The division was to consist of two Gebirgsjäger (mountain infantry) regiments, with an artillery regiment, reconnaissance, Panzerjäger (anti-tank) and pioneer battalions, as well as replacement and supply troops.
During World War II, he served with the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment during the invasion of the Aleutian Islands and later served with the 10th Mountain Division in the Italian campaign against the Germans.
New commanders were appointed to the two mountain infantry regiments, notably Hans Hanke to the 28th.
Headquartered in Kraljevo, with its two mountain infantry regiments centred on Užice and Raška, the division continued to train.
The four Italian soldiers killed Saturday were with the Seventh Regiment, Alpini mountain corps, and were normally stationed in Belluno, Italy, said a Defense Ministry spokesman, Gen. Massimo Fogari.
The regiment specialises in mountain warfare and all members have military skiing qualifications.
The two armies contained 39 cavalry regiments, 138 infantry battalions (including 20 Gurkha), a joint cavalry-infantry unit the Corps of Guides, three sapper regiments and 12 mountain artillery batteries.
The regiment also trained for mountain conditions, camping in thick snow in the Highlands in preparation for a mountain campaign which never happened.
On 23 April, the 28th Regiment pushed south along mountain roads through Tuzla.
At 23 30, Meldrum's force of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, mobile detachments of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the British West Indies Regiment, the 29th Indian Mountain Battery and Ayrshire (or Inverness) Battery RHA, arrived at Kh. Fusail.
The defending force was also supported by a battery of four Krupp 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone M 1873 guns (on loan from the 1st Mountain Regiment), since the 80th Regiment's own artillery battery was stationed at Nekhl.
