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This Blog was born from a wet day in Germany, looking at one of the many war memorials in that country and further investigation which led me to notice a lack of reference material with regards to the German Army in World War One.

My work on this project has been made easier by the World Wide Web, but with the information tools at my disposal it has been a constant battle to ensure that the correct information has been included.

This Blog is intended for reference, and will hopefully enable those with an interest in the German Army of World War One to look up with confidence the various units and organisations which contributed to the German war machine.

Saturday 1 February 2014

3rd Guards Infantry Division




Formed on mobalisation in August 1914

5th Guards Infantry Brigade
To 4th Guards Division (May 1915)

Transferred to the 4th Guards Infantry Division on the 8th May 1915.  It came from the 2nd Guards Division originally.
5th Foot Guards

Formed on 31st March 1897, garrisoned in Spandau.

5th Foot Guards
To 4th Guards Division (May 1915)
5th Guards Grenadiers

Formed on 31st March 1897, garrisoned in Spandau.
5th Guards Grenadiers
To 4th Guards Division (May 1915)
6th Guards Infantry Brigade

Guard Fusilier Regiment

Formed on 30th March 1826, garrisoned in Berlin.
Guards Fusilier Regiment
Lehr Infantry Regiment

Formed on 30th December 1819, garrisoned in Berlin.
Lahr Infantry Regiment
9th Colberg (Count Gneisenau) (2nd Pomeranian) Grenadiers

formed on 7th June 1808
Based in Stargard

From 3rd Infantry Division (July 1916)

The 3rd Guards Division started the war on the Western Front but was quickly moved to the East where it took part in the Battle of the Masurian Lakes.  It then marched into the Carpathians taking part in the Battle of Tarnapol.

In 1916 it was back in action on the Western Front at the Somme.  It was then sent back the Eastern Front before returning to Lorraine on the Western Front at the end of the year.

It spent 1917 in Flanders and took part in the battle of Cambrai and the fighting on the Hindenburg line.

In 1918 it fought in the Kaisers Battle or the Great Battle in France, before falling back into Germany at the end of the war.

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