Jäger Division (German Empire)
Hunter Division |
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active | September 14, 1917 to December 14, 1918 |
Country |
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Armed forces | German army |
Armed forces | army |
Type | Hunter - Division |
structure | See: Outline |
First World War |
Italian front
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Commanders | |
Please refer: | List of commanders |
The Jäger Division was a large unit of the Prussian army as part of the German army during the First World War .
structure
Division of War 1917
- Staff 5th replacement infantry brigade with staff Dragoon Regiment "von Bredow" (1st Silesian) No. 4
- Guard Reserve Hunter Battalion
- Guard Reserve Rifle Battalion
- Staff Uhlan Regiment "von Katzler" (Silesian) No. 2
- Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 1
- Pomeranian Jäger Battalion "Fürst Bismarck" No. 2
- Staff 8th Royal Bavarian Chevaulegers Regiment
- Reserve Hunter Battalion No. 8
- Württemberg Mountain Battalion
- Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3
Division of War of April 26, 1918
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5th Replacement Infantry Brigade
- Jäger Regiment No. 11
- Hunter Regiment No. 12
- Jäger Regiment No. 13
- 1. Squadron / Dragoon Regiment "King Albert of Saxony" (East Prussian) No. 10
- Artillery Commander No. 224
- Engineer Battalion No. 422
- Division News Commander # 901
history
The division was formed on September 14, 1917 during the First World War and was deployed first on the Italian front (see Twelfth Isonzo Battle ) and then on the western front during the course of the war . After the Armistice of Compiègne , the remnants of the division returned home. The dissolution took place on December 14, 1918 in Berlin .
Battle calendar
1917
- September 15 to October 15 --- Deployment behind the Isonzo front
- October 3rd to 23rd --- Position battles on the Isonzo
- October 24th to 27th --- Breakthrough through the Julian Alps
- October 27th --- San Giorgio
- October 28th to 29th --- Resiutta
- October 28th to November 3rd --- Battle of Udine
- November 4th to 11th --- pursuit from Tagliamento to Piave
- November 5th to 6th --- Pielungo
- November 9-11 --- Fights in the upper Piave valley
- November 12th to January 22nd --- Mountain fighting in the Venetian Alps
- November 18th --- Storming of Monte Monfenara
- November 22nd --- Storming of Monte Tomba
1918
- 23 January to 20 February --- OHL reserve in Northern Italy
- 25 February to 29 March --- Trench warfare in Upper Alsace
- March 30th to April 6th --- Great battle in France
- April 7th to 24th --- Fights on the Avre , Montdidier and Noyon
- April 24th to 26th --- Battle of Villers-Bretonneux , Luce and Avre
- April 25th to May 24th --- Fights on the Ancre , Somme and Avre
- June 9-27 --- Fights on the Avre and Matz
- June 9-13 --- Battle of Noyon
- July 5th to 18th --- Position battle in Upper Alsace
- July 18th to 25th --- Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
- July 26th to August 3rd --- Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
- 4th to 16th August --- Position battles between Oise and Aisne
- 17th August to 4th September --- Defensive battle between Oise and Aisne
- September 8th to October 8th --- Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
- October 9-21 --- Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
- from November 13th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Colonel | Georg von Wodtke | September 14 to November 23, 1917 |
Major general | Johannes von Dassel | November 24, 1917 to December 14, 1918 |
literature
- Hall of Fame of our Old Army , published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 59, 79–80