9th Reserve Division (German Empire)
9th Reserve Division |
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active | August 2, 1914 to December 20, 1918 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Prussian Army |
Type | Infantry Division |
structure | See: Outline |
Insinuation | V. Reserve Corps |
The 9th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
structure
Organization of war during mobilization in 1914
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17th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 6
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 7
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19th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 19
- Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 5
- Reserve Dragoon Regiment No. 3
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 9
- 4th Company / Lower Silesian Pioneer Battalion No. 5
Division of War of March 2, 1918
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18th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 6
- Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 19
- Infantry Regiment No. 395
- 3rd Squadron / Reserve Dragoon Regiment No. 3
- Artillery Commander No. 97
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 9
- Foot Artillery Battalion No. 29
- Engineer Battalion No. 309
- Division News Commander No. 409
Battle calendar
1914
- August 22-27 --- Battle of Longwy- Longuyon and the Othain Sector
- September 1st --- Damvillers
- September 6th to 12th --- Battle of Vaubecourt-Fleury
- October 6-10 --- Battle at Etain
- October 29th --- Battle at Gercourt
- November 5th to 25th --- Battle of the Yser
- from November 26th --- position battles in front of Verdun
1915
- January 1st to December 31st --- Position battles in front of Verdun
1916
- until February 20th --- Position battles in front of Verdun
- February 21st to April 21st --- Battle of Verdun
- April 22nd to May 31st --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
- June 1st to September 29th --- Trench warfare in Champagne
- September 30th to October 19th --- Battle of the Somme
- October 21 to November 23 --- Trench warfare in Upper Alsace
- from November 27th --- Trench warfare on the Somme
1917
- until March 15th --- Trench warfare on the Somme
- March 16 to April 16 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
- April 17th to May 20th --- Spring battle near Arras
- May 21st to June 1st --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- June 2nd to September 22nd --- Battle of Flanders
- from September 23rd --- fighting in the Siegfried position
- November 20-29 --- Tank battle at Cambrai
- November 30th to December 7th --- Assault battle near Cambrai
1918
- until January 31, 1918 --- Fighting in the Siegfried Line
- February 1st to March 20th --- Fighting in the Siegfriedstellung and preparation time for the Great Battle in France
- March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
- April 7th to 9th --- Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
- April 9th to 18th --- Battle of Armentières
- April 9th to 30th --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- May 1st to August 4th --- Trench warfare in French Flanders and Artois
- May 26th to 27th --- Ancre transition with Albert
- August 5th to September 6th --- Fighting on the Ypres Front - La Bassée
- September 7th to 28th --- Fighting on the Armentiéres- Lens front
- September 27th to October 8th --- Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
- October 9th to 26th --- Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
- October 27th to November 4th --- Fighting in the Hermann position on the Scheldt
- November 5th to 11th --- fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp - Meuse position
- November 12th to December 19th --- Evacuation of the occupied territory and march home
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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General of the Infantry | Hans von Guretzky-Cornitz | August 2, 1914 to July 11, 1917 |
Lieutenant General | Julius August Hildemann | July 12, 1917 to January 9, 1918 |
Lieutenant General | Wilhelm Georg Ernst von Zglinicki | January 10 to December 20, 1918 |
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. 63, 102-103.
- 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. 171-173.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 169.