X Army Corps (X. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II. It was formed in mid-May 1935 from the Cavalry Division. After the mobilization of 28 August 1939, the corps was deployed under General Wilhelm Ulex on the right wing of the 8th Army (commanded by General Blaskowitz) during the Polish campaign. After taking part in the

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the corps was transferred to Warsaw. It later moved to western Europe and was eventually stationed in Normandy. In April 1941 the corps was transferred to

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to take part in

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as part of the 16th Army in

Army Group North Army Group North (german: Heeresgruppe Nord) was a German strategic formation, commanding a grouping of field armies during World War II. The German Army Group was subordinated to the ''Oberkommando des Heeres'' (OKH), the German army high comma ...

. The invasion of Russia commenced on 22 June following. In 1942 the corps was trapped in the

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near

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, surrounded by Soviet troops and cut off for several months from the rest of the army. They were supplied by air until German troops could break through to them. After the lifting of the

siege of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad (russian: links=no, translit=Blokada Leningrada, Блокада Ленинграда; german: links=no, Leningrader Blockade; ) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of L ...

by Generals Govorov and Merezkow and the loss of

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to the Soviet 59th Army in January 1944, the 16th Army was forced to retreat. Having retreated to

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the corps came under the command of the 18th Army. After the breakthrough of the Soviet 51st Army under General Kreiser on 10 October near Polangen on the Baltic Sea, X Corps, with the 11th, 30th, and 61st Infantry Divisions, took command of the southern front of the

Courland Pocket The Courland Pocket (Blockade of the Courland army group), (german: Kurland-Kessel)/german: Kurland-Brückenkopf (Courland Bridgehead), lv, Kurzemes katls (Courland Cauldron) or ''Kurzemes cietoksnis'' (Courland Fortress)., group=lower-alpha ...

. From October 27 to November 2, 1944, they withstood the main attack of the Soviet

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and sustained losses of more than 4,000 men. The German Army surrendered on May 8, 1945.

Commanders

* Cavalry General (''

General der Kavallerie General of the Cavalry (german: General der Kavallerie) was a General officer rank in the cavalry in various states of which the modern states of German and Austria are successors or in other armies which used the German model. Artillery officers o ...

'') Wilhelm Knochenhauer, May 1935 – June 1939 * Lieutenant-General

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, 29. June – 26. August 1939 * Infantry General (''

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'') Wilhelm Ulex, 26. August – October 1939 * Artillery General (''

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'') Christian Hansen, 15. October 1939 – May 1942 * Tank general (''

General der Panzertruppe General der Panzertruppe () was a General of the branch OF8 rank of the German Army, introduced in 1935. A ''General der Panzertruppe'' was a Lieutenant General, above Major General (Generalleutnant), commanding a Panzer corps. Rank and ran ...

'')

Otto von Knobelsdorff Otto von Knobelsdorff (31 March 1886 – 21 October 1966) was a German general during World War II who led the 19th Panzer Division and then held a series of higher commands. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Le ...

, May – June 1942 * Artillery General (''

'') Christian Hansen, Juni 1942 bis 1. Juli 1943 * Lieutenant-General

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, 1. Juli – 31. July 1943 m.st.F.b. * Artillery General (''

'') Christian Hansen, 1 August – 4 November 1943 * Infantry General (''

'')

Thomas-Emil von Wickede __NOTOC__ Thomas-Emil von Wickede (23 April 1893 – 23 June 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the X Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Wickede was ...

, 4 November 1943 – 23 June 1944 * Infantry General (''

'')

Friedrich Köchling __NOTOC__ Friedrich Köchling (22 June 1893 – 6 June 1970) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who held commands at the division and corps levels. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron ...

, 25 June – 3 September 1944 * Infantry General (''

'')

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, 21 September – 21 December 1944 * Lieutenant-General

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, 21 – 27 December 1944 * Artillery General (''

'')

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, 27 Dezember 1944 – May 1945

Areas of Operation

* Poland : September 1939 – May 1940 * France : May 1940 – June 1941 * Eastern Front, North Sector : June 1941 – October 1944 * Courland Pocket : October 1944 – May 1945

References

* Based on a translation of the equivalent article ( :de:X. Armeekorps (Wehrmacht)) on German Wikipedia *

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: ''Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945'', Volume 3, Frankfurt/Main und Osnabrück 1966, pp 163–164. *

Percy Ernst Schramm Percy Ernst Schramm (14 October 1894 – 21 November 1970) was a German historian who specialized in art history and medieval history. Schramm was a Chair and Professor of History at the University of Göttingen from 1929 to 1963. Early lif ...

(Hrsg.): ''Kriegstagebuch des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht'', Bernard & Graefe Verlag for Wehrwesen, Frankfurt am Main 1965. ** Volume I: 1940/41 written by Hans-Adolf Jacobsen. ** Volume II: 1942 written by

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, Bernard & Graefe Verlag for Wehrwesen, Frankfurt am Main 1965. ** Volume III: 1943 written by

Walther Hubatsch Walther Hubatsch (17 May 1915 – 29 December 1984) was a German military historian. He was born in Königsberg in East Prussia. During World War II he served in the German Army. He was appointed professor in Göttingen from 1949, and from 1 ...

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