Back V. SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgskorps German V SS Cuerpo de Montaña Spanish 5e corps SS de montagne French קורפוס אס אס הררי החמישי HE 5. SS-GebirgsKorps Italian 第5SS山岳軍団 Japanese 제5SS산악군단 Korean V SS Bergkorps Dutch V Korpus Górski SS Polish 5-й горный армейский корпус СС Russian
| V SS Mountain Corps | |
|---|---|
| Active | October 1943 – May 1945 |
| Country |  Germany |
| Branch |  Waffen-SS |
| Type | Gebirgsjäger |
| Role | Mountain warfare |
| Size | Corps |
| Engagements | Operation Rösselsprung 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.[1][2]
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.[3]: 14
- ^ Ripley, p. 320
- ^ Beevor, Antony, p. 255
- ^ Schmider, Klaus (2002). Partisanenkrieg in Jugoslawien 1941–1944 (in German). Hamburg/Berlin/Bonn: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH. ISBN 3813207943.