Gebirgstruppen or Gebirgsiager were ordinary soldiers of the Wehrmacht specially trained in such techniques as rock climbing, skiing and mountain rescue. They were an elite within the Wehrmacht and eventually grew to a total of eight divisions, consecutively numbered from one to eight. By 1944, there were a further ten Jager divisions whose personnel, although not identically trained or equipped, fulfilled much of the same function.
Gebirgstruppen or Gebirgsiager were ordinary soldiers of the Wehrmacht specially trained in such techniques as rock climbing, skiing and mountain rescue. They were an elite within the Wehrmacht and eventually grew to a total of eight divisions, consecutively numbered from one to eight. By 1944, there were a further ten Jager divisions whose personnel, although not identically trained or equipped, fulfilled much of the same function.
Gebirgstruppen or Gebirgsiager were ordinary soldiers of the Wehrmacht specially trained in such techniques as rock climbing, skiing and mountain rescue. They were an elite within the Wehrmacht and eventually grew to a total of eight divisions, consecutively numbered from one to eight. By 1944, there were a further ten Jager divisions whose personnel, although not identically trained or equipped, fulfilled much of the same function.