This
peacetime Army unit was formed in October 1912
The 41st and 37th Infantry Divisions combined to form the XX Army Corps
72nd
Infantry Brigade
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Transferred to the 101st Infantry Division on 8th May 1915.
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18th Infantry Regiment
"von Grolmann" (1st Posen) formed on 1st July 1813, garrisoned at Osterode
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59th Infantry Regiment
"Freiherr Hiller von Gaertringen" (4th Posen) formed on 5th May 1860, garrisoned at Deutsch-Eylau
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To 101st
Infantry Division
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74th
Infantry Brigade
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148th Infantry Regiment (5th
West Prussian) formed on 31st March 1897, garrisoned at Elbing
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152nd (German Order) Infantry Regiment (1st Alsatian) formed on 31st March 1897, garrisoned at Marienburg
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10th Dragoon Regiment
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41st Field Artillery Brigade
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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.
