20th Infantry Division

This peacetime Army unit was formed in October 1866

Its Home Station was in Hanover, part of the X Corps District

The 20th and 19th Infantry Divisions combined to form the X Army Corps

39th Infantry Brigade
79th Infantry Regiment von Voigts-Rhetz (3. Hanoverian), formed on 3rd January 1838, garrisoned in Hildesheim
164th (4th Hanoverian) Infantry Regiment, formed on 24th March 1813, garrisoned in Hameln
10th Hanovarian Jäger Bataillon
40th Infantry Brigade
77th (2nd Hanoverian) Infantry Regiment, formed on 26th March 1813, garrisoned in Celle
92nd Braunschweig Infantry Regiment, formed on 1st April 1809, garrisoned in Braunschweig
20th Field Artillery Brigade	10th Field Artillery Regiment 46th Field Artillery Regiment
17th Hussar Regiment 2nd and 3rd Companies, 10th Pioneer Battalion

The 20th Division entered Belgium at the start of the war, as part of the 2nd Army.  It took part in the battle of the Marne, and afterwards entered the line in France.

At the beginning of 1915 it was still holding the line in France, but in April 1915 it was transfered to the Galacian front where it joined Mackensons Army where it suffered heavy losses.

It returned to France in September 1915 where it saw action in the Champagne sector.

In June 1916 it was once again transferred to the Eastern front where it defended against the Russian offensives and suffered heavily in the process.  It returned to France in November.

By December 1916 it was back in the line in France, remaining in the line.  In April 1917 it suffered heavy losses in the battle of Chemin Des Dames.  After a brief period of rest in Champagne the Division once more entrained for the Russian front. 

Between July 1917 and September 1917 it saw action in the Galacia and Courland sectors of the Russian front.

In September 1917 it was once more on the line in France in Flanders, before moving to the Artois sector.  

In January 1918 it was in action at Cambrai, in April it saw action on the Woevre.  In July it took part in the battle of Soissons, and in August it was in action at Arras.

It had lost 70% of its strength, and was rested near Cambrai.

It ended the war on the Meuse.