21st Reserve Division (German Empire)
The 21st Reserve Division was a major unit of the Prussian Army in the First World War.
- 2.1 1914
- 2.2 1915
- 2.3 1916
- 2.4 1917
- 2.5 1918
Structure
Mobilization of Battle at 1914
- 41 Reserve Infantry Brigade Reserve Infantry Regiment 80
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 87
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 81
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 88
- Reserve - Dragoon Regiment No. 7
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 21
- 4th Company / Kurhessisches Pioneer Battalion No. 11
Of Battle from March 8, 1918
- 41 Reserve Infantry Brigade Reserve Infantry Regiment 80
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 87
- Reserve Infantry Regiment 88
- 3rd Squadron / Reserve - Dragoon Regiment No. 4
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 21
- 22 Bavarian Foot Artillery Battalion
Battle calendar
1914
- August 22-23 --- Battle of Neufchâteau
- August 24-29 --- Battle of the Meuse
- August 30 to September 5 --- persecution of the Meuse to the Marne
- September 6 to 12 --- Battle of the Marne
- September 13-October 10 --- Trench warfare in the Champagne September 15-16 --- Storming of Servon
1915
- To 22 September --- Trench warfare in the Champagne and west of the Argonne February 3 --- storming of the height 191, north Massiges
- May 15-16 --- Battle of Ville- sur- Tourbe
1916
- To 14 July --- Trench warfare in the Champagne and west of the Argonne
- July 15 to September 9 --- Battle of Verdun
- September 9 to December 21 --- Trench warfare at Verdun
- December 21-23 --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
- From 23 December --- reserve the OHL behind the army department Falkenhausen
1917
- To 6 February --- reserve the OHL behind the army department Falkenhausen
- February 7 to March 28 --- Trench warfare in Lorraine
- March 30-April 15 --- reserve the OHL
- April 16-May 27 --- Double Battle Aisne -Champagne
- May 28 to October 25 --- Trench warfare in Reims
- October 26 to November 2 --- Nachhutkämpfe to and south of the Ailette
- November 3 to 14 --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
- November 15-21 --- Autumn battle in Flanders ( Reserve Army Group " Crown Prince Rupprecht " )
- November 20-29 --- Tank Battle of Cambrai
- From November 21 --- fighting in the Siegfried Line
1918
- January 31, --- fighting in the Siegfried Line
- February 1 to March 20 --- fighting in the Siegfried Line and preparation time for the Great Battle in France
- March 21-22 --- breakthrough between Gouzeaucourt and Vermand
- March 21 to April 6 --- Great Battle in France March 23-26 --- follow-up battles in the Somme area