German XXXV. Corps (XXXV. Armeekorps) 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 Corps was first known as Höheres Kommando z.b.V. XXXV (H.Kdo.) and was established on 15 October 1939 in
Breslau.
After the
Invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland (1 September – 6 October 1939) was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week aft ...
, the H.Kdo was stationed there between December 1939 and June 1941.
After the start of
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa (german: link=no, Unternehmen Barbarossa; ) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War. The operation, code-named after ...
(June 1941), the H.Kdo saw its first action at the beginning of July 1941 in the
Battle of Kiev (1941)
The First Battle of Kiev was the German name for the operation that resulted in a huge encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II. This encirclement is considered the largest encirclement in the history of warfar ...
.
As part of the
2nd Army, the H.Kdo formed part of the northern pincer. After successfully completing this battle, the H.Kdo advanced with the
2nd Panzer Army
The 2nd Panzer Army (german: 2. Panzerarmee) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the 2nd Panzer Group on October 5, 1941.
Organisation
Panzer Group Guderian (german: Panzergruppe Guderian) was formed on 5 June 19 ...
towards Moscow.
The H.Kdo. advanced towards
Yefremov, but was overstretched and had hardly any contact with its neighbors. Now it was time for the Soviets to launch their
Yelets Offensive on 6 December 1941. Soon the H.Kdo. was in full retreat under heavy attacks from the
Soviet 3rd Army. The front line stabilised on December 17, 1941, but had moved almost 100 km back to the west. The H.Kdo. had suffered heavy losses. The weakness in defense of a Höheres Kommando also became extremely clear. On 20 January 1942, the H.Kdo. was transformed into a fully-fledged Army corps.
In 1942, the Corps was stationed in the relative quiet Front sector around
Oryol. In 1943, the Corps had to withdraw during
Operation Kutuzov
Operation Kutuzov was the first of the two counteroffensives launched by the Red Army as part of the Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation. It commenced on 12 July 1943, in the Central Russian Upland, against Army Group Center of the German '' He ...
and the
Battle of Smolensk (1943)
The second Smolensk operation (7 August – 2 October 1943) was a Soviet strategic offensive operation conducted by the Red Army as part of the Summer-Autumn Campaign of 1943. Staged almost simultaneously with the Lower Dnieper Offensive (13 Au ...
and ended up in the area around
Zhlobin
Zhlobin ( be, Жло́бін; russian: Жло́бин, pl, Żłobin, lt, Žlobinas) is a city in the Zhlobin District of Gomel Region, Belarus, located on the Dnieper river. As of 2017, the population was 76,078.
The city is notable for being ...
in Belarus. Here, the Front stabilised again between November 1943 and June 1944.
When the Soviets launched
Operation Bagration
Operation Bagration (; russian: Операция Багратио́н, Operatsiya Bagration) was the codename for the 1944 Soviet Byelorussian strategic offensive operation (russian: Белорусская наступательная оп ...
on 23 June 1944, The Corps was surrounded during the
Bobruysk Offensive and completely destroyed.
Commanders
Höheres Kommando XXXV
* General der Infanterie
Max von Schenckendorff
Max von Schenckendorff (24 February 1875 – 6 July 1943) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was the commander of Army Group Rear Area behind Army Group Centre from March 1941 until his death. He is best known ...
(15 October 1939 - 1 April 1941)
* General der Kavallerie
Rudolf Koch-Erpach
Rudolf Koch-Erpach (9 April 1886 – 28 November 1971) was a German general during World War II who commanded the LVI Panzer Corps and the 1st Army.
Biography
Koch-Erpach was born in Munich, and eventually rose to the rank of general. In 1 ...
(1 April 1941 - 1 May 1941)
* General der Artillerie
Rudolf Kämpfe
Rudolf Kaempfe (17 February 1893 – 23 December 1962) was a German general during World War II who held commands at the division and corps level.
Biography
Kaempfe fought in the First World War on the Western Front and in Serbia.
In April 193 ...
(1 May 1941 - 20 January 1942)
XXXV Corps
* General der Artillerie
Rudolf Kämpfe
Rudolf Kaempfe (17 February 1893 – 23 December 1962) was a German general during World War II who held commands at the division and corps level.
Biography
Kaempfe fought in the First World War on the Western Front and in Serbia.
In April 193 ...
, (20 January 1942 - 19 July 1942)
* Generalleutnant Edgar Theißen, (19 July 1942 - 13 August 1942)
* General der Artillerie
Rudolf Kämpfe
Rudolf Kaempfe (17 February 1893 – 23 December 1962) was a German general during World War II who held commands at the division and corps level.
Biography
Kaempfe fought in the First World War on the Western Front and in Serbia.
In April 193 ...
, (13 August 1942 - 1 November 1942)
* Generaloberst
Lothar Rendulic, (1 November 1942 – 5 August 1943)
* General der Infanterie
Friedrich Wiese, (5 August 1943 – January 1944)
* General der Artillerie
Horst Großmann, (January 1944 - February 1944)
* General der Infanterie
Friedrich Wiese, (February 1944 – 25 June 1944)
* Generalleutnant
Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow, (25 June 1944 - 5 July 1944) (Corps destroyed and POW)
Area of operations
* Poland : December 1939 – June 1941
*
Eastern Front, central sector – July 1941 – July 1944 (Corps destroyed)
See also
*
List of German corps in World War II
Sources
* This is a translation of the article in the
Dutch Wikipedia
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* This is a translation of the article in the
Dutch Wikipedia
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35e Legerkorps (Wehrmacht).''
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