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

Commanders

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