92nd Division (German Empire)

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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

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

Division of War of May 8, 1918

  • 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
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

  1. ↑ 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.