188th Reserve Gebirgsjager Division

Formed: August 10th, 1943
Mobilized: (?)
Wehrkries: XVIII
Home Station: Innsbruck
Division composed of:

1,2 Abteilung, 136th Reserve Gebirgsjager Regiment "Schlanders"
1,2 Abteilung, 137th Reserve Gebirgsjager Regiment "Belluno"
1,2 Abteilung, 138th Reserve Gebirgsjager Regiment "Tolmezzo"
1,2 Abteilung, 139th Reserve Gebrigsjager Regiment "Postumia"
499th Reserve Grenadier Regiment "Udine"
112th Reserve Artillerie Regiment "Belluno"
1,2 Gebirgs Reserve Artillerie Ersatz Abteilung
83rd Reserve Pioneer Abteilung
1088th Administrative and support units

History and Campaigns:

From my research, I believe that this unit was created from the 188th Infantry Division in 1943 becoming the 188th Reserve Gebirgsjager Division, and soon after, in 1944, this unit was again renamed becoming a full Gebirgsjager Division, the 188th Gebirgsjager Division. For the short period that this unit was the 188th Reserve Gebirgsjager Division, it served along the Adriatic Coast and in the North of Italy. It was in the Adriatic region when it became the 188th Gebirgsjager Division in 1944.

Fate: Surrendered as the 188th Gebrigsjager Division to the Yugoslavs.