XVI SS Corps

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

XVI SS Army Corps was a short-lived SS Army Corps, which was formed in January 1945 in Pomerania.

The core of the Army 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[]

Sources[]

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