IX SS Mountain Corps
| IX SS Mountain Corps | |
|---|---|
| Active | 21 June 1944 – 12 February 1945 |
| Country | Germany |
| Branch | Waffen-SS |
| Type | Gebirgsjäger |
| Role | Mountain warfare |
| Size | Corps |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | SS-Gruppenführer Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch |
The IX Waffen Mountain Corps of the SS (Croatian) (German: IX. Waffen-Gebirgskorps der SS (Kroatisches)), later simply IX SS Mountain Corps, was a Waffen-SS corps during World War II. Originally set up to command Croatian and Albanian SS divisions, it also commanded a variety of other German and Hungarian units of the Waffen-SS. It saw action on the Eastern Front between July 1944 and January 1945 when it was virtually destroyed during the Siege of Budapest.