XXI Mountain Corps (Wehrmacht)

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

Country	Germany
1943—44	Paul Bader
1 August 1944 — 29 April 1945	Ernst Von Leyser
29 April 1945 — 8 May 1945	Hartwig von Ludwiger

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

• Paul Bader (25 August 1943 – 10 October 1943)
• Gustav Fehn (10 October 1943 – 20 July 1944)
• Ernst von Leyser (20 July 1944 – 29 April 1945)^[2]
• Hartwig von Ludwiger (29 April 1945 – 8 May 1945)

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

References

1. 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.

Sources

• Pajović, Radoje (1977). Kontrarevolucija u Crnoj Gori: Četnički i federalistički pokret 1941–1945 (PDF) (in Serbo-Croatian). Cetinje, Yugoslavia: Obod.
• 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.
• Mitcham, Samuel W. Jr. (2010). Blitzkrieg No Longer: The German Wehrmacht in Battle, 1943. Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-0533-2.