1st Gebirgs (Mountain) Division 1938-1945

By: Atenas Editores Asociados

The first Mountain Division was a major unit of the Army of the German Wehrmacht. The Mountain Association was used during the Second World War in the Polish campaign, Western campaign in Greece, the Balkans campaign, the war against the Soviet Union from 1943 to the partisan fight again in the Balkans. The division was designated by Adolf Hitler as "his Guards Division" and was involved in war crimes such as the massacre of Kefalonia (1943).The United Association was established on 1 June 1935, first as Mountain Brigade with Colonel Ludwig K?bler as commander and Major Max Josef Pemsel than 1 General Staff Officer (Ia), situated in the military district VII. The staff of the Mountain Brigade was located in Munich, home of superior Commanding General of the Seventh Army Corps. It was intended to relocate the staff of the brigade later in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the outbreak of war prevented this, however.15th November 1935 K?bler was ordered the establishment of two mountain Hunter regiments and a mountain artillery department. These were the regiment he 99 and 100 s with three battalion of four companies, each with a 13 and a 14 (Anti-tank) company and the mountain artillery division with three batteries. On 1 October 1937 drawing up the Mountain Infantry Regiment 98 was arranged with the brigade actually reached division strength. Kubler was the first January 1938 was appointed major general, and on 1 April 1938, the Brigade was in first Mountain Division renamed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1536848344
• ISBN13: 9781536848342
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"