XXXXIX Mountain Corps (Wehrmacht)
XXXXIX Mountain Corps was a mountain warfare corps of the German Army during World War II.
Operational history
XXXXIX Mountain Corps participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. 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.
Commanders
Commanding generalsGeneral der Gebirgstruppe Ludwig Kübler General der Gebirgstruppe Rudolf Konrad General der Infanterie Helge Auleb General der Gebirgstruppe Rudolf Konrad General der Infanterie Friedrich Köchling General der Gebirgstruppe Rudolf Konrad General der Artillerie Walter Hartmann General der Infanterie Franz Beyer General der Artillerie Walter Hartmann General der Gebirgstruppe Karl von Le SuireChiefs of StaffOberst Ferdinand Jodl Generalmajor Josef Kübler Oberst Wolf-Dietrich von Xylander Oberst Ernst Michael Oberst Wilhelm Haidlen Oberst Kurt von Einem Oberst Wilhelm Haidlen Oberstleutnant Ludwig von Eimannsberger Oberstleutnant Werner Vogl