11th Reserve Division (German Empire)

11th Reserve Division (11\. Reserve-Division)

Active| 1914-1919
Country|  German Empire
Branch| Army
Type| Infantry
Size| Approx. 15,000
Engagements| World War I

* Great Retreat
* Battle of Verdun
* Battle of the Somme
* Battle of Arras

Military unit

The 11th Reserve Division (11\. 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 1914[1] 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, with some troops from other areas due to the large Polish population of Silesia. It received the regular 23rd Infantry Brigade from the 12th Division on mobilization.

## Combat chronicle

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The 11th 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 Arras in 1917. Allied intelligence rated the division as second class.[1][2]

## Order of battle on mobilization

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The order of battle of the 11th Reserve Division on mobilization was as follows:[3]

* 23\. Infanterie-Brigade
* Infanterie-Regiment Keith (1. Oberschlesisches) Nr. 22
* 3\. Schlesisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 156
* 21\. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
* Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 10
* Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 11
* Reserve-Husaren-Regiment Nr. 4
* Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 11
* 4.Kompanie/Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 6

## Order of battle on October 19, 1918

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The 11th 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 October 19, 1918, was as follows:[4]

* 23\. Infanterie-Brigade
* Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 10
* Infanterie-Regiment Keith (1. Oberschlesisches) Nr. 22
* 3\. Schlesisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 156
* 1.Eskadron/Reserve-Husaren-Regiment Nr. 4
* Artillerie-Kommandeur 98
* Schlesisches Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 11
* I.Bataillon/Reserve-Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr. 5
* Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 311
* Divisions-Nachrichten-Kommandeur 411

## References

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* 11\. 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
* 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)

## Notes

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1. ^ a b 11\. Reserve-Division (Chronik 1914-1918)
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), pp. 201-203.
3. ^ Hermann Cron et al., Ruhmeshalle unserer alten Armee (Berlin, 1935).
4. ^ Cron et al., Ruhmeshalle.

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Army level commands of the Imperial German Army in World War I

Numbered Armies|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th
* 11th
* 12th
* 14th
* 17th
* 18th
* 19th

4th|

| Naval Corps|

* 1st Naval Division
* 2nd Naval Division
* ⅔ 38th Landwehr Division
* ⅓ 3rd Division
* 85th Landwehr Division

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Guards Reserve Corps|

* 3rd Reserve Division
* ⅔ 3rd Division
* 13th Reserve Division
* 16th Bavarian Division
* 36th Reserve Division
* 11th Bavarian Infantry Division
* 4th Division
* ⅓ 38th Landwehr Division
* 16th Reserve Division
* 23rd Division
* 3rd Landwehr Division

Guards Corps|

* 26th Division
* 19th Division
* Guard Ersatz Division
* 207th Division
* 1st Bavarian Reserve Division
* 21st Division
* 52nd Reserve Division
* 6th Cavalry Division

X Reserve Corps|

* 49th Reserve Division
* 23rd Reserve Division
* 11th Reserve Division
* 56th Infantry Division
* 6th Bavarian Reserve Division
* 39th Division
* 40th Division

IV Cavalry Corps|

* 3rd Cavalry Division
* 6th Cavalry Division

XXVII Reserve Corps|

* 53rd Reserve Division
* 54th Reserve Division

VI Corps|

* 11th Division
* 12th Division

VIII Corps|

* 15th Division
* 16th Division

IX Corps|

* 5th Reserve Division
* 6th Reserve Division

Armee-Abteilung|

* A (Falkenhausen)
* B (Gaede)
* C (Strantz)
* D (Scholtz)
* Gronau
* Lauenstein
* Woyrsch

Named Armies|

* Bug
* Niemen
* North
* South
* High Command of Coastal Defence

Related|

* Army order of battle (1914)
* Army order of battle, Western Front (1918)
* Ober Ost
* Army Group Mackensen

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