64:
46:
420:, most divisional cavalry, including brigade headquarters, was withdrawn to form cavalry divisions or split up among divisions as reconnaissance units.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 9th Division was again renamed the 9th Infantry Division. Its initial wartime organization was as follows:
361:
German divisions underwent various organizational changes after the Franco-Prussian War. The 9th
Division lost all of its original infantry regiments to other divisions and received replacement regiments. The organization of the 9th Division in 1914, shortly before the outbreak of World War I, was
477:"). 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 9th Infantry Division's order of battle on March 11, 1918, was as follows:
670:
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
573:
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
322:
During wartime, the 9th
Division, like other regular German divisions, was redesignated an infantry division. The organization of the 9th Infantry Division in 1870 at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War was as follows:
235:(now GĹ‚ogĂłw, Poland) in November 1816 as a brigade, became the 10th Division on September 5, 1818, and was renumbered the 9th Division on February 28, 1820. The division was subordinated in peacetime to the
1371:
1366:
1361:
469:
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
1308:
741:
1334:
1159:
1339:
243:). The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The division was recruited primarily in the
1010:
896:
891:
593:
From the late 1800s, the
Prussian Army was effectively the German Army, as during the period of German unification (1866–1871) the states of the
1238:
1115:
1110:
1015:
1243:
1223:
1207:
1185:
973:
958:
919:
886:
876:
978:
968:
944:
1303:
911:
734:
1198:
1151:
1287:
1177:
1318:
1233:
1105:
1002:
929:
901:
881:
727:
963:
499:
268:
139:
1164:
1141:
1136:
934:
291:
228:
1282:
1277:
311:
280:
260:
172:
151:
130:
597:
entered into conventions with
Prussia regarding their armies and only the Bavarian Army remained fully autonomous.
1228:
988:
851:
846:
841:
836:
831:
826:
821:
719:
307:
272:
168:
143:
1128:
816:
811:
806:
801:
796:
791:
786:
781:
776:
1092:
1075:
473:– one infantry brigade with three infantry regiments rather than two infantry brigades of two regiments (a "
303:
236:
164:
1065:
868:
754:
193:
470:
264:
256:
244:
135:
126:
1272:
1070:
51:
1060:
1055:
1050:
1045:
299:
197:
189:
160:
1267:
474:
276:
147:
1355:
658:
594:
539:
225:
221:
69:
758:
417:
287:
201:
156:
750:
295:
610:(Biblio Verlag, OsnabrĂĽck, 1993), Bd. 1, p.102; Claus von Bredow, bearb.,
1313:
446:
Ulanen-Regiment Kaiser
Alexander III von RuĂźland (WestpreuĂźisches) Nr.1
686:(Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Hildburghausen, 1871), p. 46
232:
116:
507:
Feldartillerie-Regiment von
Podbielski (1. Niederschlesisches) Nr. 5
452:
Feldartillerie-Regiment von
Podbielski (1. Niederschlesisches) Nr. 5
402:
Feldartillerie-Regiment von
Podbielski (1. Niederschlesisches) Nr. 5
394:
Ulanen-Regiment Prinz August von WĂĽrttemberg (Posensches) Nr. 10
723:
267:
of 1870–71, the division saw action in the opening battles of
23:); in 1870–71 and from August 2, 1914, 9th Infantry Division (
484:
Grenadier-Regiment König Wilhelm I (2. Westpreußisches) Nr. 7
438:
Grenadier-Regiment König Wilhelm I (2. Westpreußisches) Nr. 7
380:
Grenadier-Regiment König Wilhelm I (2. Westpreußisches) Nr. 7
706:
704:
487:
Infanterie-Regiment von Courbière (2. Posensches) Nr. 19
427:
Infanterie-Regiment von Courbière (2. Posensches) Nr. 19
369:
Infanterie-Regiment von Courbière (2. Posensches) Nr. 19
314:. Allied intelligence rated it a first class division.
560:
Geschichte des deutschen Heeres im Weltkriege 1914–1918
546:
Historische Rang- und Stammliste des deutschen Heeres
1372:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1919
612:
Historische Rang- und Stammliste des deuschen Heeres
455:
2. Niederschlesisches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 41
405:
2. Niederschlesisches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 41
391:
Dragoner-Regiment von Bredow (1. Schlesisches) Nr. 4
1296:
1260:
1197:
1176:
1150:
1127:
1091:
1084:
1032:
987:
943:
910:
867:
860:
765:
416:On mobilization in August 1914 at the beginning of
183:
178:
122:
112:
100:
92:
84:
76:
57:
39:
31:
18:
1367:Military units and formations established in 1818
510:II.Bataillon/Reserve-FuĂźartillerie-Regiment Nr. 6
490:5. Niederschlesisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 154
441:5. Niederschlesisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 154
383:5. Niederschlesisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 154
608:Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815–1939.
567:Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815–1939.
493:Maschinengewehr-ScharfschĂĽtzen-Abteilung Nr. 16
735:
521:2./Niederschlesisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 5
518:1./Niederschlesisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 5
460:1./Niederschlesisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 5
8:
1362:Infantry divisions of Germany in World War I
540:9. Infanterie-Division – Der erste Weltkrieg
1309:Army order of battle, Western Front (1918)
1088:
1038:
864:
769:
742:
728:
720:
318:Order of battle in the Franco-Prussian War
302:in 1916. In 1918, it participated in the
696:Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee
298:region of France and later fought in the
430:3. Posensches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 58
372:3. Posensches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 58
88:Infantry (in peacetime included cavalry)
586:
569:(Biblio Verlag, OsnabrĂĽck, 1993), Bd. 1
15:
500:Regiment Königs-Jäger zu Pferde Nr. 1
7:
684:Der französische Feldzug 1870–1871
529:Divisions-Nachrichten-Kommandeur 9
14:
515:Stab Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 120:
62:
44:
1288:High Command of Coastal Defence
1178:XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps
1120:35th Division (Austria-Hungary)
634:Ruhmeshalle unserer alten Armee
553:Ruhmeshalle unserer alten Armee
412:Order of battle on mobilization
1152:XIII (Royal WĂĽrttemberg) Corps
636:(Berlin, 1935); Wegner, pp.387
341:Königsgrenadier-Regiment Nr. 7
247:, primarily in Lower Silesia.
1:
465:Late World War I organization
294:. It initially occupied the
290:, the division served on the
1160:5th Guards Infantry Division
357:Pre-World War I organization
1304:Army order of battle (1914)
1165:3rd Royal Bavarian Division
1142:6th Royal Bavarian Division
1137:5th Royal Bavarian Division
935:6th Royal Bavarian Division
255:The division fought in the
1388:
544:Claus von Bredow, bearb.,
524:Minenwerfer-Kompanie Nr. 9
449:9. Feldartillerie-Brigade
399:9. Feldartillerie-Brigade
344:Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 47
333:Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 59
330:Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 58
312:Second Battle of the Marne
1329:
1229:Bavarian Cavalry Division
1219:
1041:
772:
504:Artillerie-Kommandeur 9:
308:Third Battle of the Aisne
1129:III Royal Bavarian Corps
424:17. Infanterie-Brigade:
1011:105th Infantry Division
897:204th Infantry Division
892:200th Infantry Division
481:18.Infanterie-Brigade:
435:18.Infanterie-Brigade:
366:17. Infanterie-Brigade
352:Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 4
338:18. Infanterie Brigade
327:17. Infanterie Brigade
306:, seeing action in the
304:German spring offensive
259:in 1866, including the
165:German spring offensive
1239:18th Landwehr Division
1116:94th Infantry Division
1111:13th Landwehr Division
1016:87th Infantry Division
869:I Royal Bavarian Corps
659:9. Infanterie-Division
388:9. Kavallerie-Brigade
377:18.Infanterie-Brigade
25:9. Infanterie-Division
1244:2nd Landwehr Division
1224:33rd Reserve Division
1208:8th Landwehr Division
1201:/ 57th Corps (z.b.V.)
1186:5th Landwehr Division
974:82nd Reserve Division
959:81st Reserve Division
920:75th Reserve Division
887:15th Reserve Division
877:19th Reserve Division
632:Hermann Cron et al.,
551:Hermann Cron et al.,
349:Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 5
1319:Army Group Mackensen
979:5th Reserve Division
969:1st Reserve Division
755:Imperial German Army
673:(1920), pp. 167–170.
261:Battle of Königgrätz
220:) was a unit of the
194:Hermann von Eichhorn
945:XVIII Reserve Corps
265:Franco-Prussian War
257:Austro-Prussian War
245:Province of Silesia
231:. It was formed in
136:Franco-Prussian War
127:Austro-Prussian War
912:XXVI Reserve Corps
698:(1914), pp. 67–68.
623:Wegner, pp. 54–55.
614:(1905), pp.386–387
52:Kingdom of Prussia
1349:
1348:
1335:List of Divisions
1256:
1255:
1252:
1251:
1199:III Cavalry Corps
1028:
1027:
1024:
1023:
207:
206:
1379:
1089:
1046:A (Falkenhausen)
1039:
865:
770:
753:commands of the
744:
737:
730:
721:
714:
708:
699:
693:
687:
680:
674:
667:
661:
656:
650:
649:; Wegner, pp.360
643:
637:
630:
624:
621:
615:
604:
598:
591:
251:Combat chronicle
198:Eduard von Below
190:Karl von Grolman
68:
66:
65:
50:
48:
47:
16:
1387:
1386:
1382:
1381:
1380:
1378:
1377:
1376:
1352:
1351:
1350:
1345:
1344:
1325:
1292:
1248:
1215:
1193:
1172:
1146:
1123:
1080:
1034:Armee-Abteilung
1020:
983:
939:
906:
856:
766:Numbered Armies
761:
748:
718:
717:
709:
702:
694:
690:
681:
677:
668:
664:
657:
653:
644:
640:
631:
627:
622:
618:
606:GĂĽnter Wegner,
605:
601:
592:
588:
583:
565:GĂĽnter Wegner,
536:
475:square division
467:
414:
359:
320:
277:Battle of Sedan
253:
210:
185:
154:
133:
104:V. Army Corps (
63:
61:
45:
43:
12:
11:
5:
1385:
1383:
1375:
1374:
1369:
1364:
1354:
1353:
1347:
1346:
1343:
1342:
1337:
1331:
1330:
1327:
1326:
1324:
1323:
1322:
1321:
1311:
1306:
1300:
1298:
1294:
1293:
1291:
1290:
1285:
1280:
1275:
1270:
1264:
1262:
1258:
1257:
1254:
1253:
1250:
1249:
1247:
1246:
1241:
1236:
1231:
1226:
1220:
1217:
1216:
1214:
1213:
1212:255th Division
1210:
1204:
1202:
1195:
1194:
1192:
1191:
1190:224th Division
1188:
1182:
1180:
1174:
1173:
1171:
1170:
1169:241st Division
1167:
1162:
1156:
1154:
1148:
1147:
1145:
1144:
1139:
1133:
1131:
1125:
1124:
1122:
1121:
1118:
1113:
1108:
1103:
1097:
1095:
1086:
1082:
1081:
1079:
1078:
1073:
1068:
1063:
1058:
1053:
1048:
1042:
1036:
1030:
1029:
1026:
1025:
1022:
1021:
1019:
1018:
1013:
1008:
1007:221st Division
1005:
1000:
999:237th Division
997:
996:232nd Division
993:
991:
985:
984:
982:
981:
976:
971:
966:
961:
956:
955:238th Division
953:
952:231st Division
949:
947:
941:
940:
938:
937:
932:
927:
922:
916:
914:
908:
907:
905:
904:
899:
894:
889:
884:
879:
873:
871:
862:
858:
857:
855:
854:
849:
844:
839:
834:
829:
824:
819:
814:
809:
804:
799:
794:
789:
784:
779:
773:
767:
763:
762:
749:
747:
746:
739:
732:
724:
716:
715:
700:
688:
675:
662:
651:
638:
625:
616:
599:
585:
584:
582:
579:
578:
577:
570:
563:
562:(Berlin, 1937)
558:Hermann Cron,
556:
555:(Berlin, 1935)
549:
542:
535:
532:
531:
530:
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522:
519:
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496:
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336:
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331:
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281:Siege of Paris
252:
249:
208:
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187:
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180:
176:
175:
124:
120:
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114:
110:
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102:
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96:Approx. 15,000
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82:
81:
78:
74:
73:
59:
55:
54:
41:
37:
36:
33:
29:
28:
19:9th Division (
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
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1373:
1370:
1368:
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1360:
1359:
1357:
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1340:List of Corps
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1237:
1235:
1234:10th Division
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1135:
1134:
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1130:
1126:
1119:
1117:
1114:
1112:
1109:
1107:
1106:10th Division
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1099:
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1087:
1083:
1077:
1074:
1072:
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1044:
1043:
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1035:
1031:
1017:
1014:
1012:
1009:
1006:
1004:
1003:11th Division
1001:
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995:
994:
992:
990:
986:
980:
977:
975:
972:
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967:
965:
962:
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957:
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951:
950:
948:
946:
942:
936:
933:
931:
930:18th Division
928:
926:
923:
921:
918:
917:
915:
913:
909:
903:
902:34th Division
900:
898:
895:
893:
890:
888:
885:
883:
882:29th Division
880:
878:
875:
874:
872:
870:
866:
863:
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853:
850:
848:
845:
843:
840:
838:
835:
833:
830:
828:
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823:
820:
818:
815:
813:
810:
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805:
803:
800:
798:
795:
793:
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788:
785:
783:
780:
778:
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774:
771:
768:
764:
760:
756:
752:
745:
740:
738:
733:
731:
726:
725:
722:
713:
710:Cron et al.,
707:
705:
701:
697:
692:
689:
685:
679:
676:
672:
666:
663:
660:
655:
652:
648:
645:Cron et al.,
642:
639:
635:
629:
626:
620:
617:
613:
609:
603:
600:
596:
595:German Empire
590:
587:
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561:
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554:
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543:
541:
538:
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509:
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497:
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329:
328:
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317:
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309:
305:
301:
297:
293:
292:Western Front
289:
284:
282:
279:, and in the
278:
274:
270:
266:
262:
258:
250:
248:
246:
242:
241:V. Armeekorps
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209:Military unit
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106:V. Armeekorps
103:
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70:German Empire
60:
56:
53:
42:
38:
34:
30:
26:
22:
17:
1261:Named Armies
1101:9th Division
1100:
1033:
964:2nd Division
925:9th Division
924:
711:
695:
691:
683:
682:A. Niemann,
678:
669:
665:
654:
646:
641:
633:
628:
619:
611:
607:
602:
589:
572:
566:
559:
552:
545:
468:
415:
362:as follows:
360:
321:
285:
254:
240:
237:V Army Corps
217:
214:9th Division
213:
211:
134:
105:
101:Part of
24:
20:
1085:C (Strantz)
1061:D (Scholtz)
1056:C (Strantz)
759:World War I
712:Ruhmeshalle
647:Ruhmeshalle
498:2.Eskadron/
418:World War I
288:World War I
269:Weissenburg
218:9. Division
202:Erich Weber
157:World War I
140:Weissenburg
123:Engagements
113:Garrison/HQ
72:(1871–1918)
21:9. Division
1356:Categories
1071:Lauenstein
751:Army level
534:References
471:triangular
263:. In the
186:commanders
179:Commanders
131:Königgrätz
58:Allegiance
1051:B (Gaede)
989:XIV Corps
275:, in the
173:2nd Marne
169:3rd Aisne
35:1818–1919
1314:Ober Ost
310:and the
222:Prussian
1297:Related
1093:V Corps
1076:Woyrsch
184:Notable
40:Country
1273:Niemen
1066:Gronau
576:(1920)
548:(1905)
300:Verdun
296:Woëvre
233:Glogau
226:German
161:Verdun
117:Glogau
77:Branch
67:
49:
32:Active
1283:South
1278:North
581:Notes
273:Wörth
152:Paris
148:Sedan
144:Wörth
861:18th
852:19th
847:18th
842:17th
837:14th
832:12th
827:11th
822:10th
671:1919
574:1919
271:and
229:Army
212:The
93:Size
85:Type
80:Army
1268:Bug
817:9th
812:8th
807:7th
802:6th
797:5th
792:4th
787:3rd
782:2nd
777:1st
757:in
286:In
1358::
703:^
283:.
200:,
196:,
192:,
171:,
167:,
163:,
159::
150:,
146:,
142:,
138::
129::
743:e
736:t
729:v
239:(
224:/
216:(
108:)
27:)
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