95th Infantry Division (German Empire)

95th Infantry Division
Allegiance	German Empire
Branch	Imperial German Army
Engagements	World War I

The 95th Infantry Division (95. Infanterie-Division) was a formation of the Imperial German Army in World War I.

History

The division was first formed on 1 July 1917 at the Eastern Front, where they fought until the finalisation of the Peace Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Following the peace treaty and the end of World War I, they continued to function as an occupying force in Ukraine. The final units of the troop returned therefrom to their homes on 16 May 1919 and were subsequently demobilised and finally disbanded.

Timeline of combats

1917

• 1 July until 1 December --- static combat in the Pinsk Marshes
• 2 until 17 December --- Ceasefire
• From 17 December --- Armistice

1918

• Until 18 February --- Armistice
• 18 February until 21 June --- Fighting in support of Ukraine
  • 30 March --- Combat at Krasnoye
  • 10 until 11 April --- Seizing of Belgorod
  • 14 April until 8 May --- Gang warfare north of the Seym River
• 22 June until 15 November --- Occupation of Ukraine
• From 16 November --- Withdrawal from Ukraine

1919

• Until 16 March --- Withdrawal from Ukraine

Order of battle

Order of battle at wartime 1917/18

• 10th Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
  • Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 52
  • Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 423
  • Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 430
  • 4th Eskadron/Oldenburgisches Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 19
  • Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 69
• Divisions-Nachrichten-Kommandeur Nr. 95

Commanders

Rank	Name	Date [1]
Generalmajor	Wilhelm Neugenbauer	1 July to 1 December 1917
Generalleutnant	Anton von Thiesenhausen	2 December 1917 to 18 Februar 1919

References

1. Dermot Bradley (Hrsg.), Günter Wegner: Stellenbesetzung der Deutschen Heere 1815–1939. Band 1: Die Höheren Kommandostellen 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN   3-7648-1780-1. S. 143.

• 95. Infanterie-Division (Chronik 1915/1918) - Der erste Weltkrieg
• Franz Bettag, Die Eroberung von Nowo Georgiewsk. Schlachten des Weltkrieges, Bd. 8 (Oldenburg, 1926)
• Hermann Cron et al., Ruhmeshalle unserer alten Armee (Berlin, 1935)
• Hermann Cron, Geschichte des deutschen Heeres im Weltkriege 1914-1918 (Berlin, 1937)
• Erich von Falkenhayn, Der Feldzug der 9. Armee gegen die Rumänen und Russen, 1916/17 (Berlin, 1921)
• Oberstleutnant a. D. Dr. Curt Treitschke, Der Rückmarsch aus Rumänien. Mit der Mackensen-Armee vom Sereth durch Siebenbürgen nach Sachsen (Dresden 1938)
• Günter Wegner, Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1825-1939. (Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Bd. 1
• Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918), compiled from records of Intelligence section of the General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, at General Headquarters, Chaumont, France 1919 (1920)