1st Mountain Division (Wehrmacht)
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The 1st Mountain Division was an elite formation of the German Wehrmacht during World War II, and is remembered for its involvement in multiple large-scale war crimes.
It was created on 9 April 1938 in Garmisch Partenkirchen from the Mountain Brigade which was itself formed on 1 June 1935.
Soldiers of the 1st Mountain Division during an anti-partisan operation in Yugoslavia, 1943–44
![Division's commander, General Walter von Grabenhofen [de], in Yugoslavia, June 1943](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J14577%2C_Montenegro%2C_Gebirgsj%C3%A4ger-Einsatz_gegen_Partisanen.jpg/412px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J14577%2C_Montenegro%2C_Gebirgsj%C3%A4ger-Einsatz_gegen_Partisanen.jpg)
Division's commander, General Walter von Grabenhofen [de], in Yugoslavia, June 1943
Battle of Lwów (1939)
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The Battle of Lwów was a World War II battle for the control over the Polish city of Lwów between the Polish Army and the invading Wehrmacht and the Red Army. The city was seen as the key to the so-called Romanian Bridgehead and was defended at all cost.
Polish Anti-aircraft Bofors 40 mm Lwów 1939
Sketch showing the Polish defences around September 13
Soviet cavalry parade after the capitulation of Lwów
Polish and German representatives discuss terms of surrender.