XXI Mountain Corps (Wehrmacht)

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CountryFlag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany
1943—44 Paul Bader
1 August 1944 — 29 April 1945Ernst Von Leyser
29 April 1945 — 8 May 1945 Hartwig von Ludwiger

The XXI Mountain Corps was a German military formation in World War II.

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At the beginning of November 1944 the XXI Mountain Corps retreated from Albania to Podgorica in Montenegro. [1] In mid-November they tried to break through Danilovgrad and Nikšić toward Sarajevo, but Yugoslav partisan forces supported by two British artillery batteries, code-named Floydforce, stopped them after ten days fighting. [1] At the end of November 1944 they had to retreat through a much longer route, via Kolašin, Prijepolje, and Višegrad. [1]

Commanders

Hartwig von Ludwiger was put on the trial after World War II and hanged in 1947. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Pajović 1977, p. 518.
  2. Mitcham 2010, p. 296.
  3. MacLean, French L. (1996). Quiet Flows the Rhine: German General Officer Casualties in World War II. J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing. ISBN   978-0-921991-32-8.

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