| XXXIX Mountain Corps | |
|---|---|
| XXXXIX . Gebirgs-Armeekorps | |
| Active | 20 June – 1 July 1940 25 October 1940 – 8 May 1945 |
| Disbanded | 8 May 1945 |
| Country |  Germany |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Ludwig Kübler etc. |
XXXXIX Mountain Corps was a mountain warfare corps of the German Army during World War II.
XXXXIX Mountain Corps participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. [1] In June 1941, it participated in Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, as part of Army Group South.
The corps fought on the Eastern Front for the remainder of World War II, seeing action in the Battles of Uman, the Sea of Azov, and Rostov, and in the Kerch–Eltigen Operation in 1943. During 1944 and 1945 it withdrew through Ukraine and Slovakia to the area around Havlíčkův Brod in Bohemia, where it surrendered to the Soviets in May 1945.
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