XXXX Panzer Corps was a tank corps in the German Army during
World War II.
History
The XXXX. Armeekorps was formed on 26 January 1940 in Lubeck in the Wehrkreis X.
It took part in the invasions of France and Greece before being sent to the Eastern Front.
On 15 September 1940 it was converted into a motorized corps under the name XXXX. Armeekorps (motorisiert) and was renamed XXXX. Panzerkorps on 9 July 1942.
The XXXX Panzer Corps fought at
Kharkov, the advance to the
Don River, and to the
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in the
Caucasus. The corps later withdrew toward
Rostov and later into
Romania.
The corps was transferred to East Prussia and withdraw toward
Memel and ended the war in central
Silesia.
Commanders
* 15.02.1940 - 14.01.1942 :
Georg Stumme
* 15.01.1942 - 16.01.1942 :
Hans Zorn
* 16.02.1942 - 09.07.1942 : Georg Stumme
* 20.07.1942 - 30.09.1942 :
Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg
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* 30.09.1942 - 13.11.1942 :
Gustav Fehn
* 13.11.1942 - 01.10.1943 :
Siegfried Henrici
* 01.10.1943 - 11.11.1943 :
Ferdinand Schörner
* 12.11.1943 - 15.11.1943 :
Hermann Balck
* 19.11.1943 - 26.11.1943 :
Heinrich Eberbach
* 27.11.1943 - 31.01.1944 : Ferdinand Schörner
* 01.02.1944 - 31.08.1944 :
Otto von Knobelsdorff
* 01.09.1944 - 08.05.1945 : Siegfried Henrici
References
Panzer corps of Germany in World War II
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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