XIII SS Army Corps explained

Unit Name:	XIII SS Army Corps
Dates:	August 1944 – May 1945
Branch:	Waffen-SS
Size:	Corps

The XIII SS Army Corps was formed in August 1944 at Breslau.^[1] It was moved to France and the Western Front. By the end of April 1945, some units of the corps operated in Czechoslovakia where they encountered the US 97th Infantry Division. Others fought north of the Danube River near Regen.

Commanders

• SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Priess
• SS-Gruppenführer Max Simon^[2]

Order of battle

• 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen
• 38th SS Grenadier Division Nibelungen
• 113th SS Corps Intelligence Battalion
• 113th SS Corps Artillery Battalion
• 113th SS Kraftfahr Company
• 113th SS Military Police Troop
• SS Kampfgruppe Trümmler

Notes and References

1. Book: Kunz, Andreas . Wehrmacht und Niederlage: die bewaffnete Macht in der Endphase der nationalsozialistischen Herrschaft 1944 bis 1945 . 2007 . Oldenbourg . 978-3-486-58388-5 . 2. Aufl . Beiträge zur Militärgeschichte . München . 123.
2. Book: Williamson . Gordon . Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves Recipients 1941-45 . Bujeiro . Ramiro . Osprey . 2005 . 1-84176-642-9 . 31 . Gordon Williamson (writer).