__NOTOC__ 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

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. 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

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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 line as part of the 9th Army, in the Frankfurt am Oder area and in the Battle of Berlin 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 (1 October 1944 – 1 March 1945) * SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Friedrich Jeckeln (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

* 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar * 35th SS and Police Grenadier Division * 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS * 502nd Heavy Tank BattalionRipley, p. 320

References

Bibliography

* Beevor, Antony. ''Berlin: The Downfall 1945'', Penguin Books, 2002, . * Ripley, Tim. ''The Waffen SS at War'', Zenith Imprint, 2004, . {{DEFAULTSORT:05 Waffen-SS corps V Military units and formations of Germany in Yugoslavia in World War II Military units and formations disestablished in 1945