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The LXIII Army Corps (german: LXIII. Armeekorps) was an army corps of the
The LXIII Army Corps was formed on 14 November 1944 using the officer staff of '' Generalkommando Dehner'' in southern France. The initial corps commander of the LXIII Army Corps was Friedrich-August Schack.
The corps was initially assigned to 19th Army (
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Wehrmacht during World War II. The corps was formed in November 1944.
History
The LXIII Army Corps was formed on 14 November 1944 using the officer staff of '' Generalkommando Dehner'' in southern France. The initial corps commander of the LXIII Army Corps was Friedrich-August Schack.
The corps was initially assigned to 19th Army (Friedrich Wiese
Friedrich Wiese (5 December 1892 – 13 February 1975) was a German general in the Wehrmacht who commanded the 19th Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
Awards and decorations
* Iron ...
) in the Upper Rhine area, initially under Army Group G (Hermann Balck
Georg Otto Hermann Balck (7 December 1893 – 29 November 1982) was a highly decorated officer of the German Army who served in both World War I and World War II, rising to the rank of General der Panzertruppe.
Early career
Balck was born in ...
), between December 1944 and January 1945. On 13 December 1944, Schack was succeeded as corps commander by Erich Abraham
Erich Abraham (27 March 1895 – 7 March 1971) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who command the 76th Infantry Division then the LXIII Corps on the Western Front during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of ...
.
By 1945, the 19th Army under which LXIII Army Corps was placed had been moved from the supervision of Army Group G to the supervision of Army Group Upper Rhine ( Heinrich Himmler). The corps was then moved to the 1st Parachute Army
The German 1st Parachute Army (1. ''Fallschirm-Armee'') was formed in September, 1944, comprising 30,000 men.
History
Its first commander was Colonel General Kurt Student, the ''Wehrmacht''s airborne pioneer. During the Allied Operation Market ...
( Alfred Schlemm) under Army Group H
Army Group H (''Heeresgruppe H''), Army Group Northwest (''Heeresgruppe Nordwest'') after March 1945, was a German army group in the Netherlands and in Nordrhein-Westfalen during World War II.
Army Group H (for Holland) was activated on 11 Nove ...
(Johannes Blaskowitz
Johannes Albrecht Blaskowitz (10 July 1883 – 5 February 1948) was a German ''Generaloberst'' during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. After joining the Imperial German Army in 1 ...
) in February and March 1945 and eventually the Army Detachment Lüttwitz
An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
( Heinrich v. Lüttwitz) under Army Group B (Walter Model
Otto Moritz Walter Model (; 24 January 1891 – 21 April 1945) was a German field marshal during World War II. Although he was a hard-driving, aggressive panzer commander early in the war, Model became best known as a practitioner of defen ...
), where it remained until the end of the war.
Structure
Noteworthy individuals
* Friedrich-August Schack, corps commander between 14 November 1944 and 13 December 1944. *Erich Abraham
Erich Abraham (27 March 1895 – 7 March 1971) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who command the 76th Infantry Division then the LXIII Corps on the Western Front during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of ...
, corps commander between 13 December 1944 and the end of the war.
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