89th Division (German Empire)

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The 89th Infantry Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

history

The large association was formed in August 1915 from the "Westernhagen" division and initially formed the Thorner Corps together with the 87th Infantry Division . The division was used exclusively on the Eastern Front and in Romania and was viewed by American sources as mediocre attack and, on the whole, fourth-rate.

Battle calendar

1914

  • October 14 to 31 --- Vistula protection
  • October 26th to November 1st --- Company against Kowal
  • November 13th to 19th --- Fights near Lipno and Plock
  • November 16 to December 15 --- Battle of Łódź
    • November 20-27 --- Reconnaissance battles north of the Vistula
  • from December 18th --- Battle of the Rawka - Bzura

1915

  • until July 16 --- Battle of the Rawka-Bzura
  • July 17th to August 5th --- Fighting for Warsaw
  • 0August 6-12 --- Modlin Containment Battles
  • August 13th to 20th --- Siege of Modlin
  • 19th August to 8th September --- Battle of Nyemen
  • 0September 9th to October 2nd --- Battle of Vilna
  • 0October 5th to November 25th --- Position battles between Krewo- Smorgon - Narotschsee -Tweretsch
  • from November 26th --- trench warfare on the Berezina - Olschanka and Krewlyanka

1916

  • until September 6th --- trench warfare on the Berezina-Olschanka and Krewlyanka
  • September 11th to 27th --- Cover battles in the Transylvanian border area
  • September 29th to October 4th --- Fights for Fogaras
  • 0October 5th --- Battle of the Spirit Forest
  • 0October 7th to 9th --- Battle of Kronstadt
  • October 10th to December 8th --- Mountain fighting in the Predeal and Bodza areas
  • 0December 9th to 20th --- Persecution battles on Jalomita - Prahova and Buzaul
  • December 21-27 --- Battle of Rimnicul-Sarat
  • from December 28th --- pursuit battles after the battle of Rimnicul-Sarat

1917

  • until January 3rd --- Pursuit battles after the Battle of Rimnicul-Sarat
  • 0January 4th to 8th --- Battle of the Putna
  • 0January 9 to August 5 --- Trench warfare on Putna and Sereth
    • July 22nd to 25th --- Defensive battles on the Sereth
  • July 26th to December 9th --- Trench warfare on Sereth and Susita
    • August 6th to September 3rd --- breakthrough battle against Putna and Susita
  • from December 10th --- Armistice

1918

  • through May 7th --- Armistice
  • 0May 7th to November 2nd --- occupation of Romania
  • from November 2nd --- march back from the Balkans through Hungary

In January the division at Panciu gave up numerous forces to the 76th Reserve Division and the 115th Infantry Division , which were transferred to the Western Front. Thereafter, the division remained in reserve at Focşani until April. In June, Infantry Regiment No. 375 was discovered by the Allied reconnaissance at Drenoud in Macedonia , but was again at Panciu from July. At the end of October the division was in the Bucharest area .

structure

Division of War of August 9, 1915

  • 178th Infantry Brigade
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 8
    • Infantry Regiment No. 375
    • 2nd and 7th Landsturm Squadron / 5th Army Corps
    • Field Artillery Division No. 89
    • 4th Company / Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 5
    • 4th Company / Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 11
    • 2nd Company / Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment No. 15
    • 2nd reserve company / 1. West Prussian Pioneer Battalion No. 17

Division of War of February 20, 1918

  • 178th Infantry Brigade
  • Artillery Commander No. 89
    • Field Artillery Regiment No. 89
    • 1st Battalion / Bavarian Foot Artillery Regiment 4
  • 5th Company / Masurian Pioneer Battalion No. 26
  • MG company No. 89
  • Division News Commander No. 89

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Eduard von Westernhagen August 24 to October 4, 1915
Lieutenant General Georg? from Lüttwitz 0October 5, 1915 to October 17, 1916
Major general Hans von Below October 18, 1916 to January 1, 1917
Major general Bruno Melms 0January 2 to July 27, 1917
Lieutenant General Richard Hermann Vogel July 27, 1917 to January 12, 1919

literature

  • 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. 569-570.
  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 73, 154.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Curt Jany (ed.), Hermann Cron: History of the Royal Prussian Army and the German Reichsheeres. Volume V: History of the German Army in the World War 1914–1918. P. 103.
  2. ↑ 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. 141.