8th Mountain Division or 8. Gebirgs-Division (German) was formed on 27 February 1945 by the redesignation of the 157th Mountain Division. Which itself had been formed from the 157th Infantry Division in September 1944. The division was stationed in France

France

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 until the Italian surrender when it then moved to Italy

Italy

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 taking 5.772 prisoners during two days. The division remained in Italy for the rest of the war and surrendered in May 1945.

Order of battle

• Gebirgsjäger
  Gebirgsjäger
  Gebirgsjäger, in English Mountain Riflemen, is the German designation for mountain infantry. The word Jäger is the traditional German term for rifleman...
  
   Regiment 296
  • 3 x Battalions
• Gebirgsjäger Regiment 297
  • 3 x Battalions
• Gebirgs Artillery Regiment 1057
• Feldersatz Battalion 1057
• Panzerjäger
  Panzerjäger
  Panzerjäger was a branch of service of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War which were the anti-tank arm-of-service who operated anti-tank artillery, and made exclusive use of the tank destroyers which were also named Panzerjäger...
  
  Battalion 157
• Reconnaissance Battalion 1057
• Gebirgs Pionier Battalion 1057
• Gebirgs Signals Battalion 1057
• Division Supply troop 1057

Further reading

• James Lucas - Hitler's Mountain Troops: Fighting at the extremes
• Veit Scherzer - 8. Gebirgs-Division
• Gordon Williamson - German Mountain & Ski Troops 1939-45