XIII SS Army Corps
ActiveAugust 1944 – May 1945
Country Germany
Branch Waffen-SS
SizeCorps

The XIII SS Army Corps was formed in August 1944 at Breslau.[1] It was moved to France and the Western Front. By the end of April 1945, some units of the corps operated in Czechoslovakia where they encountered the US 97th Infantry Division. Others fought north of the Danube River near Regen.[citation needed]

Commanders

Order of battle

References

  1. ^ Kunz, Andreas (2007). Wehrmacht und Niederlage: die bewaffnete Macht in der Endphase der nationalsozialistischen Herrschaft 1944 bis 1945. Beiträge zur Militärgeschichte (2. Aufl ed.). München: Oldenbourg. p. 123. ISBN 978-3-486-58388-5.
  2. ^ Williamson, Gordon; Bujeiro, Ramiro (2005). Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves Recipients 1941-45. Osprey. p. 31. ISBN 1-84176-642-9.
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