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Commander | Paul Bader |
Commander | Ernst Von Leyser |
Commander | Hartwig von Ludwiger |
The XXI Mountain Corps was a German military formation in World War II.
In period 1943—44 commander of this Corps was Paul Bader.[1] In period between 1 August 1944 and 29 April 1945 the commander of this Corps was Ernst Von Leyser.[2] Leyser was succeeded by the last commander of this Corps, Gdl Hartwig von Ludwiger, who was put on the trial after WWII and hanged in 1947.[3]
At the beginning of November 1944 the XXI Mountain Corps retreated from Albania to Podgorica in Montenegro.[4] In mid-November they tried to break through Danilovgrad and Nikšić toward Sarajevo, but Yugoslav communist forces who were supported by two British artillery batteries stopped them after ten days fighting.[4] At the end of November 1944 they had to retreat through a much longer route, via Kolašin, Prijepolje and Višegrad.[4]
References[]
- ↑ Mitcham Jr. 2006, p. 110.
- ↑ Mitcham, Jr. 2010, p. 296.
- ↑ MacLean, French L. (1996). Quiet Flows the Rhine: German General Officer Casualties in World War II. J.J. Fedorowicz. ISBN 978-0-921991-32-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=aKOwAAAAIAAJ.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Pajović 1977, p. 518.
Sources[]
- Pajović, Radoje (1977) (in Serbo-Croatian). Kontrarevolucija u Crnoj Gori: Četnički i federalistički pokret 1941–1945. Cetinje, Yugoslavia: Obod. http://www.znaci.net/00003/639.pdf.
- Mitcham Jr., Samuel W. (20 December 2006). Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of World War II and Their Commanders. Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-1-4617-5143-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=hO63DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA68.
- Mitcham, Jr., Samuel W. (2010). Blitzkrieg No Longer: The German Wehrmacht in Battle, 1943. Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-0533-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=eKDxxFYBvo0C&pg=PA296.
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