6th Division (German Empire)
The 6th Division, for the duration of the mobile ratio referred to as the 6th 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 III. Army Corps.
Peacetime in 1914
- Infantry Regiment " Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg -Schwerin " (4th Brandenburg ) # 24 in Neuruppin
- Infantry Regiment " General-Field Marshal Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia " ( 8 Brandenburg ) No. 64 in Prenzlau and Angermuende
- Cuirassier Regiment " Emperor Nicholas I of Russia" ( Brandenburg ) # 6 in Brandenburg an der Havel
- Hussars "by Zieten " ( Brandenburg ) # 3 in Rathenow
- Field Artillery Regiment " General Feldzeugmeister " (1 Brandenburg ) # 3 in Brandenburg an der Havel
- Kurmärkisches Field Artillery Regiment No. 39 in Pearl Mountain
Mobilization of Battle at 1914
- Infantry Regiment " Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg -Schwerin " (4th Brandenburg ) # 24
- Infantry Regiment " General-Field Marshal Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia " ( 8 Brandenburg ) # 64
- Staff and 3rd Squadron / Hussars "by Zieten " ( Brandenburg ) # 3
- Field Artillery Regiment " General Feldzeugmeister " (1 Brandenburg ) # 3
- Kurmärkisches Field Artillery Regiment No. 39
- 2nd and 3rd Company / Engineer Battalion No. 3
Of Battle of May 26, 1918
- Field Artillery Regiment " General Feldzeugmeister " (1 Brandenburg ) # 3
- I. Department / Foot Artillery Regiment " General Feldzeugmeister " ( Brandenburg ) # 3
History
The major unit was built from the 2nd Brigade of the Army Corps in France on 5 September 1818. The command was first in Dusseldorf, in Torgau from 1820 and then from 1850 in Brandenburg. Here the division end of September 1919 was dissolved.
Battle calendar
1914
- 4 to 16 August --- conquest of Liege
- August 18-19 --- Battle of the Gette
- August 23-24 --- Battle of Mons
- August 25-27 --- Battle of Le Cateau and Solemes
- August 28-30 --- fighting on the Somme
- September 1 --- Battle of Villers -Cotterets
- September 4 --- battles at Vieils - Maisons- Montmirail
- 5 to 9 September --- Battle of the Ourcq
- September 10 --- rearguard at Neuilly -St. front
- From September 12 --- fighting on the Aisne
1915
- To July 1 --- fighting on the Aisne January 8 to 14 --- Battle of Soissons
- May 9 to July 23 --- Spring Battle of Arras and La Bassée
1916
- To 21 February --- fighting on the Aisne
- February 21 to March 16 --- Battle of Verdun February 25-26 --- conquest of Fort Douaumont
- 7 to 11 March --- struggles for village and Fort Vaux
- Storming of the northern flank of Vaux- tip
1917
- To 7 February --- Trench warfare in the Argonne
- 8 February to 14 April --- trench warfare in Upper Alsace (reserve the OHL )
- April 18-May 4 --- Double Battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne
- May 4 to June 30 --- trench warfare in Upper Alsace (reserve the OHL )
- July 1 to 15 --- reserve the OHL
- July 15-18 --- Trench warfare east Zloczow
- July 19-28 --- breakthrough battle in eastern Galicia
- July 29 to October 8 --- Trench warfare on Sereth
- October 8 to 13 --- reserve the OHL
- October 13-23 --- Trench warfare on the Chemin des Dames October 23 --- Battle of Chavignon
1918
- To 21 February --- Trench warfare north of the Ailette
- February 21 to March 20 --- reserve the OHL and rest period after the 18th Army
- March 21 to April 6 --- Great Battle in France
- 7 April to 27 May --- fighting on the Avre and Montdidier - Noyon
- May 27-June 13 --- Battle of Soissons and Reims
- June 14-July 4 --- Trench warfare between Oise, Aisne and Marne
- July 5 to 17 --- position battles west of Soissons
- July 18-25 --- defensive battle between Soissons and Reims
- July 26-August 3 --- Movable defensive battle between the Marne and Vesle
- August 3 to September 3 --- Reserve of the 9th Army and 17th Army
- September 3 to 26 --- fighting against the Siegfried front
- September 27 to October 8 --- defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
- October 9 to November 4 --- fights before and in the Hermann position
- November 5 to 11 --- fighting retreat before the Antwerp -Meuse position
- From November 12 --- evacuation of the occupied territory and march in the homeland