95th Division (German Empire)

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The 95th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

history

The division was formed on July 1, 1917 on the Eastern Front , where it fought until the conclusion of the Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty . She then acted as an occupying force in Ukraine beyond the end of the First World War . The last units of the division returned home on March 16, 1919, were demobilized and finally disbanded.

Battle calendar

1917

1918

  • until February 18th --- Armistice
  • February 18 to June 21 --- Fighting in support of Ukraine
    • March 30th --- Battle of Krasnoye
    • April 10-11 --- capture of Belgorod
    • April 14th to May 8th --- gang fights north of the Sejm
  • 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 1917/18

  • 10th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 52
    • Infantry Regiment No. 423
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 430
    • 4th Squadron / Oldenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 19
    • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 69
  • Division News Commander # 95

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Wilhelm Neugenbauer July 1 to December 1, 1917
Lieutenant General Anton von Thiesenhausen December 2, 1917 to February 18, 1919

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, 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, p. 579.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 143.