4th GEBIRGS DIVISION
Nick Name:
Enzian-Division (Gentian Division)
Formed:
23rd October 1940
Disbanded:
9th May 1945
Linage:
412th Divisional Staff, 25th & 27th Infantry Divisions (Elements)
4. Gebirgs Division
Commanders:
General der Gebirgstruppen Karl Eglseer 25th October 1940 to 21st October 1942
Generalleutnant Hermann Kreß 21st October 1942 to 11th August 1943
Generalleutnant Julius Braun 13th August 1943 to 7th June 1944
Generalleutnant Karl Jank 7th June to 1st July 1944
Generalleutnant Friedrich Breith 1st July 1944 to 23rd February 1945
Generalmajor Robert Bader 23rd February to 6th April 1945
Generalleutnant Friedrich Breith 6th April to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Kujazeyac
Derashnje
Uman
Rostov
Kuban
Crimea
Served:
Romania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Russia
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Unit Structure April-1941:
Divisional Staff
13th Gebirgsjäger Regiment
91st Gebirgsjäger Regiment
94th Gebirgs Artillery Regiment
94th Gebirgs Panzerjäger Battalion
94th Gebirgs Reconnaissance Battalion
94th Gebirgs Pioneer Battalion
94th Gebirgs Signals
94th Gebirgs Feld Ersatz Battalion
94th Gebirgs Supply Troop
