2nd Guards Infantry Division | |
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2. Garde-Infanterie-Division | |
Active | 5 September 1818 – 30 April 1919 |
Country | Kingdom of Prussia German Empire |
Branch | Prussian Army Imperial German Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Division |
Part of | Guards Corps |
Garrison/HQ | Berlin |
Engagements | Austro-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]