87th Division (German Empire)

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The 87th Division was a major unit of the Prussian army in the First World War .

history

The division emerged from the " Dickhuth " corps named after its leader , which fought on the Eastern Front as part of the " Gallwitz " army division . After the armistice there, she stayed here for a while and took part in the occupation of large areas. In mid-March 1918 he was transferred to France on the Western Front . After the end of the war, the division marched back home, where it was demobilized by the end of January 1919 and finally disbanded.

Battle calendar

1915

  • until September 26th --- Battle of Vilna
  • October 5th to 19th --- Battles on the Mjadsjolka and Dryswjata
  • from October 20th --- position battles between Naroch and Dryswjaty lakes

1916

  • January 1st to December 31st --- Trench warfare between Naroch and Drysvyaty lakes

1917

  • until November 9th --- Position battles between Naroch and Dryswjaty lakes
  • November 12th to December 7th --- Position battles in front of Dünaburg
  • December 7-17 --- Truce
  • from December 17th --- armistice

1918

  • until February 18th --- Armistice
  • February 18 to March 3 --- Offensive against Lake Peipus and the upper Daugava
  • March 3rd to 14th --- Occupation of Russian territory between the Upper Daugava and Lake Peipus
  • March 15-30 --- OHL reserve and transport to the west
  • March 31 to May 29 --- Trench warfare in Champagne
  • June 2nd to 13th --- Position battles near Reims
  • June 14th to July 4th --- Position battles between Oise , Aisne and Marne
  • July 5th to 17th --- Position battles between Aisne and Marne
  • July 18th to 25th --- Defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
  • July 26th to August 3rd --- Mobile defensive battle between Marne and Vesle
  • 4th to 9th August --- position battles on the Vesle
  • August 22nd to September 2nd --- Battle of Albert - Péronne
  • September 3 to 7 --- Fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • September 8th to 28th --- Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
  • September 28th to October 27th --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
  • October 30th to November 4th --- Fights in front of and in the Hermann position
  • November 5th to 11th --- fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp - Meuse position
  • from November 12th --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

structure

Division of War of September 13, 1915

  • 173rd Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment No. 345
    • Infantry Regiment No. 346
  • 179th Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment No. 347
    • Landsturm Infantry Regiment No. 8
  • Cavalry Regiment No. 87
  • Staff and 1st Battalion / Field Artillery Regiment No. 87
  • Field Artillery Division No. 87
  • 4th Company / Engineer Battalion No. 26
  • 2nd Company / Guard Landwehr Pioneers

Division of War of February 24, 1918

  • 179th Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment No. 345
    • Infantry Regiment No. 347
    • Reserve Replacement Regiment No. 3
    • Cycling company No. 156
    • 1st Squadron / Grenadier Regiment on Horseback No. 3
  • Artillery Commander No. 3
  • Engineer Battalion No. 87
  • Division News Commander # 87

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Lieutenant General Gustaf von Dickhuth-Harrach September 25, 1915 to July 5, 1916
Lieutenant General Georg von Stangen July 6, 1916 to January 3, 1918
Major general Erich Feldtkeller January 4, 1918 to January 25, 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 72, 153.
  • 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, pp. 563-565.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 141.