Gorodishche-Baranovichi
  • July 27th --- Fights on Upper Styr - Stochod
  • July 28th to November 4th --- Battle of Kovel
  • from November 5th --- fighting on the upper Styr-Stochod

1917

  • until December 1st --- fighting on the upper Styr-Stochod
  • December 2-7 --- Truce
  • from December 17th --- armistice

1918

  • through January 29th --- Armistice
  • January 25th to February 1st --- transport to the west
  • February 1 to June 29 --- Trench warfare near Reims
  • June 30th to July 4th --- Trench warfare between Oise , Aisne and Marne
  • July 5th to 14th --- Trench warfare between Aisne and Marne
  • July 15-17 --- Attack battle on the Marne and Champagne
  • July 18th to 25th --- Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to August 3rd --- Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • August 4th to September 18th --- Trench warfare near Reims
  • September 18 to October 9 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
    • September 19-27 --- Fights in the Siegfried Line
    • September 28 to October 9 --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • October 10th to 12th --- Fighting on the Hunding and Brunhild fronts
  • October 13th to November 4th --- Fights in the dog position
  • 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

structure

Division of War of September 13, 1915

Division of War of February 3, 1918

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Theodor von Wernitz August 2 to March 20, 1915
Major General / Lieutenant General Karl Max Gronau March 21, 1915 to July 2, 1918
Colonel Gottfried von Brauchitsch July 3, 1918 to February 8, 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, 153.
  • 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. 560-562.

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.