Gebirgsjäger-Rgt. 136

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Gebirgsjäger-Rgt. 136

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Post by SAJ » 03 Jun 2005, 03:56

Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone knew anything about this particular unit.

Thanks so much in advance!!!!! :D
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Post by Miha Grcar » 03 Jun 2005, 11:09

Raised on 1st August 1938 from the Tyrol Jäger-Regiment of the Austrian Army in Innsbruck. The III. Battalion was raised in Landeck, the II. Battalion didn't exist. The Regiment was put under the 2. Gebirgs-Division. The II. Battalion/Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 140 was put under Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment as its II. Battalion and renamed to II. Battalion/Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 136 on 1st April 1940.

The training unit was the I. Battalion of the Gebirgsjäger-Ersatz-Regiment 136, the later named Reserve-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 136
from:
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... GJR136.htm

The 2. Gebirgs-Jäger-Division saw action in Poland in September 1939, Norway from early 1940 until December 1941. Then it was moved to Lapland where it stayed until late 1944. It was then moved to Norway and Denmark. The unit finished the war in southern Germany. The Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 136 was a part of 2. Gebirgs-Jäger-Division throughout the war.

from:
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /2GebD.htm
http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1045

The Regiment had one Knights Cross holder: Hauptmann Otto Stampfer who won the award on 23rd July 1942, while serving in the III. Battalion of the Gebirgsjäger Regiment 136

Hope it helps...

best,
Miha / Nibelung


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Post by Simon Orchard » 21 Jun 2005, 18:19

Not quite correct.

Only elements of GJR 136 were involved in the Norwegian campaign, noteably about 2 company's worth were parachute trained and jumped, 1 company each, on the airfield of Bardufoss and the town of Tromsø (where i live) just after the Norwegian capitulation in June 1940. These still classified as operational jumps and those involved received the parachute badge. From the summer of 1940 until June 1941 the regiment, along with the rest of Gebirgs Korps Norwegen were on garrison duties in North Norway. The entire korps crossed the Finnish\Norwegian border on the 22nd june 1941 and a week later crossed into the Soviet union with the aim of reaching Murmansk. That never happened and by the autumn of '41 both sides settled down to 3 years of static warfare about 30-40km short of Murmansk. On the 7th Oct 1944 the Soviets launched a massive assault against what was now called the XIX Gebirgs Korps made up of the 2 and 6 Geb.Div. plus some smaller units. This offensive pushed the Germans into Norway over a period of 3 weeks until both sides broke contact 100 miles or so inside Norway. The 2 Geb.Div. was then withdrawn to the continent where it fought out the remainder of the war.

In addition to Stampfer's RK the regiment had 8 DKiG holders and 1 honour roll clasp holder.

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Post by Frontalschaden » 25 Jul 2005, 18:17

Here are some Infos. (Only in german)

Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 136

1. Aufstellung:

* 1.8.1938 aus dem Tiroler Jägerregiment des österreichischen Bundesheeres, Friedensstandort Innsbruck (III. Landeck; II. bestand nicht), Wehrkreis XVIII; als II. Bataillon war das II./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 140, Friedensstandort Kufstein, zugeteilt, das am 1.4.1940 in II./136 umbenannt wurde.

2. Gliederung:
1939 I. Btl (1.-5. Kp),
III. Btl (11.-15.),
16. Kp (Panzerjäger)
1940 I. Btl (1.-5.),
II. Btl (6.-10.),
III. Btl (11.-15.),
16. Kp (Panzerjäger)

3. Unterstellung:
2. Gebirgsdivision: 1939 Polen, 1940 Norwegen, 1941/44 Lappland, 1945 Saarpfalz

4. Ersatz:
I./136 Innsbruck. Wehrkreis XVIII


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Post by Stocki » 27 Dec 2006, 23:42

Hello Simon!

Thx for your infos. What do you know about the company of the GJR 136 that was parachute trained and jumped ???
The brother of my grandfather was one of those paratroopers.

greetings from Austria,
Christoph

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Re: Gebirgsjäger-Rgt. 136

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Post by kaufmann » 02 Sep 2017, 16:21

Hi everybody,

I red this posts with interest.
Both, my father and one of the brothers of my mother had to fight around Leningrad, Ladogasee and Ilmensee not knowing each other. My uncle, member of the 11./Geb.Jäger-Ers.Rgt. 136 died there in probably on Jan. 1st, 1943 near Sinjawino.
How can that be? Were thes deployd this widely scatterd?
It would be fine, if sombody kew mor about this regiment.

BR

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Re: Gebirgsjäger-Rgt. 136

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