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2nd Guards Infantry Division (German Empire)

Field	Value
unit_name	2nd Guards Infantry Division
dates	5 September 1818 – 30 April 1919
native_name	2. Garde-Infanterie-Division
country	Kingdom of Prussia
German Empire
branch

type	Infantry
size	Division
command_structure	Guards Corps
garrison	Berlin
battles	Austro-Prussian War
Franco-Prussian War
World War I
notable_commanders	Arnold von Winckler
Walther von Lüttwitz
Maximilian Ritter von Höhn

German Empire

Franco-Prussian War World War I Walther von Lüttwitz Maximilian Ritter von Höhn The 2nd Guards Infantry Division (German: 2. Garde-Infanterie-Division) was a unit in the Guards Corps of the Imperial German Army during the First World War. At the outbreak of war it was commanded by Lieutenant General Arnold von Winckler.

Origins

The division was originally established on August 11, 1813 as a grenadier brigade of four battalions. On September 5, 1818, the brigade was expanded into the 2nd Division of the Guard and Grenadier Corps and was finally given the name 2nd Guard Division on December 22, 1819.

Franco-Prussian War

In the Franco-Prussian War, the division fought in the battles of Gravelotte and Sedan and was part of the siege of Paris. Here it took part in the Battle of Le Bourget.

Imperial German Army

Order of battle: 1914

3rd Guards Infantry Brigade
- 1st (Emperor Alexander) Guards Grenadiers
- 3rd (Queen Elisabeth) Guards Grenadiers
- Guards Schützen Battalion
4th Guards Infantry Brigade
- 2nd (Emperor Francis) Guards Grenadiers
- 4th (Queen Augusta) Guards Grenadiers
2nd Guards Field Artillery Brigade
- 2nd Guards Field Artillery Regiment
- 4th Guards Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Guards Uhlans (1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th Squadrons)
2nd and 3rd Companies, Guards Pioneer Battalion
2nd Section, Guards Field Ambulance Company

References

The First Battle of the Marne 1914: The French miracle halts the Germans, Ian Sumner page 22.

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