4th Gebirgsjager Division
Formed: October 23rd, 1940
Mobilized: April, 1941(?)
Wehrkries: V
Home Station: Heuberg
Division composed of:
1,2,3 Abteilung, 13th Gebirgsjager Regiment
1,2,3 Abteilung, 91st Gebirgsjager Regiment
1,2,3,4 Abteilung, 94th Gebirgs Artillerie Regiment
94th Panzerjager Company
94th Gebirgs Pioneer Company
94th Reconnaissance Abteilung
94th Signals Abteilung
94th Divisional support units
History and Campaigns:
The 4th Gebirgsjager Division was formed in October of 1940 in the 2nd
attempt to do so. The first time the Division was formed it gathered the
142nd and 143rd Gebirgsjager Regiments and an artillery Abteilung, but they
were stood down after the Campaign in France ended. In October, 1940 the
Division was formed again using the 13th Infantry Regiment from the
reorganizing 25th Infantry Division and the 91st
Infantry Regiment from the reorganizing 27th Infantry Division. The
artillery unit of the 4th Gebirgsjager Division came from the artillery
formations of the 25th and 27th Divisions.
The Division trained as a Gebirgsjager Division until March, 1941 when the
Division was moved to Bulgaria to take part in the Invasion of Yugoslavia.
After operations in Yugoslavia, the Division took part in operations in the
Eastern Front against the Soviet Union, taking part in actions at Uman and
Mius. The Division stayed in the Mius area until July, 1942 when the
it, along with the 1st Gebirgsjager, took part in operations in the
Caucasus region of Southern Russia. When the campaign in the Caucasus
region failed, the Division moved into the Crimea. After a long period of
service on the Eastern Front, in 1944 the Division was pushed into Hungary,
and then into Slovakia where it fought the Soviets in the Tatra Mountains in
January, 1945. The Division surrendered to the Soviets in May, 1945.
Schematische Kriegsgliederung (A detailed offical
listing of the divisions locations):
| Date |
Corps |
Army |
Army Group |
Area |
| 10.40 |
forming |
Wehrkreis V |
- |
Heuberg |
| 11.40 - 1.41 |
XVIII |
2. Armee |
C |
Heuberg |
| 2.41 - 3.41 |
LV |
2. Armee |
C |
Heuberg |
| 4.41 |
reserve |
12. Armee |
- |
Bulgaria |
| 5.41 - 6.41 |
XI |
2. Armee |
- |
Yugoslavia, Belgrade |
| 7.41 - 9.41 |
XXXXIX |
17. Armee |
Süd |
Vinnitsa, Uman, Dnjepr |
| 10.41 |
XXXXIX |
11. Armee |
Süd |
Mius |
| 11.41 - 5.42 |
XXXXIX |
1. Pz. Armee |
Süd |
Mius |
| 6.42 - 7.42 |
XXXXIX |
17. Armee |
Süd |
Mius |
| 8.42 - 12.42 |
XXXXIX |
17. Armee |
A |
Rostov, Caucasus |
| 1.43 - 3.43 |
XXXXIX |
17. Armee |
A |
Caucasus |
| 4.43 - 9.43 |
V |
17. Armee |
A |
Novorossiysk, Kuban |
| 10.43 |
XXXXIV |
17. Armee |
A |
Crimea |
| 11.43 - 12.43 |
XXXXIX |
6. Armee |
A |
Cherson |
| 1.44 |
XXXXIV |
3. rumänische Armee |
A |
Kirovograd, Uman |
| 2.44 |
XXXXVII |
1. Pz. Armee |
A |
Kirovograd, Uman |
| 3.44 |
VII |
8. Armee |
A |
Jassy |
| 4.44 |
LII |
6. Armee |
Südukraine |
Kishinev |
| 5.44 |
XXXX |
6. Armee |
Südukraine |
Kishinev |
| 6.44 - 7.44 |
LII |
6. Armee |
Südukraine |
Kishinev |
| 8.44 |
LVII |
8. Armee |
Südukraine |
North Carpathia |
| 9.44 |
LVII |
6. Armee |
Südukraine |
Siebenbürgen |
| 10.44 |
XXIX |
8. Armee |
Süd |
Carpathia |
| 11.44 |
reserve |
8. Armee |
Süd |
Hungary |
| 12.44 |
V. ungarische Korps |
8. Armee |
Süd |
Hungary |
| 1.45 |
XVII |
1. Pz. Armee |
Süd |
Slovakia, Tatra |
| 2.45 - 3.45 |
XXXXIX |
1. Pz. Armee |
Mitte |
Oberschlesien |
| 4.45 |
LIX |
1. Pz. Armee |
Mitte |
Troppau |
| 5.45 |
XXXXIX |
1. Pz. Armee |
Mitte |
Olmütz |
Fate: Surrendered to the Soviets in May, 1945.