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  • 1st Ski Division (Wehrmacht)
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  • The German 1st Ski Division () was an infantry unit trained to use skis for movement during winter. It was created on the Eastern Front in the autumn of 1943 in preparation for upcoming winter operations. It was enlarged into a full division in the summer of 1944. The division fought exclusively on the Eastern Front as part of Army Group Centre, including an approach to the Vistula river and during the retreat into Slovakia, southern Poland and the Czech lands (now the Czech Republic), where it surrendered to the Red Army in May 1945.
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Branch
  • Wehrmacht Heer
Type
  • Infantry
Caption
  • Soldiers from the Skijäger-Brigade in Russia, in 1944
Dates
  • 1943
Unit Name
  • German 1st Ski Division
  • Skijäger division 1.
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  • Division
abstract
  • The German 1st Ski Division () was an infantry unit trained to use skis for movement during winter. It was created on the Eastern Front in the autumn of 1943 in preparation for upcoming winter operations. It was enlarged into a full division in the summer of 1944. The division fought exclusively on the Eastern Front as part of Army Group Centre, including an approach to the Vistula river and during the retreat into Slovakia, southern Poland and the Czech lands (now the Czech Republic), where it surrendered to the Red Army in May 1945.