15th Reserve Division (15. Reserve-Division) | |
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Active | 1914-1919 |
Country | Germany |
Branch | Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Approx. 15,000 |
Engagements | World War I: Great Retreat, First Battle of the Marne, Second Battle of Champagne, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Arras (1917), Kerensky Offensive |
The 15th Reserve Division (15. Reserve-Division) was a unit of the Prussian Army within the Imperial German Army in World War I. The division was formed on mobilization of the German Army in August 1914[1] as part of VIII Reserve Corps. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The division was recruited primarily in the Prussian Rhine Province. At the beginning of the war, it formed the VIII Reserve Corps with the 16th Reserve Division.