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V SS Mountain Corps was a
Waffen-SS
The (, "Armed SS") was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscripts from both occup ...
formation that existed in later periods of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
.
The Corps fought against
Yugoslav Partisans
The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод ...
in the Balkans as part of
2nd Panzer Army
The 2nd Panzer Army (german: 2. Panzerarmee) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the 2nd Panzer Group on October 5, 1941.
Organisation
Panzer Group Guderian (german: Panzergruppe Guderian) was formed on 5 June 1940 ...
from October 1943 to December 1944. At this time it rarely had more than two low strength divisions. In 1945, the Corps fought on the
Oder
The Oder ( , ; Czech, Lower Sorbian and ; ) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river in total length and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and Warta. The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and flows thr ...
line as part of the
9th Army, in the
Frankfurt am Oder area and in the
Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin, designated as the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II.
After the Vistula– ...
that followed.
Commanders
* SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS
Artur Phleps (1 July 1943 – 21 September 1944)
* SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Karl von Oberkamp __NOTOC__
Karl von Oberkamp (30 October 1893 – 4 May 1947) was a German Waffen-SS commander and war criminal during World War II. During his SS career, he commanded the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen, SS Division Prinz Eugen, the ...
(21 September – 1 October 1944)
* SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (8 May 1894 – 10 May 1945) was a German war criminal and paramilitary commander acting as a high-ranking member of the SA and the SS. Between 1939 and 1943 he was the Higher SS and Police Leader in the General Govern ...
(1 October 1944 – 1 March 1945)
* SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS
Friedrich Jeckeln
Friedrich Jeckeln (2 February 1895 – 3 February 1946) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. He served as a Higher SS and Police Leader in the occupied Soviet Union during World War II. Jeckeln was the commander of one of the largest ...
(1 March – 8 May 1945)
Walter Harzer
Walter Harzer (September 29, 1912 – May 29, 1982) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. He commanded the SS Division Hohenstaufen and SS Polizei Division.
After the war, Harzer became active in HIAG, a lobby group established by ...
served as chief of staff.
Subordinate units
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32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar __NOTOC__
The 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "30 Januar" (german: 32. SS-Freiwilligen Grenadier-Division "30. Januar") was formed in January 1945 from what remained of other units and staff and pupils from SS schools and various other troop ...
*
35th SS and Police Grenadier Division
The 35th SS- und Police Grenadier Division (german: 35. SS- und Polizei-Grenadier-Division) was an infantry division of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. It was created from SS-Police units transferred to the Waffen-SS. It was fo ...
*
*
502nd Heavy Tank Battalion[Ripley, p. 320]
References
Bibliography
* Beevor, Antony. ''Berlin: The Downfall 1945'', Penguin Books, 2002, .
* Ripley, Tim. ''The Waffen SS at War'', Zenith Imprint, 2004, .
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