2nd Mountain Division | |
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2. Gebirgs-Division | |
Active | October 1938 – 8 May 1945 |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Branch | German Army |
Type | Gebirgsjäger |
Role | Mountain warfare |
Size | Division |
Garrison/HQ | Wehrkreis XVIII, Innsbruck |
Engagements | World War II |
The 2nd Mountain Division (German: 2. Gebirgs Division) was a Gebirgsjäger division of the German Army which served in World War II, mainly in the northernmost sector of the Eastern Front, near the Arctic. Formed in 1938, the division was disbanded at the end of the war in 1945.