2nd Guards Infantry Division (German Empire)

2nd Guards Infantry Division
2. Garde-Infanterie-Division
Active5 September 1818 – 30 April 1919
Country Kingdom of Prussia
 German Empire
Branch Prussian Army
 Imperial German Army
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
Part ofGuards Corps
Garrison/HQBerlin
EngagementsAustro-Prussian War
Franco-Prussian War
World War I
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Arnold von Winckler
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.[1]

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