The Panzerkorps ''Feldherrnhalle'' was a
German
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panzer corps
A panzer corps (german: Panzerkorps) was an armoured corps type in Nazi Germany's ''Wehrmacht'' during World War II. The name was introduced in 1941, when the motorised corps (''Armeekorps (mot)'' or ''AK(mot)'') were renamed to panzer corps. Pan ...
that fought on the
Eastern Front during the
Second World War
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.
History
The Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle was formed on 27 November 1944 by redesignating
''IV. Armeekorps'' which had been destroyed on the Eastern Front in August during the Soviet
Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
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, Its corps units came from ''Sturm-Division "Rhodos"'' ("Assault division 'Rhodes'") and Panzer-Grenadier-Brigade 17. The corps was first deployed in
Hungary
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in February 1945.
The panzerkorps surrendered to the
US Army
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at the end of the war.
Commanders
Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle
Orders of battle
;Battle of Debrecen, Hungary, October 1944
:As "60th Panzergrenadier-Division Feldherrnhalle"
*''Division Stab''
*''Füsilier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle''
*''Grenadier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle''
*''Panzer-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle''
*''Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle''
*''Artillerie Regiment Feldherrnhalle''
*''FlaK-Bataillon Feldherrnhalle''
*''Pionier-Bataillon Feldherrnhalle''
*''Nachrichten-Kompanie Feldherrnhalle''
;Budapest, Hungary, February 1945
:As ''Panzer-Division Feldherrnhalle 1''
*''Division Stab''
*''Panzer-Regiment Feldherrnhalle''
**Panzer-Battalion
**Panzergrenadier-Battalion (half-track)
**''schwere Panzer-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle''
*''Panzergrenadier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle''
*''Panzerjäger-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle''
*''Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle''
*''Pionier-Bataillon Feldherrnhalle''
*''Artillerie-Regiment Feldherrnhalle''
*''Nachrichten-Kompanie Feldherrnhalle''
;Operation Spring Awakening, Hungary, March 1945
:As ''Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle''
*''Korps Stab''
**''Korps-Füsilier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle''
**''
Schwere-Panzer-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle''''
**''404. Artillerie-Regiment''
**''404. Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon''
**''44. Panzer-Nachrichten-Bataillon''
**''Panzer-Feldersatz-Regiment Feldherrnhalle''
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Panzer-Division Feldherrnhalle 1
The Panzergrenadier Division Feldherrnhalle, was a semi-armoured formation of the German Army during World War II.
History
The Panzergrenadier Division "Feldherrnhalle" was created on 20 June 1943 in the south of France by the renaming and re ...
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Panzer-Division Feldherrnhalle 2
Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2 was a late World War II German Wehrmacht panzer division. Commanded by Franz Bäke, it was formed in March 1945 of the remnants of other divisions and stationed with a home base at Wehrkreis XX. It was moved to S ...
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Footnotes
References
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* Sanchez, Alfonso Escuadra - Feldherrnhalle: Forgotten Elite
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