V SS Mountain Corps

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|dates= October 1943 – May 1945

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|battles= Operation Rösselsprung
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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.Ripley, p. 320Beevor, Antony, p. 255

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.{{Cite book |last=Schmider, Klaus |title=Partisanenkrieg in Jugoslawien 1941–1944 |publisher=Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH |year=2002 |isbn=3813207943 |location=Hamburg/Berlin/Bonn|language=de}}{{Rp|14}}

Commanders

Walter Harzer served as chief of staff.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

Subordinate units

References

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Bibliography

  • Beevor, Antony. Berlin: The Downfall 1945, Penguin Books, 2002, {{ISBN|0-670-88695-5}}.
  • Ripley, Tim. The Waffen SS at War, Zenith Imprint, 2004, {{ISBN|0-7603-2068-3}}.

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