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V SS Mountain Corps

Field	Value
unit_name	V SS Mountain Corps
dates	October 1943 – May 1945
country	Nazi Germany
branch	[[File:Flag Schutzstaffel.svg	23px]] Waffen-SS
type	Gebirgsjäger
role	Mountain warfare
size	Corps
battles	Operation Rösselsprung
Battle of Halbe
Defense of Schwedt Bridgehead
Battle of Berlin

NOTOC{{Infobox Military Unit 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.

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.

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 (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 served as chief of staff.

Subordinate units

[[File:32. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division „30. Januar”.svg|22px]] 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "30 Januar"
[[File:35divss.svg|22px]] 35th SS-Police Grenadier Division
36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS
[[File:502nd heavy tank battalion insignia.svg|22px]] 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion

References

Bibliography

Beevor, Antony. Berlin: The Downfall 1945, Penguin Books, 2002, .
Ripley, Tim. The Waffen SS at War, Zenith Imprint, 2004, .

References

Ripley, p. 320
Beevor, Antony, p. 255
Schmider, Klaus. (2002). "Partisanenkrieg in Jugoslawien 1941–1944". Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH.
Ripley, p. 320

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