91st Division (German Empire)

The 91st Infantry Division was a major unit of the German Army in the First World War .

history

After its formation, the division was initially used on the Eastern Front before it was relocated to the Western Front. The division has been classified as fourth class by American sources. On the western front it could not be cleared up by the allies.

Battle calendar

1916

• June 4th to July 15th --- Fights on the Stochid
• July 16-27 --- Fights on the upper Styr- Stochod
• July 28th to November 4th --- Battle of Kovel
• from November 5th --- trench warfare on the upper Styr-Stochod

1917

• until December 1st --- Trench warfare on the upper Styr-Stochod
• December 2nd to 17th --- Truce
• from December 17th --- armistice

During this period there were various changes in the subordinate troops. The division was also used to support the Austro-Hungarian army .

1918

• until February 18th --- Armistice
• February 18 to June 21 --- Fighting in support of Ukraine
  • February 25 --- Czernichow, south of Iskowost
  • March 7th to 8th --- Fights near Kharkov
  • March 9th to 11th --- Battle of Bachmatsch
  • March 21st --- Battle near Romny
  • April 4th --- Battle at Kupinacha and Gubarewka
  • April 8th --- Capture of Kharkov
  • April 17-18 --- Skirmishes near Novo-Yekaterinoslavl
  • April 25-26 --- Battle of Cherkasskoye and Rodakovo stations
  • May 1st --- Battle at Millerowo
  • May 2nd to 5th --- Battle of Gunderovskaya-Kamjonsskaya
  • May 6th --- Battle at Fedoryev
• May 7th to November 11th --- occupation of Romania (see also: Romania in the First World War )
• June 22nd to September 15th --- Occupation of Ukraine
• September 15 to 28 --- Transport to the west
• September 28th to November 11th --- trench warfare in Upper Alsace
• November 12th to December 23rd --- Evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

structure

Division of War 1916

• 175th Landwehr Infantry Brigade , withdrawn from 88th Division
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 33, set up in the area of ​​the 5th Army Corps in Posen
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 349, set up in the area of ​​the VIII Army Corps in the Rhine Province
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 350

• • 3rd squadron / cuirassier regiment "Duke Friedrich Eugen von Württemberg" (West Prussian) No. 5
  • At times the 1st Warmian Infantry Regiment No. 150 was subordinate to the 37th Division , but it was subordinated again after heavy losses.

Division of War of February 19, 1917

• 175th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
  • Infantry Regiment No. 437
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 37
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 349
  • 3rd Squadron / Jäger Regiment on Horseback No. 12
  • Field Artillery Regiment No. 277
  • Staff Engineer Battalion No. 91
    • 3rd Replacement Company / Pioneer Battalion Fürst Radziwill (East Prussian) No. 1
    • 3rd Reserve Company / Engineer Battalion No. 33
    • Headlight train No. 341
    • Mine Thrower Company 91
    • Telephone Department 91

Division of War of January 27, 1918

• 175th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 37
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 349
  • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 437
  • 2nd squadron / dragoon regiment "King Albert of Saxony" (East Prussian) No. 10
  • Field Artillery Regiment No. 277
• Engineer Battalion No. 91
• Division News Headquarters No. 91

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
General of the Infantry	Hermann Clausius	August 1916 to October 5, 1918
Major general	Ludwig von Friedeburg (General)	October 6, 1918 until the end of the war

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. 73, 154f.
• 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. 571-572.