8th Mountain Division or 8. Gebirgs-Division (German) 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. The division was stationed in France until the Italian surrender when it then moved to Italy taking 5.772 prisoners during two days. The division remained in Italy for the rest of the war and surrendered to the Americans in April, 1945.
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