121st Infantry Division (German Empire)
Eastern Front
The 121st Division was formed on 19 March 1915, and was a major unit of the German army in the First World War.
- 2.1 1915
- 2.2 1916
- 2.3 1917
- 2.4 1918
Structure
Of Battle from March 25, 1915
- 214th Infantry Brigade Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 7
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 56
- Infantry Regiment " Markgraf Karl" ( 7 Brandenburg ) No 60
- 2nd and 3rd Squadron / Jäger Regiment to horse No. 12
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 241
- Pioneer Company No. 241
Of Battle from January 4, 1918
- 241 Infantry Brigade Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 7
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 56
- Infantry Regiment " Markgraf Karl" ( 7 Brandenburg ) No 60
- 2nd Squadron / Jäger Regiment to horse No. 12
- Field Artillery Regiment No. 241
Battle calendar
The division was first used after preparation on the Western Front, moved to the Eastern Front in July 1916, and eventually joined from June 1917 back to the west.
1915
- From 6 May --- fights between the Meuse and Moselle
1916
- March 1 --- fights between the Meuse and Moselle
- March 4 to May 7 --- Battle of Verdun March 31 --- storming of the quarry in the village of Vaux
1917
- To 18 May --- Trench warfare between Krewo - Smorgon - Naroch Tweretsch
- May 18-June 2 --- Transportation to the West
- May 18 to June 8 --- Reserve the 4th Army
- June 11-20 --- fighting against the Siegfried front
- June 21-August 8 --- fighting in the Siegfried Line
- 8 to 15 August --- Reserve Army Group " Crown Prince Rupprecht " in Lille
- August 15-September 23 --- battle in Flanders
- 23 to 26 September --- trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
- September 26 --- Trench warfare on the Meuse at Combres, Les Éparges and at the Grande de Calonne Tranchée
1918
- To 25 April --- Trench warfare on the Meuse at Combres, Les Éparges and at the Grande de Calonne Tranchée
- April 26-29 --- Battle of Kemmel
- 29 April to 29 July --- trench warfare in Flanders
- July 29-August 3 --- Movable defensive battle between the Marne and Vesle
- August 4 to 9 --- Oise and Aisne position battles between
- August 8 to September 3 --- defensive battle between the Somme and the Oise August 28 to September 3 --- Battle of the North Channel at Nesle and Noyon