| 01-Apr-1938 |
01-Apr-1938 |
Created |
in Graz from the assets of 5 and 7 Infantry Divisions of the Austrian Army |
| 26-Aug-1939 |
26-Aug-1939 |
Mobilised |
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| 01-Mar-1940 ? |
01-Mar-1940 ? |
Detached |
Gruppe Trondheim for operations in Trondheim |
| 15-Mar-1940 ? |
15-Jun-1940 ? |
Also Known As |
Gruppe Narvik |
| 15-Mar-1940 ? |
15-Mar-1940 ? |
Reorganised |
as Gruppe Narvik for the invasion of Norway. |
| 06-Apr-1940 |
06-Apr-1940 |
Event |
Gruppe Narvik (GebJg-Rgt 139) departed Bremerhaven aboard 10 Destroyers for Narvik |
| 09-Apr-1940 |
09-Apr-1940 |
Event |
Gruppe Narvik occupied Narvik |
| 13-Apr-1940 |
13-Apr-1940 |
Event |
Gruppe Narvik isolated in Narvik following the destruction of German Naval Forces in the Second Battle of Narvik. Gruppe Narvik reinforced by 2600 Kriegsmarine sailors from the sunken ships |
| 29-May-1940 |
29-May-1940 |
Event |
Gruppe Narvik evacuated Narvik town after Allied forces landed in Narvik |
| 08-Jun-1940 |
08-Jun-1940 |
Event |
Gruppe Narvik recaptured Narvik after Allied evacuation of Northern Norway |
| 15-Jun-1940 ? |
15-Jun-1940 ? |
Reorganised |
as a standard Division |
| 15-Jun-1940 ? |
15-Jun-1940 ? |
Absorbed |
Gruppe Trondheim when division was reformed |
| 15-May-1941 ? |
15-May-1941 ? |
Event |
Moved by sea from Narvik to the Kirkenes area |
| 29-Jun-1941 ? |
29-Jun-1941 ? |
Event |
Attacked Soviet forces to the East of Petsamo |
| 15-Dec-1941 ? |
15-Dec-1941 ? |
Event |
Division moved by sea from Vaasa in Finland to Grafenwohr Training Area |
| 15-Apr-1942 ? |
15-Apr-1942 ? |
Event |
Division returned to the area north of Oslo-Lillehammer in Norway |
| 15-Sep-1942 ? |
15-Sep-1942 ? |
Event |
Division moved by sea to Reval (Tallinn) and thence to the Northern sector of the Eastern Front |
| 29-Nov-1942 ? |
29-Nov-1942 ? |
Detached |
Kampfgruppe Klatt near Velikie-Luki. |
| 29-Nov-1942 ? |
29-Nov-1942 ? |
Reorganised |
as Gruppe Kreysing as half of the Division moved south to Stalino. |
| 29-Nov-1942 ? |
15-Mar-1943 ? |
Also Known As |
Gruppe Kreysing |
| 15-Mar-1943 ? |
15-Mar-1943 ? |
Absorbed |
Kampfgruppe Klatt |
| 19-Aug-1943 ? |
19-Aug-1943 ? |
Detached |
Gruppe Picker consisting of Geb-Jg-Rgt 144, III/Geb-Jg-Rgt 138, Alarm-Btl Kowalevsky, elements of 335 Infantry Division, a Sturmgeschütz Bttr, and two Pz-Jag Kpn |
| 18-Sep-1943 |
18-Sep-1943 |
Absorbed |
Gruppe Picker |
| 15-Aug-1944 ? |
15-Aug-1944 ? |
Detached |
Nordgruppe 3 Gebirgsjäger-Division consisting of Geb-Jg-Rgt 138, II./Geb-Art-Rgt 112, IV./Geb-Art-Rgt 112 |
| 15-Aug-1944 ? |
15-Aug-1944 ? |
Reorganised |
into two groups (again) for the march over the Carpathians to Hungary (Südgruppe and Nordgruppe) |
| 15-Nov-1944 ? |
15-Nov-1944 ? |
Absorbed |
Nordgruppe 3 Gebirgsjäger-Division in the valley of the Tisza (Thiess) |
| 08-May-1945 ? |
08-May-1945 ? |
Surrendered |
in the region of Olmütz-Deutsch Brod |