VI SS Army Corps (Latvian)


VI SS Volunteer Army Corps , was a corps of the Waffen-SS during World War II. It was formed in October 1943 to command the Latvian Waffen-SS divisions. It fought in the northern sector of the Eastern [Front (World War II)|Eastern Front] as part of the 18th Army. They were part of Army Group North until early 1945, when it was subordinated to Army Group Courland. In October 1944, they were encircled by the Red Army and spent the remainder of the war in the Courland Pocket, until they surrendered at the end of the war.

Commanders

SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln SS-Gruppenführer Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld SS-Obergruppenführer Walther Krüger

Area of operations

Order of battle