German LXXXXVII Corps (LXXXXVII. Armeekorps z.b.V.) was a corps in the German Army 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 opposing ...
.
History
The LXXXXVII. Army Corps was created in Italy on September 28, 1944 by renaming the troops of the
Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral
The Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral (german: Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland, OZAK; or colloquially: ''Operationszone Adria''; it, Zona d'operazioni del Litorale adriatico; hr, Operativna zona Jadransko primorje; sl, Operacijs ...
.
The Corps' operational area extended from the
Tagliamento River
The Tagliamento () is a braided river in north-east Italy, flowing from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea at a point between Trieste and Venice.
The Tagliamento river is considered as the last morphologically intact river in the Alps. (Its ...
to
Susak and
Rijeka. The task of the Corps was to secure the northeastern Adriatic coast against an Allied invasion and to fight against partisans. The forces of the Corps were mainly concentrated in
Gorizia
Gorizia (; sl, Gorica , colloquially 'old Gorizia' to distinguish it from Nova Gorica; fur, label= Standard Friulian, Gurize, fur, label= Southeastern Friulian, Guriza; vec, label= Bisiacco, Gorisia; german: Görz ; obsolete English ''Gori ...
(General Command),
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into prov ...
,
Postojna and
Rijeka (Fiume). In the area of the corps, the coast was fortified with artillery and a line of defense along the
Ćićarija
Ćićarija ( sl, Čičarija; it, Cicceria, Monti della Vena; ruo, Cicearia; german: Tschitschen Boden), is a mountainous plateau in the northern and northeastern part of the Istria peninsula, long and wide. It mostly lies in Croatia, while i ...
plateau between Trieste and Rijeka was formed.
Until April 1945, the corps limited itself to fighting the guerrilla groups active in its section.
At the beginning of April 1945, the strong Yugoslav
4th Partisan Army advanced swiftly along the Dalmatian coast, heading towards Rijeka and Trieste. In order to counteract this advance, the newly formed
188th Mountain Division was moved to the area in question. By April 25, 1945, strong Partisan units had advanced to the outskirts of Rijeka. After heavy fighting, the Corps surrendered to the Yugoslav Army in early May.
Commanders
* General der Gebirgstruppe
Ludwig Kübler
Ludwig Kübler (2 September 1889 – 18 August 1947) was a German ''General der Gebirgstruppe'' (Lieutenant General) who commanded the 1st Mountain Division, XXXXIX Mountain Corps, 4th Army and the Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littor ...
, (28 September 1944 – 8 May 1945) (POW and executed on 18 August 1947).
Area of operations
* Italy : September 1944 - April 1945
*
Istria, April - May 1945
See also
*
List of German corps in World War II
Source
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Military units and formations established in 1944
1944 establishments in Italy
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
1945 disestablishments in Yugoslavia