{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = 157th Infantry Division<br>157th Mountain Division<br>8th Mountain Division | native_name = 157. Infanterie-Division<br>157. Gebirgs-Division<br>8. Gebirgs-Division | image = 150px-8th Mountain Division logo.png | image_size = 150 | caption = Unit insignia | dates = 1945 | country = {{Flag|Nazi Germany}} | branch = {{Army|Nazi Germany}} | type = Gebirgsjäger | role = Mountain warfare | size = Division | command_structure = | equipment = <!-- Commanders --> | Past Commanders = | notable_commanders = <!-- Insignia --> | identification_symbol = File:157th Mountain Division logo.svg | identification_symbol_2 = Division arm insignia, monk with beer mug <!-- Culture and history -->| nickname = | patron = | motto = | colour = | march = | mascot = | battles = World War II }}
The '''8th Mountain Division''' ({{langx|de|8. Gebirgs Division}}) 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, and which had participated in operations against the ''maquis'' of Vercors. The division was stationed in France until the Italian surrender when it then moved to Italy taking 5,772 prisoners in two days during the disarmament of the Italian Army. The division remained in Italy for the rest of the war and surrendered to the Americans in April, 1945.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Lexikon der Wehrmacht|title=Divisionseinheiten der 157. Gebirgs-Division / 8. Gebirgs-Division|url=http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/DivisionseinheitenGeb/Divisionseinheiten8GD-R.htm|access-date=2009-01-04}}</ref><ref name=ax>{{cite web|author=Wendal, Marcus|access-date=2009-01-04|url=http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1051|title=8. Gebirgs-Division|publisher=Axis History}}</ref>
==Commander== *Generalleutnant Paul Schricker
==Order of battle== *Gebirgsjäger Regiment 296 **3 x Battalions *Gebirgsjäger Regiment 297 **3 x Battalions *Gebirgs Artillery Regiment 1057 *Feldersatz Battalion 1057 *Panzerjäger Battalion 157 *Reconnaissance Battalion 1057 *Gebirgs Pionier Battalion 1057 *Gebirgs Signals Battalion 1057 *Division Supply troop 1057 <ref name=ax/> [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-316-1172-06, Italien, Gebirgsjäger mit schwerem MG 42.jpg|thumb|right|German Mountain troops with MG 42 Italy 1944]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==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 {{Mountain divisions of the Wehrmacht}} {{Numbered infantry divisions of the Wehrmacht}} {{Authority control}}
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