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V SS Mountain Corps

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V SS Mountain Corps
ActiveOctober 1943 – May 1945
Country Germany
Branch Waffen-SS
TypeGebirgsjäger
RoleMountain warfare
SizeCorps
EngagementsOperation Rösselsprung
Battle of Halbe
Defense of Schwedt Bridgehead
Battle of Berlin

The V SS Mountain Corps was a Waffen-SS formation that existed in the later periods of World War II. The corps fought against the Yugoslav Partisans in the Balkans as part of the 2nd Panzer Army from October 1943 to December 1944. At this time it rarely had more than two understrength divisions. In 1945, the corps fought on the Oder line as part of the 9th Army, in the Frankfurt (Oder) area, and in the Battle of Berlin that followed.[1][2]

The corps' war diary was destroyed (with only fragments of copies surviving), likely near the war's end, causing the loss of valuable information on the Yugoslav campaign.[3]: 14 

Commanders

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Walter Harzer served as chief of staff.[citation needed]

Subordinate units

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References

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  1. ^ Ripley, p. 320
  2. ^ Beevor, Antony, p. 255
  3. ^ Schmider, Klaus (2002). Partisanenkrieg in Jugoslawien 1941–1944 (in German). Hamburg/Berlin/Bonn: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH. ISBN 3813207943.
  4. ^ Ripley, p. 320

Bibliography

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