XXI Mountain Corps (Wehrmacht)

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

In period 1943—44 commander of this Corps was Paul Bader. In period between 1 August 1944 and 29 April 1945 the commander of this Corps was Ernst Von Leyser. Leyser was succeeded by the last commander of this Corps, Gdl Hartwig von Ludwiger, who was put on the trial after WWII and hanged in 1947.

At the beginning of November 1944 the XXI Mountain Corps retreated from Albania to Podgorica in Montenegro. In mid-November they tried to break through Danilovgrad and Nikšić toward Sarajevo, but Yugoslav communist forces who were supported by two British artillery batteries stopped them after ten days fighting. At the end of November 1944 they had to retreat through a much longer route, via Kolašin, Prijepolje and Višegrad.