Kgl. bay. 6th Reserve Division

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The 6th Reserve Division was a major unit of the Bavarian army in the First World War .

Kgl. bay. 6th Reserve Division

active September 10, 1914 to 1919
Country Flag of Bavaria (striped) .svg Kingdom of Bavaria
Armed forces Bavarian Army
Armed forces army
Type Infantry Division
structure see: Outline

structure

Uniform and equipment from Dr. Otto Merkt, captain of the Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 17, from 1916

The structure of the association was subject to several changes in the course of the war. Due to the lack of possible use, only one squadron remained of cavalry , while artillery and technical troops were reinforced.

Division of war on December 8, 1914

Organization of War of April 30, 1918

  • 12th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment 16th
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment 17th
    • Reserve Infantry Regiment 20th
    • 2nd Squadron / Reserve Cavalry Regiment 6
  • Artillery Commander No. 18
    • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment 6
    • Foot Artillery Battalion 12
  • Engineer Battalion 19th
    • Reserve Engineer Company 6
    • Reserve Engineer Company 7
    • Mine Thrower Company 206
  • Division Message Commander 406

history

The division was set up during the First World War on September 10, 1914 and dissolved again after the end of the war in 1919 as part of the demobilization of the Bavarian Army. As a reserve division , it consisted for the most part of mobilized reserve reservists, reservists and volunteers. One of these war volunteers was Adolf Hitler .

The division, originally intended for attack tasks, was used exclusively on the Western Front throughout the war , initially in the autumn of 1914 near Ypres . She remained for a long time in the trench warfare in French Flanders . In autumn 1916 she fought in the Battle of the Somme and in spring 1917 at Arras . It was last used as an attack division in the 1918 spring offensive . From late summer 1918 until the end of the war, the 6th Reserve Division was back in Flanders. The division was still considered second class by the Allied reconnaissance in 1917. As with almost all German associations, a reduced combat value was noted in 1918.

Battle calendar

1914

  • October 30th to November 24th --- Battle of Ypres
  • November 25th to December 13th --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • December 14th to 24th --- December battle in French Flanders
  • from December 25th --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois

1915

1916

  • until June 23rd --- Position battles in Flanders and Artois
  • June 24th to July 7th --- Reconnaissance and demonstration battles by the 6th Army (in connection with the Battle of the Somme)
  • July 7th to September 30th --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • October 1st to 14th --- Battle of the Somme
  • from October 15th --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois

1917

  • until April 1st --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • April 2nd to May 20th --- Spring battle near Arras
  • May 20 to June 3 --- Reserve of the "Kronprinz Rupprecht" Army Group
  • May 21 to June 13 --- Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • June 13th to July 12th --- Reserve of the Army Group "Crown Prince Rupprecht"
  • July 12th to August 3rd --- Battle of Flanders
  • August 4th to October 10th --- Position battle in Upper Alsace
  • October 11th to 18th --- Reserve of the Army Group "German Crown Prince"
  • October 19 to 23 --- Trench warfare at the Chemin des Dames
  • October 23rd --- Battle at Chavignon
  • October 24th to November 2nd --- rearguard battles on and south of the Ailette
  • from November 3rd --- trench warfare north of the Ailette

1918

  • until March 20 --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • March 21st to April 6th --- Great battle in France
  • April 7th to 26th --- Fights on the Avre and Montdidier-Noyon
  • April 27 to May 26 --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
  • May 27th to June 13th --- Battle of Soissons and Reims
  • June 14th to July 4th --- Position battles between Oise , Aisne and Marne
  • July 5th to 14th --- Trench warfare between Aisne and Marne
  • July 15-17 --- Attack battle on the Marne and Champagne
  • July 18th to 25th --- Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to August 3rd --- Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • August 5th to 15th --- Defensive battle between Somme and Avre
  • August 15 to September 2 --- Battle between Monchy-Bapaume
  • September 9-27 --- Trench warfare in Flanders
  • 28 September to 17 October --- Defensive battle in Flanders
  • October 18 to 24 --- rearguard battles between Yser and Lys
  • October 25th to November 1st --- Battle of the Lys
  • November 2nd to 4th --- Rearguard fighting on both sides of the Scheldt
  • from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
General of the cavalry z. D. Maximilian von Speidel October 30 to November 15, 1914
Lieutenant General z. D. Johann Streck November 16 to December 1, 1914 (deputy)
General of the Infantry Felix von Bothmer December 2nd to 25th, 1914
Lieutenant General z. D. Gustav Scanzoni von Lichtenfels December 26, 1914 to January 11, 1917
Major general Paul Ritter von Köberle January 12, 1917 to May 28, 1918
Major general Georg Meyer May 29, 1918 to the end

literature

  • Bavaria in the Great War. Bavarian War Archives , Munich 1923.
  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 62, 98.
  • 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.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria Book of World Wars 1914-1918. Volume I, Chr.Belser AG, Stuttgart 1930, p. 197.