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LXIX Corps (Germany)
m The LXIX Army Corps (german: LXIX. Armeekorps), initially known as the LXIX Reserve Corps (german: LXIX. Reservekorps, link=no), was an army corps of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. The corps was initially formed in July 1943. History The LXIX Reserve Corps was formed on 8 July 1943 for deployment in occupied Yugoslavia. It was deployed under the supervision of the German commander in Croatia (16 November 1942 to 24 August 1943: Rudolf Lüters), stationed in Banja Luka. The initial commander of the LXIX Reserve Corps was the Ernst Dehner. The LXIX Reserve Corps was part of the 2nd Panzer Army under Army Group F between September 1943 and December 1944 and carried the name ''LXIX. Armeekorps'' after 20 January 1944. Dehner was succeeded as corps commander by Julius Ringel on 1 April 1944, who was in turn replaced by Helge Auleb on 24 June 1944. The corps then served in the reserves of Army Group F between January and March 1945 and then in the reserves of Army Group E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corps
Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies greatly, but from two to five divisions and anywhere from 40,000 to 80,000 are the numbers stated by the US Department of Defense. Within military terminology a corps may be: *an military organization, operational formation, sometimes known as a field corps, which consists of two or more division (military), divisions, such as the I Corps (Grande Armée), , later known as ("First Corps") of Napoleon I's ); *an administrative corps (or Muster (military), mustering) – that is a #Administrative corps, specialized branch of a military service (such as an artillery corps, a medical corps, or a force of military police) or; *in some cases, a distinct service within a national military (such as the United States Marine Corps). These usages often ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Group E
Army Group E (''Heeresgruppe E'') was a German Army Group active during World War II. Army Group E was created on 1 January 1943 from the 12th Army. Units from this Army Group were distributed throughout the Eastern Mediterranean area, including Albania, Greece, the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia, and the Independent State of Croatia. Composition Its principal units were:p.24, Thomas * 11th Luftwaffe Field Division (Attica garrison) - ''Generalleutnant'' Wilhelm Kohler * Rhodes Assault Division (amalgamated with the Brandenburg Panzergrenadier Division in 1944) * LXVIII Army Corps (eastern Greece and Peloponnese) ** 117th Jäger Division - ''General der Gebirgstruppe'' Karl von Le Suire ** 1st Panzer Division (June–October 1943) - ''Generalmajor'' Walter Krüger * XXII Mountain Army Corps (western Greece) - ''General der Gebirgstruppe'' Hubert Lanz ** 104th Jäger Division - ''General der Infanterie'' Hartwig von Ludwiger ** 1st Mountain Division - ''Generalle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corps Of Germany In World War II
Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies greatly, but from two to five divisions and anywhere from 40,000 to 80,000 are the numbers stated by the US Department of Defense. Within military terminology a corps may be: *an operational formation, sometimes known as a field corps, which consists of two or more divisions, such as the , later known as ("First Corps") of Napoleon I's ); *an administrative corps (or mustering) – that is a specialized branch of a military service (such as an artillery corps, a medical corps, or a force of military police) or; *in some cases, a distinct service within a national military (such as the United States Marine Corps). These usages often overlap. Corps may also be a generic term for a non-military organization, such as the US Peace Corps and E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
98th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 98th Infantry Division (german: 98. Infanterie-Division) was created on 18 September 1939 in Grafenwöhr. It was destroyed on the Crimea in May 1944 and reformed on 5 June 1944. Commanding officers * Generalleutnant Erich Schröck, 1 September 1939 – 11 April 1940 * Generalleutnant Herbert Stimmel, 11 April 1940 – 10 June 1940 * Generalleutnant Erich Schröck, 10 June 1940 – 31 December 1941 * General der Infanterie Martin Gareis, 31 December 1941 – 1 February 1944 * Generalleutnant Alfred-Hermann Reinhardt, 1 February 1944 – 11 April 1945 * Generalmajor Otto Schiel Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fro ..., 11 April 1945 – 8 May 1945 References ;Citations ;Bibliography Military units and formations established in 1939 0*098 1939 establishmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
373rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 373rd (Croatian) Infantry Division (german: 373. (Kroatische) Infanterie-Division, hr, 373. (hrvatska) pješačka divizija) was a division of the German Army during World War II. It was formed in June 1943 using a brigade from the Home Guard of the Independent State of Croatia ( hr, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, links=no, NDH) with the addition of a German cadre. The division was commanded by Germans down to battalion and even company level in nearly all cases, and was commonly referred to as a "legionnaire division". Originally formed with the intention of service on the Eastern Front, it was used instead for anti-Partisan operations in the territory of the NDH until the end of the war. It fought mainly in the western areas of the NDH, and was involved in the attempt to kill or capture the leader of the Partisans, Josip Broz Tito, in May 1944. Severely depleted by desertion, the division withdrew towards the Reich border in the early months of 1945, eventually surrendering to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland
The Volunteer Legion Netherlands ( nl, Vrijwilligerslegioen Nederland) was a collaborationist military formation recruited in the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II. It was formed in the aftermath of the German invasion of the Soviet Union and fought on the Eastern Front in the Waffen SS alongside similar formations from other parts of German-occupied Western Europe. It was the largest Dutch SS unit. The Volunteer Legion was renamed the 4th SS Panzer Grenadier Brigade Netherlands in October 1943. It was officially re-designated as a division in February 1945 but never grew to larger than a brigade. Background There were several political parties in the Netherlands at the time of the German invasion in May 1940 that were broadly sympathetic to the authoritarian and anti-democratic ideals represented by Nazi Germany. The most important was the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (''Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging in Nederland'', NSB), led by Anton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
367th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 367th Infantry Division (german: 367. Infanterie-Division) was a German infantry division in World War II. History It was formed on 11 November 1943 in Zagreb, Independent State of Croatia from personnel of the 330. Infantry-Division and new recruits born in 1926, as part of the 21. Welle (21st wave of mobilization). The division took part in anti-partisan operations in Croatia. Already in February 1944, it was transferred to the Eastern Front in Ukraine in the Brody sector with the 1st Panzer Army. Later, she became part of the 4th Army in Army Group Centre and fought in Poland around Białystok and Augustów. The division ended up in East Prussia, where she was wiped out during the Battle of Königsberg in March 1945. Commanding officers *Generalleutnant Georg Zwade __NOTOC__ Georg Zwade (5 October 1893 – 1968) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several divisions. Zwade fought in the Balkans campaign, on the Easter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Cossack Cavalry Division
The 1st Cossack Cavalry Division (german: 1. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division) was a Russian Cossacks, Cossack division of the German Army (1935–1945), German Army that served during World War II. It was created on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front mostly out of Don Cossacks already serving in the Wehrmacht, those who escaped from the advancing Red Army and Soviet Prisoner of war, POWs. In 1944, the division was transferred to the Waffen-SS, Waffen SS, becoming part of the XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps, established in February 1945. At the end of the war, the unit ceased to exist. It was one of two cossack cavalry divisions, the other being the 2nd Cossack Cavalry Division. Origin Adolf Hitler authorised the formation of the division on 6 April 1943, ordering that all Cossacks serving in the Wehrmacht to be concentrated into the division. Formation and training The division was and trained at Mielau (Mława) in the spring-summer of 1943. The Cossacks brought their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent State Of Croatia
The Independent State of Croatia ( sh, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; german: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; it, Stato indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist Italy. It was established in parts of Axis occupation of Yugoslavia, occupied Yugoslavia on 10 April 1941, after invasion of Yugoslavia, the invasion by the Axis powers. Its territory consisted of most of modern-day Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as some parts of modern-day Serbia and Slovenia, but also excluded many Croats, Croat-populated areas in Dalmatia (until late 1943), Istria, and Međimurje (region), Međimurje regions (which today are part of Croatia). During its entire existence, the NDH was governed as a one-party state by the Fascism, fascist Ustaše, Ustaša organization. The Ustaše was led by the ''Poglavnik'', Ante Pavelić."''Poglavnik''" was a term coined by the Ustaše, and it was originally used as the title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
173rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
173rd or 173d may refer to: * 173d Air Refueling Squadron, unit of the Nebraska Air National Guard 155th Air Refueling Wing * 173D Special Troops Battalion, combat engineer battalion of the United States Army headquartered in Italy *173rd (3/1st London) Brigade, formation of the British Army's Territorial Force that was raised in 1915 *173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, airborne infantry brigade combat team of the United States Army based in Italy *173rd Aviation Squadron (Australia), Australian Army helicopter squadron providing support to the Special Operations Command *173rd Battalion (Canadian Highlanders), CEF, unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War * 173rd Division (People's Republic of China), created in February 1949 *173rd Fighter Wing, unit of the Oregon Air National Guard, stationed at Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base * 173rd meridian east, from the North Pole across the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helge Auleb
__NOTOC__ Helge Arthur Auleb (24 March 1887 – 14 March 1964) was a general in the ''Wehrmacht'' of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was born in Gehren. Auleb commanded the 6th Infantry Division as part of VI Army Corps during Operation Typhoon in October 1941. He received the German Cross in Gold on 26 December 1941. Awards * German Cross in Gold on 26 December 1941 as ''Generalleutnant'' in the 6th Infantry DivisionPatzwall & Scherzer 2001, p.19. * 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class & 1st Class * 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross The Clasp to the Iron Cross (Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz) was a white metal medal clasp displayed on the uniforms of German Wehrmacht personnel who had been awarded the Iron Cross in World War I, and who again qualified for the decoration in World W ... 2nd Class & 1st Class References Citations Bibliography * 1887 births 1964 deaths People from Ilm-Kreis People from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen German Army officers of World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
