20th Division (German Empire)
The 20th Division, for the duration of the mobile ratio referred to as the 20th Infantry Division was a major unit of the Prussian army.
- 2.1 skirmish Calendar 2.1.1 1914
- 2.1.2 1915
- 2.1.3 1916
- 2.1.4 1917
- 2.1.5 1918
Structure
The Division was part of the Tenth Army Corps.
Peacetime in 1914
- 39th Infantry Brigade in Hanover Infantry Regiment " von Voigts - Rhetz " ( 3 Hannoversches ) # 79 in Hildesheim
- 4 Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 164 in Hameln and Minden wood
- 2 Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 77 in Celle
- Braunschweigisches Infantry Regiment No. 92 in Brunswick
- 2 Hannoversches Dragoon Regiment No. 16 in Lüneburg
- Braunschweigisches Hussar Regiment # 17 in Braunschweig
- Field Artillery Regiment " Scharnhorst " (1 Hannoversches ) # 10
- Lower Saxon Field Artillery Regiment No. 46 in Celle and Wolfenbüttel
Mobilization of Battle at 1914
- 39th Infantry Brigade Infantry Regiment " von Voigts - Rhetz " ( 3 Hannoversches ) # 79
- 4 Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 164
- Hanoverian Jäger Battalion 10
- 2 Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 77
- Braunschweigisches Infantry Regiment No. 92
- Staff and 3rd Squadron / Braunschweigisches Hussars 17
- Field Artillery Regiment " Scharnhorst " (1 Hannoversches ) # 10
- Lower Saxon Field Artillery Regiment No. 46
- 2nd and 3rd Company / Hannoversches Pioneer Battalion No. 10
Of Battle from March 20, 1918
- 40th Infantry Brigade 2 Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 77
- Infantry Regiment " von Voigts - Rhetz " ( 3 Hannoversches ) # 79
- Braunschweigisches Infantry Regiment No. 92
- MG- Sniper Division No. 32
- 5th Squadron / Braunschweigisches Hussars 17
- Lower Saxon Field Artillery Regiment No. 46
- Foot Artillery Battalion No. 155
History
The Division was established on 11 October 1866 and had her command until the dissolution in 1919 in Hanover.
Battle calendar
1914
- 4 to 16 August --- conquest of Liege
- August 23-24 --- Battle of Namur
- August 29-30 --- Battle of St. Quentin
- September 6 to 9 --- Battle of the Petit Morin
- September 12-13 --- fights at Reims
- From September 13 --- fighting on the Aisne
1915
- To 25 April --- fighting on the Aisne
- April 25-30 --- transport to the East
- May 1-3 --- Battle of Gorlice - Tarnów
- 4 to 23 May --- persecution struggles after the Battle of Gorlice - Tarnów May 16-23 --- crossing of the San
1916
- To 16 May --- fighting on the Aisne March 10 --- storming the mountain at La Ville aux Bois
1917
- To February 3 --- fighting on the Aisne
- February 4 to 15 --- Trench warfare in Lorraine (reserve the OHL )
- February 16 to March 6 --- trench warfare in Upper Alsace (reserve the OHL )
- 7 to 14 March --- fighting on the Aisne
- March 15 to April 5 --- position battles on the Aisne
- April 6 to May 8 --- Double Battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
- May 15-July 4 --- Trench warfare in the Champagne
- July 4 to 8 --- Trench warfare in the Argonne
- July 7 to 14 --- transport to the East
- July 15-22 --- Trench warfare on the Lomnica at Kalusz
- July 21-30 --- follow-up battles in eastern Galicia
- July 31-August 2 --- battles for the Zbrucz between Zbrucz and Sereth
- August 3 to 23 --- position battles between the Dniester and Zbrucz, on Zbrucz and between Zbrucz and Sereth
- September 1 to 5 --- Battle of Riga September 2 --- battles on the Great Jägel
- September 4 --- Conquest of Hinzenberg Station
- September 4 --- persecution battles towards the road Riga - Contact
- November 20-29 --- Tank Battle of Cambrai
- November 30 to December 7 --- Attack Battle of Cambrai
1918
- January 31, --- fighting in the Siegfried Line
- February 1 to March 20 --- Trench warfare in Artois and march to the Great Battle in France
- March 21 to April 6 --- Great Battle in France March 21-23 --- Breakthrough Battle Monchy- Cambrai
- March 21-23 --- struggles Morchies and Beugny
- March 24-25 --- Battle of Bapaume