XXXXIX Mountain Corps was a mountain corps of the
German Army
The German Army (, "army") is the land component of the armed forces of Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German ''Bundeswehr'' together with the ''Marine'' (German Navy) and the ''Luftwaf ...
during
World War II that participated in the
invasion of Yugoslavia
The invasion of Yugoslavia, also known as the April War or Operation 25, or ''Projekt 25'' was a German-led attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers which began on 6 April 1941 during World War II. The order for the invasion was p ...
.
In June 1941, it participated in
Operation Barbarossa as part of
Army Group South. It fought in the
Battle of Uman, the
Battle of the Sea of Azov
The Battle of the Sea of Azov, also known as the Chernigovka pocket was an Axis military campaign fought between 26 September 1941 and 11 October 1941 on the northern shores of the Sea of Azov on the Eastern Front of World War II during Opera ...
, the
Battle of Rostov (1941)
The Battle of Rostov (1941) was a battle of the Eastern Front of World War II, fought around Rostov-on-Don between the Army Group South of Nazi Germany and the Southern Front of the Soviet Union.
The battle comprised three phases: the Germa ...
, and the
Kerch–Eltigen Operation (1943). The Corps fought the rest of the war on the Eastern Front and 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
References
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Military units and formations established in 1940
Military units and formations disestablished in 1940
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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