XXXX Panzer Corps
military unit
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 Lübeck 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 Terek in the Caucasus. The corps later withdrew toward Rostov and later into Romania.
The corps was transferred to East Prussia and withdrew 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
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
Bibliography
Tessin, Georg. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen–SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 [Units and Troops of the German Military and Waffen-SS in the Second World War 1939–1945] (in German). Vol. 5: Die Landstreitkräfte 31–70 (Units 31–70). Osnabrück: Biblio.
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