• Source: VI SS Army Corps (Latvian)

    • VI SS Army Corps (Latvian) or VI. SS-Freiwilligen-Armeekorps (Lettisches) (German) was a corps of the Waffen-SS during World War II. It was formed in October 1943 to command the Latvian Waffen-SS divisions. It fought in the northern sector of the Eastern Front as part of the 18th Army. They were part of Army Group North until early 1945, when it was subordinated to Army Group Courland. In October 1944, they were encircled by the Red Army and spent the remainder of the war in the Courland Pocket, until they surrendered at the end of the war.


    Commanders


    SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch (8 Oct 1943 – 11 June 1944)
    SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln (11 June – 21 July 1944)
    SS-Gruppenführer Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld (21–25 July 1944)
    SS-Obergruppenführer Walther Krüger (25 July 1944 – 8 May 1945)


    Area of operations


    Eastern Front, Northern Sector (October 1943 – September 1944)
    Latvia (September 1944 – May 1945)


    Order of battle


    Corps staff
    106th SS Signals Battalion
    506th SS Nebelwerfer Battalion
    506th Heavy SS Artillery Ranging Battery
    106/506th SS Flak Battalion
    VI SS Corps Pioneer Company
    VI SS Corps Lehr Battalion
    106th SS Transport Company
    106th SS Feldgendarmerie Company
    15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian)
    19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)


    References



    Caballero Carlos, Germany's Eastern Front Allies (2), Osprey Publishing, 2002, ISBN 1-84176-193-1

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