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This Blog was born from a wet day in Germany, looking at one of the many war memorials in that country and further investigation which led me to notice a lack of reference material with regards to the German Army in World War One.

My work on this project has been made easier by the World Wide Web, but with the information tools at my disposal it has been a constant battle to ensure that the correct information has been included.

This Blog is intended for reference, and will hopefully enable those with an interest in the German Army of World War One to look up with confidence the various units and organisations which contributed to the German war machine.

Monday 3 February 2014

41st Infantry Division



This peacetime Army unit was formed in October 1912

Its home station was in East Prussia, part of the XX Corps District.

The 41st and 37th Infantry Divisions combined to form the XX Army Corps



72nd Infantry Brigade
Transferred to the 101st Infantry Division on 8th May 1915.
18th Infantry Regiment "von Grolmann" (1st Posen) formed on 1st July 1813, garrisoned at Osterode

59th Infantry Regiment "Freiherr Hiller von Gaertringen" (4th Posen)  formed on 5th May 1860, garrisoned at Deutsch-Eylau
To 101st Infantry Division
74th Infantry Brigade

148th Infantry Regiment (5th West Prussian) formed on 31st March 1897, garrisoned at Elbing

152nd (German Order) Infantry Regiment (1st Alsatian) formed on 31st March 1897, garrisoned at Marienburg

10th Dragoon Regiment

41st Field Artillery Brigade
35th Field Artillery Regiment
79th Field Artillery Regiment

Also 2nd and 3rd Companies of the 26th Pioneer Battalion

This Division started the war on the Russian Front, after advancing on Lodz it moved north of the Vistula.  It then occupied the Dvina sector until October 1916.

It took part in the offensive against Romania, and entered Bucharest in December 1916.  

It was sent to France in February 1917, after a period of rest it took part in the battle of Californie Plateau.  It was sent to Flanders in November 1917, and in March 1918 it was identified near Arras.

After taking in replacements from the defunct 225th Division it took part in the Argonne battles against the Americans.  It was in the battles against the Americans it ceased to function as a Division and was destroyed.

Note:  The 18th Infantry Regiment was named for Karl Von Grolman a Prussian General of the Napoleonic Wars.  The 59th Infantry Regiment was named for Baron August Hillier Von Gaertringen was a Prussian General of the Napoleonic Wars. The 152nd Infantry Regiment motto of German Order eluded to the German order of Teutonic Knights, on whose former estates the regiment was formed.

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