XVIII SS Corps

XVIII SS Army Corps
Active	December 1944 – May 1945
Country	Germany
Branch	Waffen-SS
Size	Corps

XVIII SS Army Corps was formed in December 1944 on the Upper Rhine from the remnants of 3 Wehrmacht Infantry Divisions.

In January 1945, the Corps joined the 19th Army until the end of the War. It fought on the upper reaches of the Rhine between Donaueschingen and Schaffhausen. On May 6, 1945, between the Black Forest and the Bodensee, it surrendered to the Americans.

Commanders

• SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Reinefarth (december 1944 - 12 februari 1945)
• SS-Obergruppenführer Georg Keppler (12 februari 1945 - 6 May 1945)

Sources

• Lexicon der Wehrmacht
• okh.it