XIII SS Army Corps was formed August 1944 at
Breslau. It was moved to
France and the
Western Front Western Front or West Front may refer to:
Military frontiers
*Western Front (World War I), a military frontier to the west of Germany
*Western Front (World War II), a military frontier to the west of Germany
*Western Front (Russian Empire), a majo ...
. By the end of April 1945, some XIII Corps operated in
Czechoslovakia where they encountered the 97th Infantry Division. Others fought north of the
Danube River near
Regen.
Commanders
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SS-Gruppenführer,
Hermann Priess
Hermann August Fredrich Priess (24 May 1901 – 2 February 1985) was a German general in the Waffen-SS and a war criminal during World War II. He commanded the SS Division Totenkopf ("Death's Head") following the death of Theodor Eicke in Februa ...
*
SS-Gruppenführer,
Max Simon
Order of battle
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17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen
The 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen" (german: 17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen") was a German Waffen-SS division that saw action on the Western Front during World War II.
Formation and trainin ...
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38th SS Division Nibelungen
*113th SS Corps Intelligence Battalion
*113th SS Corps Artillery Battalion
*113th SS Kraftfahr Company
*113th SS Military Police troop
*SS
Kampfgruppe
In military history, the German term (pl. ; abbrev. KG, or KGr in usage during World War II, literally "fighting group" or "battle group") can refer to a combat formation of any kind, but most usually to that employed by the of Nazi Germa ...
, Trümmler
References
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Waffen-SS corps
Military units and formations established in 1944
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945