XVI SS Corps

XVI SS Army Corps
Active	January 1945 – February 1945
Country	Germany
Branch	Waffen-SS
Size	Corps

Military unit

The XVI SS Army Corps was a short-lived corps of the Waffen-SS, which was formed in January 1945 in Pomerania.

The core of the corps was the 1st Latvian SS Division. It fought in the Piła (Schneidemühl) - Bydgoszcz (Bromberg) area against the Soviet East Prussian offensive and was dissolved in February after the retreat from that area.^[1]

Commanders

Its only commander was SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Maria Demelhuber.

References

^ Die Organisation des Terrors - Der Dienstkalender Heinrich Himmlers 1943-1945 pag.213

Sources

okh.it
Axis History
Rolf Stoves: "Die gepanzerten und motorisierten deutschen Großverbände 1935—1945", Nebel-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-89555-102-3

Waffen-SS corps

Panzer

Mountain

Infantry

VI SS Army Corps (Latvian)
X SS Corps
XII SS Corps
XIII SS Army Corps
XIV SS Corps
XVI SS Corps
XVII Waffen Corps of the SS (Hungarian)
XVIII SS Corps

Cavalry

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Panzer	1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 2nd SS Division Das Reich 3rd SS Division Totenkopf 5th SS Division Wiking 9th SS Division Hohenstaufen 10th SS Division Frundsberg 12th SS Division Hitlerjugend SS heavy Panzer battalions
Panzergrenadier	11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland
Mountain	6th SS Mountain Division Nord 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian) 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama (2nd Croatian) 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger
Cavalry	8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Division Maria Theresia 33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian) 37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow 1st Cossack Cavalry Division 2nd Cossack Cavalry Division
Infantry	14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) 25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi (1st Hungarian) 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian) 27th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Langemarck (1st Flemish) 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS RONA (1st Russian) 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian) 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian) 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarusian) 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French) 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 38th SS-Grenadier-Division "Nibelungen"
Police	4th SS Police Division 35th SS-Police Grenadier Division
Deception Divisions	26th SS Panzer Division 27th SS Panzer Division
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