3rd Division (German Empire) - 1870 Organization

1870 Organization

During wartime, the 3rd Division, like other regular German divisions, was redesignated an infantry division. The organization of the 3rd Infantry Division in 1870 at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War was as follows:

  • 5th Infantry Brigade (5. Infanterie-Brigade)
    • 2nd Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm IV" (1st Pomeranian) (Grenadier-Regiment König Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1. Pomm.) Nr. 2)
    • 42nd Infantry Regiment (5th Pomeranian) (5. Pommersches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 42)
  • 6th Infantry Brigade (5. Infanterie-Brigade)
    • 14th Infantry Regiment (3rd Pomeranian) (3. Pommersches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 14)
    • 54th Infantry Regiment (7th Pomeranian) (7. Pommersches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 54)
  • 2nd Jäger Battalion (Jäger Bataillon Nr. 2)
  • 3rd Dragoon Regiment (Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 3)

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