6th GEBIRGS DIVISION
Nick Name:
Edelweiß in Gelb (Edelweiss in Yellow)
Formed:
1st June 1940
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Linage:
6. Gebirgs Division
Commanders:
Generalmajor Ferdinand Schörner 31st May 1940 to 15th January 1942
Generalleutnant Christian Philipp 17th January 1942 to 20th August 1944
Generalleutnant Max Pemsel 20th August 1944 to 5th April 1945
Oberst Wilhelm Rademacher 5th April to 26th April 1945
Oberst Josef Remold 26th April to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Marita
Operation Silberfuchs
Murmansk
Lapland
Served:
Poland
Greece
Finland
Norway
Unit Structure January-1941:
Divisional Staff
141st Gebirgsjäger Regiment
143rd Gebirgsjäger Regiment
118th Gebirgs Artillery Regiment
85th Light Flak Company (Luftwaffe)
147th Gebirgs Panzerjäger Battalion
112th Gebirgs Reconnaissance Battalion
91st Gebirgs Pioneer Battalion
91st Gebirgs Signals
91st Gebirgs Feld Ersatz Battalion
Supply and Service Troop
