The LXXXVIII Army Corps (german: LXXXVIII. Armeekorps) was an
army 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 great ...
of the German
Wehrmacht
The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previous ...
during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. It was formed in 1942 and existed until 1945.
History
The LXXXVIII Army Corps was formed on 8 June 1942 using personnel from the
240th Division.
That staff had already effectively been a corps, as it had overseen the
82nd,
167th and
719th Divisions between April and June 1942.
The initial corps commander of the LXXXVIII Army Corps was
Hans-Wolfgang Reinhard
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Hans-Wolfgang Reinhard (11 December 1888 – 6 October 1950) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Awards and decorations
* Knight's Cross ...
.
Between June 1942 and July 1944, the commanding officer of the LXXXVIII Army Corps was also the c''ommander of army troops in the Netherlands and staff for coastal defense of Wehrmacht commander Netherlands'' (german: Befehlshaber der Truppen des Heeres in den Niederlanden und Stab Küstenverteidigung des Wehrmachtbefehlshabers Niederlande, link=no), but was merely responsible for the corps itself after that.
Structure
Noteworthy individuals
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Hans-Wolfgang Reinhard
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Hans-Wolfgang Reinhard (11 December 1888 – 6 October 1950) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Awards and decorations
* Knight's Cross ...
, corps commander of the LXXXVIII Army Corps (1 July 1942 – 21 December 1944).
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Felix Schwalbe __NOTOC__
Eugen-Felix Schwalbe (25 March 1892 – 12 June 1974) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Awards and decorations
* German Cross in Silver on 30 ...
, corps commander of the LXXXVIII Army Corps (21 December 1944 – 3 April 1945).
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Johann Wolpert, corps commander of the LXXXVIII Army Corps (3 April 1945 – May 1945).
References
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Corps of Germany in World War II
Military units and formations established in 1942
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945