Guard Replacement Division

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Guard Replacement Division

active August 2, 1914 to 1919
Country German EmpireGerman Empire (Reichskriegsflagge) German Empire
Armed forces Prussian Army
Type Infantry division
structure See: Outline
First World War Eastern Front

Western front

Battle at Lagarde
Battle for Verdun
Battle of the Aisne (1917)

The Guard Ersatz Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

structure

Division of War 1914

  • 1st Mixed Guard Replacement Brigade
    • Brigade Replacement Battalion 1st
    • Brigade Replacement Battalion 2nd
    • Brigade Replacement Battalion 3rd
    • Brigade Replacement Battalion 4th
    • Guard Cavalry Replacement Department Berlin
    • 1st Guard Field Artillery Replacement Department
    • 2nd Guard Field Artillery Replacement Department
    • 1st Replacement Company / Guard Engineer Battalion
  • 5th mixed replacement brigade
    • 5th Brigade Replacement Battalion
    • Brigade Replacement Battalion 6
    • Brigade Replacement Battalion 7th
    • Brigade Replacement Battalion 8
    • Guard Cavalry Department Pasewalk
    • Field Artillery Replacement Division No. 38
    • Field Artillery Replacement Division No. 53
    • 1st Replacement Company / Engineer Battalion No. 2
  • 17th mixed replacement brigade
    • Brigade Replacement Battalion 17th
    • Brigade Replacement Battalion 18th
    • Brigade Replacement Battalion 19th
    • Brigade Replacement Battalion 20th
    • Brigade Replacement Battalion 77
    • Cavalry Replacement Department Poznan
    • Field Artillery Replacement Division No. 20
    • Field Artillery Replacement Division No. 41

Division of War of March 8, 1918

  • Guard Replacement Brigade
    • 6th Guard Infantry Regiment
    • 7th Guard Infantry Regiment
    • Infantry Regiment No. 399
    • MG Sniper Division No. 29
    • 5th Squadron / 2nd Guard Uhlan Regiment
  • Guard Artillery Commander No. 6
    • 7th Guards Field Artillery Regiment
    • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 89
    • Engineer Battalion No. 501
    • Guard News Commander No. 551

history

The division was formed during the mobilization at the beginning of the First World War and was deployed on the western and eastern fronts during the course of the war.

Battle calendar

1914

1915

  • Fight between Meuse and Moselle

1916

  • until April 22nd - fighting between Meuse and Moselle
  • July 23rd to August 21st - Battle of Verdun
  • August 26th to November 4th - trench warfare between Meuse and Moselle
  • 0November 5 to December 15 - Reserve of the OHL
  • December 16 to January 14 - trench warfare in front of Verdun

1917

  • January 14th to March 31st - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • March 31 to April 12 - Reserve of the OHL
  • April 12th to May 7th - Aisne-Champagne double battle
  • May 10th to July 20th - trench warfare in front of Verdun
  • July 21-26 - OHL reserves and transport to the east
  • July 26th to August 15th - Eichhorn Army Group Reserve
  • August 16 to 31 - 8th Army Reserve
  • 0September 1-5 - Battle of Riga
  • 0September 6-13 - OHL reserve and transport to the west
  • September 14th to October 9th - defensive battle near Verdun
  • October 10th to February 25th - trench warfare in front of Verdun

1918

    • February 1 to March 20 - Fighting in the Siegfriedstellung and preparation for the Great Battle in France
  • March 20 to April 6 - Great battle in France
  • 0April 7th to May 16th - Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
  • May 17th to June 30th - Fights between Arras and Albert
  • 0July 1st to August 3rd - trench warfare near Reims
  • 0August 4th to September 3rd - trench warfare on the Vesle
  • 0September 9th to 18th - Trench warfare in Upper Alsace
  • September 18 to October 6 - Trench warfare in Lorraine
    • September 28th to October 17th - defensive battle in Flanders
  • October 18 to 24 - rearguard battles between Yser and Lys
  • October 25th to November 1st - Battle of the Lys
  • 0November 2nd to 4th - rearguard fighting on both sides of the Scheldt
  • 05th to 11th November - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp - Meuse position
  • from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Reinhold von Twardowski August 2, 1914 to April 30, 1916
Lieutenant General Alfred von Larisch 0May 1, 1916 to January 20, 1918
Major general Maximilian von Poseck January 21, 1918 to 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 59, 79.