12th Reserve Division

Imperial German Army unit in WWI the German division other divisions 12th Division (disambiguation) 12th Reserve Division (12. Reserve-Division) 1914-1919 Germany Army Infantry Approx. 15,000 World War I: Great Retreat, Battle of Verdun, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Delville Wood, Battle of Arras (1917) 12th Reserve Division (12. Reserve-Division) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. The division was formed on mobilization of the German Army in August 191412. Reserve-Division (Chronik 1914-1918) as part of VI Reserve Corps. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The division was recruited in the Province of Silesia, mainly Upper Silesia. Combat chronicle The 12th Reserve Division fought on the Western Front, participating in the opening German offensive which led to the Allied Great Retreat. Thereafter, the division remained in the line in the Verdun region until February 1916, when it entered the Battle of Verdun. The division later fought in the Battle of the Somme. It remained in the Flanders-Artois region for the rest of the war, and fought in the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917. Allied intelligence rated the division as second class.215-218 Order of battle on mobilization The order of battle of the 12th Reserve Division on mobilization was as follows:Hermann Cron et al., Ruhmeshalle unserer alten Armee (Berlin, 1935). 22. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment von Winterfeldt (2. Oberschlesisches) Nr.23 Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 38 Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 6 23. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 22 Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 51 Reserve-Ulanen-Regiment Nr. 4 Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 12 1.Reserve-Kompanie/Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 6 2.Reserve-Kompanie/Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 6 Order of battle on February 20, 1918 The 12th Reserve Division was triangularized in April 1915. Over the course of the war, other changes took place, including the formation of artillery and signals commands and a pioneer battalion. The order of battle on February 20, 1918, was as follows:Cron et al., Ruhmeshalle. 22. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 23 Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 38 Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 51 2.Eskadron/Reserve-Husaren-Regiment Nr. 4 Artillerie-Kommandeur 99 Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 12 Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 312 Divisions-Nachrichten-Kommandeur 412 References 12. Reserve-Division (Chronik 1914/1918) - Der erste Weltkrieg Hermann Cron et al., Ruhmeshalle unserer alten Armee (Berlin, 1935) Hermann Cron, Geschichte des deutschen Heeres im Weltkriege 1914-1918 (Berlin, 1937) Günter Wegner, Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815-1939. (Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Bd. 1 Notes y Category:Reserve divisions of Germany in World War I Category:Military units and formations established in 1914 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1919 Category:1914 establishments in Germany