XXXXIX Mountain Corps (Wehrmacht)
| XXXIX Mountain Corps | |
|---|---|
| XXXXIX. Gebirgs-Armeekorps | |
| Active | 20 June – 1 July 1940 25 October 1940 – 8 May 1945 |
| Disbanded | 8 May 1945 |
| Country |  Germany |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Ludwig Kübler etc. |
XXXXIX Mountain Corps was a mountain corps of the German Army during World War II, that participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia.[1]
In June 1941, it did it also in operation Barbarossa, as part of Army Group South.
It fought in the battles of Uman, of the Sea of Azov, Rostov, until the Kerch–Eltigen Operation in 1943.
The Corps fought the rest of the war on the Eastern Front, then withdrew through Ukraine and Slovakia to the area around Havlíčkův Brod in Bohemia, where it surrendered to the Soviets in May 1945.
Commanders
Commanding generals
- General der Gebirgstruppe Ludwig Kübler (25 October 1940 - 19 December 1941)
- General der Gebirgstruppe Rudolf Konrad (19 December 1941 - 26 July 1943)
- General der Infanterie Helge Auleb (26 July - 15 August 1943)
- General der Gebirgstruppe Rudolf Konrad (15 August 1943 - 15 February 1944)
- General der Infanterie Friedrich Köchling (15 February - 15 March 1944)
- General der Gebirgstruppe Rudolf Konrad (15 March - 10 May 1944)
- General der Artillerie Walter Hartmann (10 May - 26 July 1944)
- General der Infanterie Franz Beyer (26 July - 4 August 1944)
- General der Artillerie Walter Hartmann (4 & 5 August 1944)
- General der Gebirgstruppe Karl von Le Suire (5 August 1944 - 8 May 1945)
Chiefs of Staff
- Oberst Ferdinand Jodl (25 October 1940 - 6 January 1942)
- Generalmajor Josef Kübler (6 January 1942 - 19 January 1943)
- Oberst Wolf-Dietrich von Xylander (19 January - 1 June 1943)
- Oberst Ernst Michael (1 Juni - 5 August 1943)
- Oberst Wilhelm Haidlen (5 August 1943 - 30 May 1944)
- Oberst Kurt von Einem (30 May - 5 August 1944)
- Oberst Wilhelm Haidlen (5 August 1944 - 1 February 1945)
- Oberstleutnant Ludwig von Eimannsberger (1 February - 5 April 1945)
- Oberstleutnant Werner Vogl (5 April - May 1945)
Notes
- ^ U.S. Army 1986, pp. 39–41.
References
- Tessin, Georg (1971). Die Landstreifkräfte 31–70 [Ground forces 31 to 70] (in German). Vol. 4. Osnabrück: Biblio.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - U.S. Army (1986) [1953]. The German Campaigns in the Balkans (Spring 1941). Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. OCLC 16940402. CMH Pub 104-4.