词条 | 3rd Reserve Division (German Empire) |
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|unit_name=3rd Reserve Division (3. Reserve-Division) |dates=1914–1919 |country=Germany |branch=Army |type=Infantry |size=Approx. 15,000World War I: Gumbinnen, Tannenberg, 1st Masurian Lakes, 2nd Masurian Lakes, 3rd Ypres, Spring Offensive, Hundred Days Offensive }} The 3rd Reserve Division (3. Reserve-Division) was a reserve infantry division of the Imperial German Army in World War I. It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 from reserve infantry units primarily from Pomerania. The division served from the beginning of the war until early 1917 on the Eastern Front, after which it was transferred to the Western Front. It was rated a third class division by Allied intelligence.[1][2] August 1914 organizationThe 3rd Reserve Division's initial wartime organization was as follows:[3]
Late World War I organizationDivisions underwent many changes during the war, with regiments moving from division to division, and some being destroyed and rebuilt. During the war, most divisions became triangular - one infantry brigade with three infantry regiments rather than two infantry brigades of two regiments (a "square division"). The 3rd Reserve Division triangularized in November 1915.[4] An artillery commander replaced the artillery brigade headquarters, the cavalry was further reduced, the engineer contingent was increased, and a divisional signals command was created. The 3rd Reserve Division's order of battle on March 1, 1918, was as follows:[3]
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Notes1. ^3. Reserve-Division - Der erste Weltkrieg {{German Empire Divisions}}{{DEFAULTSORT:3rd Reserve Division (German Empire)}}2. ^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) 3. ^1 Cron et al., Ruhmeshalle 4. ^03. Reserve-Division - Der erste Weltkrieg 4 : Military units and formations established in 1914|1914 establishments in Germany|Infantry divisions of Germany in World War I|Military units and formations disestablished in 1919 |
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