Reinforcement Battalion

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Reinforcement battalion building a position

Reinforcement battalions were in the First World War pioneering similar military units of the German Army . They were primarily used to build defenses and positions , but also roads and border fortifications.

history

Lineup

During the mobilization in 1914, the German fortresses were also reinforced. H. put in a fighting condition. For this purpose, the mobilization plans provided for work troops from those who were not in the field, but who were fit for work, who were obliged to serve and not served in the Landsturm , which were now called up in units with different names. After the work was completed, they were partially disbanded. Due to the account of the beginning of trench warfare necessary construction most of these troops were moved to the front. By decrees of the Prussian War Ministry of February 13th and April 10th, 1915 all were converted into arming battalions. Additional armor battalions were set up during the war. There were a total of 217 of these battalions .

Calls

Memorial for the Royal Bavarian Armoring Battalion X on the German war cemetery Azannes 1

The reinforcement battalions were deployed on all fronts to build positions, roads, paths, bridges and field railways , and in the Battle of Verdun also immediately behind the front lines. In the General Government of Belgium ASC also built the wire of death .

Association membership

The arming battalions were part of the army troops and were assigned by the Army High Command (AOK) to the stage or to individual troop units as required .

Armament and equipment

The arming battalions were initially unarmed, but were equipped with booty rifles towards the end of the war when the 2nd positions were built.

Personalities

In arming battalions were deployed:

See also

literature

  • Main State Archive Stuttgart, holdings M 543
  • Hermann Cron: The organization of the German army in the world war . Verlag ES Mittler und Sohn, Berlin 1923 (= research and representations from the Reichsarchiv , vol. 5)

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ At Thionville (Diedenhofen): Feste Obergentringen , Feste Königsmachern , Feste Illingen , near Metz : | Festivities Crown Prince , Festivities Empress, Festivities Leipzig, Festivities Lorraine, Festivities von der Goltz, Festivities Luitpold, Festivities Wagner, Feste Haeseler, at Mutzig-Molsheim ( Strasbourg ): Festivities Kaiser Wilhelm II. , At Idstein : Feste Idstein
  2. ^ Labor battalion, armoring battalion or column, Schanz battalion, etc. a.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinforcement . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 1, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 846.
  2. ^ Erich Ludendorff : My war memories 1914-1918
  3. ↑ Cron, p. 100
  4. ^ Karl Bleibtreu: Bismarck. Volume 4 in the Gutenberg-DE project
  5. ↑ Karl Liebknecht. Tabular curriculum vitae in the LeMO ( DHM and HdG ) "1915, February: Liebknecht is drafted as a reinforcement soldier for military service, [...]"
  6. ^ Anton Maria Keim: Jean Metten, "The Rheinhessen Painter" . ( Memento of the original from June 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.staff.uni-mainz.de
  7. ^ Gerhard Kraiker, Elke Suhr: Carl von Ossietzky. Rowohlt, 2015, p. 21.
  8. ^ Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Tabular curriculum vitae in the LeMO ( DHM and HdG )
  9. ↑ Peter Panter (= Tucholsky): Snippets. In: The world stage
  10. ↑ Arnold Zweig