188th Mountain Division (Wehrmacht)
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188th Mountain Division |
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 Troop registration - the chamois |
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| active | March 1, 1944 to May 8, 1945 (surrender) |
| Country |
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | army |
| Branch of service | Mountain troop |
| Type | Mountain Division |
| structure | structure |
| garrison | innsbruck |
| Second World War | Fight against partisans in Italy and Yugoslavia |
| management | |
| Sole commander | Lieutenant General Hans von Hößlin |
The 188th Mountain Division was a large unit of the mountain troops of the Wehrmacht in World War II .
history
The forerunner of the 188th Mountain Division was the 188th Reserve Mountain Division of the Deputy General Command of the XVIII. Army Corps , Salzburg . On March 1, 1945, the 188th Reserve Mountain Division was renamed and reclassified to 188th Mountain Division. This year, various groups were charged with security tasks and operations against partisans in Croatia and Istria east of Trieste , in the Adelsberg (Slov. Postojna) area. Also used north of Fiume near Lipa (Matulji) (Italian: Lip) and Clana . Attack and defensive battles at Krainer Schneeberg ( Italian: Monte Acuto), near Bistritz (in Gottscheer Land ) and Illyrisch Feistritz , (Italian: Villa del Nevoso). Breakthrough battles at Schämbl (Italian: Sembie) and Herpelie. The remnants of the division ended up in Yugoslav captivity for years ; the commander Hans von Hößlin was convicted by a Yugoslav war criminals court and executed in 1947 .
structure
- Mountain Infantry Regiment 901
- Mountain Infantry Regiment 902
- Mountain Infantry Regiment 903
- Mountain Infantry Regiment 904
- Mountain Artillery Regiment 1088
- Mountain Engineer Battalion 1088
- News Department 1088
- Division units 1088
Web links
- Organizational History of the German Mountain and Ski Division 1939-1945 Nafziger Collection, Combined Armed Research Library.
literature
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945 . 2nd Edition. tape 7 . The Land Forces 131–200 . Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1979, ISBN 3-7648-1173-0 .
