2nd GEBIRGS DIVISION
Nick Name:
Rentier-Division (Reindeer Division)
Formed:
1st April 1938
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Linage:
6. Division (Austrian Federal Army)
2. Gebirgs Division
Commanders:
General der Gebirgstruppen Valentin Feurstein 1st September 1939 to 4th March 1941
Generalleutnant Ernst Schlemmer 8th March 1941 to 1st January 1942
General der Gebirgstruppen Georg Ritter Von Hengl 1st January 1942 to 1st October 1943
Generalleutnant Hans Degen 1st October 1943 to 6th February 1945
Generalleutnant Willibald Utz 6th February to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Fall Weib
Jasso
Lviv
Operation Weserübung
Narvik
Operation Silberfuchs
Murmansk
Alsace
Trier
Heilbronn
Served:
Poland
Lapland
Norway
Denmark
France
Luxembourg
Germany
Unit Structure 18th August 1939:
Divisional Staff
136th Gebirgsjäger Regiment
140th Gebirgsjäger Regiment
113th Gebirgs Artillery Regiment
47th Gebirgs Panzer Abwehr Battalion (Motorised)
11th Gebirgs Reconnaissance Battalion
82nd Gebirgs Pioneer Battalion
67th Gebirgs Signals (Motorised)
67th Gebirgs Feld Ersatz Battalion
67th Gebirgs Supply Troop
