2nd Guard Infantry Division (Germany)

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The 2nd Guard Infantry Division (German: 2. Garde-Infanterie-Division) was a unit in the Guard Corps of the Imperial German Army during the First World War. At the outbreak of war it was commanded by Gen-Lt. von Winkler.

[edit] Order of battle: 1914

  • 3rd Guard Infantry Brigade
  • 4th Guard Infantry Brigade
  • Guard Light Cavalry Regiment (1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th Squadrons)
  • 2nd Guard Field Artillery Brigade
  • 2nd and 3rd Company, Guard Pioneer Battalion
  • 2nd Section, Guard Field Ambulance Company
  • 2nd Guard Division Engineers
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Divisions of the German Empire

Standing divisions:
Guard divisions: 1st | 2nd | Cavalry
Regular divisions: 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th | 37th | 38th | 39th | 40th | 41st | 42nd
Bavarian divisions: 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th

Divisions raised in World War I:
Guard divisions: 3rd | 4th | 5th | 1st Guard Reserve | 2nd Guard Reserve | Guard Ersatz
Cavalry divisions: 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | Bavarian
Infantry divisions: 50th | 52nd | 54th | 56th | 58th | 83rd | 84th | 86th | 87th | 88th | 89th | 91st | 92nd | 93rd | 94th | 95th | 96th | 101st | 103rd | 105th | 107th | 108th | 109th | 111th | 113th | 115th | 117th | 119th | 121st | 123rd | 183rd | 185th | 187th | 192nd | 195th | 197th | 199th | 200th | 201st | 202nd | 203rd | 204th | 205th | 206th | 207th | 208th | 211th | 212th | 213th | 214th | 215th | 216th | 217th | 218th | 219th | 220th | 221st | 222nd | 223rd | 224th | 225th | 226th | 227th | 228th | 231st | 232nd | 233rd | 234th | 235th | 236th | 237th | 238th | 239th | 240th | 241st | 242nd | 243rd | 255th | 301st | 302nd | 303rd
Reserve divisions: 1st | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 7th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 28th | 30th | 33rd | 35th | 36th | 39th | 43rd | 44th | 45th | 46th | 47th | 48th | 49th | 50th | 51st | 52nd | 53rd | 54th | 75th | 76th | 77th | 78th | 79th | 80th | 81st | 82nd
Landwehr divisions: 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 25th | 26th | 38th | 44th | 45th | 46th | 47th | 48th | 85th
Ersatz divisions: 4th | 5th | 8th | 10th | 19th
Marine divisions: Marine | 1st | 2nd | 3rd
Bavarian infantry divisions: 10th | 11th | 12th | 14th | 15th | 16th
Bavarian reserve divisions: 1st | 5th | 6th | 8th | 9th | 30th | 39th
Bavarian Landwehr and Ersatz divisions: 1st | 2nd | 6th | Ersatz
Other divisions: Alpenkorps | Deutsche Jäger | Ostsee
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