2nd Mountain Division (Wehrmacht)

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2nd Mountain Division
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Troop registration

Troop identification: The reindeer
active August 26, 1939 to May 8, 1945 (surrender)
Country German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire
Armed forces Wehrmacht
Armed forces army
Branch of service Mountain troop
Type Mountain Division
garrison innsbruck
Second World War Raid on Poland
Company Weser exercise
Battle for Narvik
German-Soviet War
Attack on the Murmanbahn ( Silberfuchs company )

The 2nd Mountain Division was a major unit of the mountain troops of the Wehrmacht during World War II .

history

The division was formed from April 1, 1938 in Innsbruck from units of the former Austrian Armed Forces and took part in the invasion of Poland from August 26, 1939 . Then she stood in the St. Goar area to secure the front against France.

In March 1940, the division was subordinated to the Mountain Corps Norway and advanced from May to July from the Namsos area (Norway) in the direction of Narvik . From June 1941 , the division was part of the Lapland Army in the unsuccessful attempt to break through to Murmansk . It first attacked the Soviet border positions near Kuosmaivi from the Parkkina area , followed by trench warfare on the fishing peninsula . From July 1942 to October 1944, the division was still deployed on the Murmansk Front. The division then withdrew to the Norwegian border in defensive battles and then came to Denmark and finally to the Western Front .

From January 1945 she was in Upper Alsace , then in the area south of Trier and in the area near Philippsburg - Heilbronn . The remnants of the division finally capitulated in Tyrol .

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Commanders

Ia General Staff officers (operational planning)

structure

1939
  • Mountain Infantry Regiment 136
  • Mountain Infantry Regiment 137
  • Mountain Artillery Regiment 111
  • Reconnaissance Department 11
  • Mountain anti-tank department 47
  • Mountain Engineer Battalion 82
  • Mountain Division News Section 67
  • Mountain Division Supply Leader 67
  • Mountain Pack Animal Company 67
1944
  • Mountain Infantry Regiment 136
  • Mountain Infantry Regiment 137
  • Mountain Artillery Regiment 111
  • Reconnaissance Department 67
  • Mountain tank destroyer division 55
  • Mountain Pioneer Battalion 82
  • Mountain Division News Section 67
  • Mountain Division Supply Leader 67

Well-known members of the division

literature

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