92nd Division (German Empire)
The 92nd Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .
history
The division was budgeted on October 1, 1916 and emerged from the "Rusche" division named after its leader. During the First World War it was used exclusively on the Eastern Front , stayed here after the armistice and participated in supporting Ukraine . After the end of the war, the major association was not returned from Ukraine until March 1919, where it was demobilized and finally dissolved.
Battle calendar
1916
- September 19 to November 4 --- Battle of Kovel
- from November 5th --- Position battles on the upper Styr - Stochod
1917
- until July 14th --- Position battles on the upper Styr-Stochod
- July 15th to 18th --- Trench warfare east of Zloczow
- July 19-21 --- Breakthrough battle in Eastern Galicia
- July 22nd to December 7th --- Trench warfare on the Sereth
- December 7th to 17th --- Truce
- from December 17th --- armistice
1918
- until February 18th --- Armistice
- February 18 to June 21 --- Fighting in support of Ukraine
- June 22nd to November 15th --- Occupation of Ukraine
- from November 16 --- evacuation of Ukraine
1919
- until March 16 --- evacuation of Ukraine
structure
Division of War of February 19, 1917
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28th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
- Infantry Regiment No. 419
- Infantry Regiment No. 432
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 39
- 4th squadron / bodyguard hussar regiment
- 1st Pomeranian Field Artillery Regiment No. 2
- Staff / Engineer Battalion No. 92
- Engineer Company No. 346
- Headlight train No. 328
- Mine thrower company No. 92
- Telephone Department No. 92
Division of War of May 8, 1918
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28th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 32
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 39
- Infantry Regiment No. 404
- 4th squadron / bodyguard hussar regiment
- Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment No. 253
- 2nd Landwehr Pioneer Company / 1st Army Corps
- 1. Landwehr Pioneer Company / XVII. Army Corps
- Mine thrower company No. 92
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Major general | Rudolf Rusche | September 19 to April 21, 1917 |
Lieutenant General | Heinrich von Vietinghoff called Scheel | April 22 to May 13, 1917 |
Lieutenant General | Theodor Melior | May 14, 1917 to March 1919 |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 73, 155.
- 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. 573-574.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 142.