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| Commander7: | Paul Bader |
| Commander7 Label: | 1943—44 |
| Commander8: | Ernst Von Leyser |
| Commander8 Label: | 1 August 1944 — 29 April 1945 |
| Commander9: | Hartwig von Ludwiger |
| Commander9 Label: | 29 April 1945 — 8 May 1945 |
The XXI Mountain Corps was a German military formation in World War II.
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 partisan forces supported by two British artillery batteries, code-named Floydforce, 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.
Hartwig von Ludwiger was put on the trial after World War II and hanged in 1947.[1]