Gebirgsjäger in the Elbrus Mountains in the summer of 1942. In May 1942, 1. Gebirgs-Division fought in the Second Battle of Kharkov and then participated in the offensive through southern Russia and into the Caucasus (Operation Edelweiss). In a symbolic propaganda move, the division sent a detachment to raise the German flag on Mount Elbrus on 21 August. Although the feat was widely publicized by Goebbels, Hitler was furious over what he called "these crazy mountain climbers," his rage lasting for hours. However, by December 1942 with Soviet forces en-circling the 6th Army at Stalingrad, the 1st Mountain Division, as part of the 17th Army, was ordered to withdraw to the Kuban bridgehead.
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Ullstein Bild
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Mountain_Division_(Wehrmacht)
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