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8 Mountain Division
Insignia of 8 Mountain Division
Active	1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Allegiance	Adolf Hitler
Role	Mountain troops
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II
Insignia
Identification symbol
Identification symbol	Division arm insignia, monk with beer mug

8th Mountain Division or 8. Gebirgs Division (German) was formed on 27 February 1945 by the redesignation of the 157th Mountain Division. Which itself had been formed from the 157th Infantry Division in September 1944. The division was stationed in France until the Italian surrender when it then moved to Italy taking 5.772 prisoners during two days. The division remained in Italy for the rest of the was and surrendered in May 1945. ^[1]^[2]

1 Commander
2 Order of battle
3 References
4 Further reading

[edit] Commander

Generalleutnant Paul Schricker

[edit] Order of battle

Gebirgsjäger Regiment 296
- 3 x Battalions
Gebirgsjäger Regiment 297
- 3 x Battalions
Gebirgs Artillery Regiment 1057
Feldersatz Battalion 1057
Panzerjäger Battalion 157
Reconnaissance Battalion 1057
Gebirgs Pionier Battalion 1057
Gebirgs Signals Battalion 1057
Division Supply troop 1057 ^[2]

German Mountain troops with MG 42 Italy 1944

[edit] References

^ "Divisionseinheiten der 157. Gebirgs-Division / 8. Gebirgs-Division". Lexion der Wehrmacht. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/DivisionseinheitenGeb/Divisionseinheiten8GD-R.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
^ ^a ^b Wendal, Marcus. "8. Gebirgs-Division". Axis History. http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1051. Retrieved 2009-01-04.

[edit] Further reading

James Lucas - Hitler's Mountain Troops: Fighting at the extremes
Veit Scherzer - 8. Gebirgs-Division
Gordon Williamson - German Mountain & Ski Troops 1939-45

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Contents

[edit] Commander

[edit] Order of battle

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading