265:, most divisional cavalry, including brigade headquarters, was withdrawn to form cavalry divisions or split up among divisions as reconnaissance units. Divisions received engineer companies and other support units from their higher headquarters. The 32nd Division was redesignated the 32nd Infantry Division. Its initial wartime organization was as follows:
325:"). 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 32nd Infantry Division's order of battle on January 1, 1918, was as follows:
442:
From 1867, the Saxon Army was integrated into the
Prussian Army's organizational structure (hence the dual numbering) in what was effectively the German Army. During the period of German unification (1866-1871), Saxony, along with the other states of the
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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
418:
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
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161:). The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The division was recruited in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Saxony.
317:
Divisions 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
997:
556:
1023:
1028:
793:
778:
764:
746:
731:
741:
698:
811:
876:
871:
992:
549:
185:, also known as the Third Battle of Champagne (and to the Germans, as the Double Battle of Aisne-Champagne), and in the Battle of
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803:
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726:
721:
703:
542:
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154:
146:
447:, entered into conventions with Prussia regarding their armies and only the Bavarian Army remained fully autonomous.
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182:
107:
713:
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321:- one infantry brigade with three infantry regiments rather than two infantry brigades of two regiments (a "
190:
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115:
111:
201:
The organization of the 32nd
Division in 1914, shortly before the outbreak of World War I, was as follows:
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318:
961:
931:
921:
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322:
1044:
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174:
143:
99:
43:
181:. It then spent the next several years in the trenches. In 1917, it fought in the
573:
262:
95:
565:
460:(Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Bd. 1, p.128; Claus von Bredow, bearb.,
1002:
150:
85:
149:. The division was formed on April 1, 1887, and was headquartered in
139:
39:
385:
32. Infanterie-Division (Chronik 1914/1918) - Der erste
Weltkrieg
538:
193:. Allied intelligence rated the division third class in 1918.
294:
3. Feldartillerie-Brigade Nr. 32 (32. Feldartillerie-Brigade)
244:
3. Feldartillerie-Brigade Nr. 32 (32. Feldartillerie-Brigade)
511:
Rangliste der Königlich Sächsischen Armee für das Jahr 1914
521:
519:
332:
3. Infanterie-Regiment König Ludwig III von Bayern Nr. 102
272:
3. Infanterie-Regiment König Ludwig III von Bayern Nr. 102
208:
3. Infanterie-Regiment König Ludwig III von Bayern Nr. 102
405:
Geschichte des deutschen Heeres im
Weltkriege 1914-1918
329:
5. Infanterie-Brigade Nr. 63 (63. Infanterie-Brigade)
280:
6. Infanterie-Brigade Nr. 64 (64. Infanterie-Brigade)
269:
5. Infanterie-Brigade Nr. 63 (63. Infanterie-Brigade)
233:
3. Kavallerie-Brigade Nr. 32 (32. Kavallerie-Brigade)
219:
6. Infanterie-Brigade Nr. 64 (64. Infanterie-Brigade)
205:
5. Infanterie-Brigade Nr. 63 (63. Infanterie-Brigade)
391:
Historische Rang- und
Stammliste des deutschen Heeres
153:. The division was subordinated in peacetime to the
1061:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1919
462:
Historische Rang- und
Stammliste des deuschen Heeres
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949:
893:
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825:
802:
755:
712:
682:
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580:
352:
Fußartillerie-Bataillon Nr. 80 (from April 3, 1918)
261:On mobilization in August 1914 at the beginning of
91:
81:
73:
65:
57:
49:
35:
27:
18:
1056:Military units and formations established in 1887
842:106th Division (Austria-Hungary) (less elements)
458:Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815-1939.
412:Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815-1939.
169:During World War I, the division fought on the
366:3.Reserve-Kompanie/1. Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 12
550:
8:
1051:Infantry divisions of Germany in World War I
483:32. Infanterie-Division (Chronik 1914/1918)
998:Army order of battle, Western Front (1918)
899:
679:
584:
557:
543:
535:
236:1. Husaren-Regiment, "König Albert" Nr. 18
159:XII. (1. Königlich Sächsisches) Armeekorps
291:1. Husaren-Regiment "König Albert" Nr. 18
772:part of 106th Division (Austria-Hungary)
214:1. Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 12 (from 1.10.14)
189:. In 1918, it fought against the Allied
61:Infantry (in peacetime included cavalry)
435:
414:(Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Bd. 1
363:5.Kompanie/1. Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 12
360:2.Kompanie/1. Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 12
308:3.Kompanie/1. Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 12
305:2.Kompanie/1. Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 12
228:2. Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 13 (to 1.10.14)
15:
343:4.Eskadron/3. Husaren-Regiment Nr. 20
134:), formally the 3rd Division No. 32 (
7:
374:Divisions-Nachrichten-Kommandeur 32
14:
349:5. Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 64
300:5. Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 64
297:2. Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 28
250:5. Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 64
247:2. Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 28
77:XII. (1st Royal Saxon) Army Corps
155:XII (1st Royal Saxon) Army Corps
977:High Command of Coastal Defence
398:Ruhmeshalle unserer alten Armee
357:Stab Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 140
338:12. Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 177
286:13. Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 178
283:12. Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 177
257:Order of battle on mobilization
225:13. Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 178
222:12. Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 177
769:1st Division (Austria-Hungary)
335:4. Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 103
275:4. Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 103
211:4. Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 103
173:, seeing action in the Allied
1:
826:XVIII Corps (Austria-Hungary)
737:5th Bavarian Reserve Division
313:Late World War I organization
197:Pre-World War I organization
993:Army order of battle (1914)
369:Minenwerfer-Kompanie Nr. 32
1077:
389:Claus von Bredow, bearb.,
239:3. Husaren-Regiment Nr. 20
183:Second Battle of the Aisne
108:Second Battle of the Aisne
1018:
902:
587:
346:Artillerie-Kommandeur 32
179:First Battle of the Marne
142:Army, a component of the
177:which culminated in the
794:117th Infantry Division
779:192nd Infantry Division
765:123rd Infantry Division
747:115th Infantry Division
732:107th Infantry Division
191:Meuse-Argonne Offensive
116:Meuse-Argonne Offensive
742:88th Infantry Division
699:52nd Infantry Division
695:15th Bavarian Division
812:1st Landwehr Division
686:/ 58th Corps (z.b.V.)
497:(1920), pp. 399-401 (
464:(1905), pp.1388-1389.
396:Hermann Cron et al.,
1008:Army Group Mackensen
877:6th Cavalry Division
872:3rd Cavalry Division
570:Imperial German Army
138:) was a unit of the
104:Battle of the Marne
136:3. Division Nr. 32
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1024:List of Divisions
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944:
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888:
885:
884:
121:
120:
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907:A (Falkenhausen)
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864:IV Cavalry Corps
804:IX Reserve Corps
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585:
568:commands of the
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513:(1914), pp.11-12
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895:Armee-Abteilung
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858:
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798:
757:V Reserve Corps
751:
708:
684:V Cavalry Corps
671:
581:Numbered Armies
576:
563:
533:
532:
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517:
509:
505:
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488:
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477:
472:
468:
456:Günter Wegner,
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432:
410:Günter Wegner,
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323:square division
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144:Imperial German
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19:32nd Division (
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868:
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850:236th Division
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820:
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403:Hermann Cron,
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69:Approx. 15,000
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1029:List of Corps
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854:20th Division
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846:37th Division
844:
841:
839:
838:32nd Division
836:
834:
833:33rd Division
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830:
828:
824:
818:
817:15th Division
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789:27th Division
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784:41st Division
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727:28th Division
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722:13th Division
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704:31st Division
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445:German Empire
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187:Passchendaele
184:
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175:Great Retreat
172:
171:Western Front
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137:
133:
129:
128:32nd Division
123:Military unit
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112:Passchendaele
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100:Great Retreat
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950:Named Armies
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132:32. Division
131:
127:
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74:Part of
21:32. Division
20:
922:D (Scholtz)
917:C (Strantz)
574:World War I
527:Ruhmeshalle
263:World War I
96:World War I
92:Engagements
82:Garrison/HQ
1045:Categories
932:Lauenstein
566:Army level
379:References
319:triangular
912:B (Gaede)
714:XXI Corps
31:1887-1919
1003:Ober Ost
986:Related
937:Woyrsch
421:(1920,
151:Bautzen
86:Dresden
44:Germany
36:Country
962:Niemen
927:Gronau
499:online
423:online
393:(1905)
50:Branch
40:Saxony
28:Active
972:South
967:North
430:Notes
140:Saxon
667:19th
662:18th
657:17th
652:14th
647:12th
642:11th
637:10th
495:1919
419:1919
147:Army
126:The
66:Size
58:Type
53:Army
957:Bug
676:5th
632:9th
627:8th
622:7th
617:6th
612:5th
607:4th
602:3rd
597:2nd
592:1st
572:in
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