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

Commanders

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