12th SS Army Corps ( German: XII. SS-Armeekorps ) - created on August 1, 1944 in Lithuania, from the remnants of the 53rd Wehrmacht army destroyed in the Vitebsk region.
| SS 12th Corps XII. SS-Armeekorps | |
|---|---|
| Years of existence | August 1944 - April 1945 |
| A country |  Germany |
| Dislocation | Western front |
| Wars | The Second World War |
| Participation in | Ruhr Cauldron |
| Commanders | |
| Famous commanders | Gunther Blumentritt Edward Craseman |
The corps did not have SS units or subunits; the prefix “SS” in the naming of the corps is explained only by the fact that the first commander of the corps was appointed not the Wehrmacht General, but the SS Obergruppenführer.
Content
- 1 Corps combat path
- 2 Housing composition
- 3 Corps commanders
- 4 Chief of Staff
- 5 Literature
Corps Combat Path
In August - September 1944, the corps was stationed in Lithuania as part of Army Group Center .
In October 1944, he was redeployed to the Western Front , to the Netherlands in Army Group B , at first he was part of the 1st Parachute Army , from November to the 5th Panzer Army , and from January 1945 to the 15th Army .
In January 1945, the corps retreated to the Rhine . April 16, 1945 - the corps was defeated in the Ruhr Cauldron by American troops.
Body Composition
September 1944:
- 7th Panzer Division
- 548th Grenadier Division
March 1945:
- training tank division
- 176th Infantry Division
- 338th Infantry Division
- 183rd National Grenadier Division
Corps commanders
- from August 1, 1944 - SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp
- from August 6, 1944 - SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Kurt von Gottberg
- from October 18, 1944 - SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Maria Demelhuber
- from October 20, 1944 - infantry general Gunter Blumentritt
- from January 20, 1945 - Lieutenant General Fritz Bayerline
- from January 29, 1945 - Lieutenant General Edward Crazeman (captured on April 16, 1945)
Chief of Staff
- from August 1, 1944 to April 16, 1945 - Colonel Ulrich Ulms
Literature
- Tessin, Georg. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 (Volume IV), Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1976. ISBN 3-7648-1083-1