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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name='''7 Mountain Division'''
|abbreviation=
|image=[[File:Gebirgsjager-7div.jpg]]
|caption=Mountain boot insignia of 7 Mountain Division
|dates= 1941 – 1945
|country={{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Nazi Germany]]
|allegiance=[[Adolf Hitler]]
|branchtype=Infantry
|role=Mountain troops
|size= [[Division (military)|Division]]
|Past Commanders=
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|notable_commanders=[[Robert Martinek]]

|identification_symbol=[[Edelweiss]]<br>Mountain boot
|nickname=Bergschuh Division 
|colour=
|battles=[[World War II]]
|decorations=
}}
{{other uses|7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen}}
'''7 Mountain Division''' or '''7 Gebirgs Division''' (German) was formed through the redesignation of '''99 Light Infantry Division''' which had fought on the southern sector of the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] until being withdrawn to Germany and redesignated the 7 Mountain Division in October 1941. In 1942, it was sent to Finland and remained there until the Finnish withdrawal from the war. The division retreated into Norway where it remained until the end of the war.<ref name=ax>{{cite web|author=Wendal, Marcus|title=7 Gebirgs Division|accessdate=2009-01-04|publisher=Axis History|url=http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=978}}</ref>

==Commanders==
*[[General der Gebirgstruppe]] [[Rudolf Konrad]]   (1 November 1941 – 19 December 1941)
*[[Generalmajor]] [[Wilhelm Weiß]]   (19 December 1941 – 1 January 1942)
*[[General der Artillerie]] [[Robert Martinek]]   (1 January 1942 – 1 May 1942)  
*[[Generalleutnant]] [[August Krakau]]   (1 May 1942 – 22 July 1942)  
*General der Artillerie Robert Martinek   (22 July 1942 – 10 September 1942)  
*Generalleutnant August Krakau   (10 September 1942 – 8 May 1945)  <ref name=ax/>

==Order of battle==
*'''206. [[Gebirgsjäger]] Regiment''' 
**1. Battalion 
**2. Battalion 
**3. Battalion 
**Mountain [[Panzerjäger]] Company (mot) 

*'''218. Gebirgsjäger Regiment''' 
**1. Battalion 
**2. Battalion 
**3. Battalion 
**Mountain Panzerjäger Company (mot) 

*'''99. Panzerjäger Battalion''' 

*'''99. Reconnaissance Battalion''' 

*'''79. Mountain Artillery Regiment''' 
**1. Battalion 
**2. Battalion 
**3. Battalion 
**4. Battalion 

*'''99. Mountain Pioneer Battalion''' 

*'''99. Mountain Signals Battalion''' 

*'''54. Mountain Feldersatz Battalion''' 

*'''54. Ski Battalion''' 

*'''99. Supply Troops''' <ref name=ax/>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*James Lucas - Hitler's Mountain Troops: Fighting at the extremes 
*Gordon Williamson - German Mountain & Ski Troops 1939-45 
*Roland Kaltenegger - Schicksalsweg und Kampf der 'Bergschuh'-Division: Die Kriegschronik der 7. Gebirgs-Division vormals 99. leichte Infanterie-Division (in German)
*Emil Schuler - Mit dem Bergschuh in Rußland und Finnland: Kriegserlebnisse und Kriegserfahrungen der 7. Gebirgs Division, vormals 99. leichte Infanterie Division (in German)
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