Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle
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Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle | |
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![]() Divisional insignia of Panzergrenadier-Division Feldherrnhalle | |
Active | 1944–45 |
Country | ![]() |
Branch | Army |
Type | Panzer Panzergrenadier Infantry |
Role | Armoured warfare |
Size | Corps |
Garrison/HQ | HQ Berlin |
Engagements | World War II |
Commanders | |
November 27, 1944 – May 8, 1945 | General der Panzertruppe Ulrich Kleemann |
The Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle was a German panzer corps that fought on the Eastern Front during the Second World War.
History[]
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The Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle was formed in 27 November 1944 by redesignating IV. Armeekorps which had been destroyed on the Eastern Front in August during the Soviet Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive, Its corps units came from Sturm-Division "Rhodos" ("Assault division 'Rhodes'") and Panzer-Grenadier-Brigade 17.[1] The corps was first deployed in Hungary in February 1945.[2]
The panzerkorps surrendered to the US Army at the end of the war.
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The SA-Feldherrnhalle Panzer Corps unit standard
Commanders[]
Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle[]
Rank | Name | Period |
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General der Panzertruppe | Ulrich Kleemann | 27 November 1944 to 8 May 1945 (162 days) |
Orders of battle[]
- Battle of Debrecen, Hungary, October 1944
- As "60th Panzergrenadier-Division Feldherrnhalle"
- Division Stab
- Füsilier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle
- Grenadier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle
- Panzer-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle
- Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle
- Artillerie Regiment Feldherrnhalle
- FlaK-Bataillon Feldherrnhalle
- Pionier-Bataillon Feldherrnhalle
- Nachrichten-Kompanie Feldherrnhalle
- Budapest, Hungary, February 1945
- As Panzer-Division Feldherrnhalle 1
- Division Stab
- Panzer-Regiment Feldherrnhalle
- Panzer-Battalion
- Panzergrenadier-Battalion (half-track)
- schwere Panzer-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle
- Panzergrenadier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle
- Panzerjäger-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle
- Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle
- Pionier-Bataillon Feldherrnhalle
- Artillerie-Regiment Feldherrnhalle
- Nachrichten-Kompanie Feldherrnhalle
- Operation Spring Awakening, Hungary, March 1945
- As Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle
- Korps Stab
- Korps-Füsilier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle
- Schwere-Panzer-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle
- 404. Artillerie-Regiment
- 404. Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon
- 44. Panzer-Nachrichten-Bataillon
- Panzer-Feldersatz-Regiment Feldherrnhalle
- Panzer-Division Feldherrnhalle 1
- Panzer-Division Feldherrnhalle 2
Footnotes[]
- ^ Mitcham 2006, p. 262.
- ^ Nafziger, George. "Organizational History of the German Armored Formations 1939-1945" (PDF). Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. US Army Combined Arms Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
References[]
- Mitcham, Samuel W. (2006). The Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of World War II and Their Commanders. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-811733-53-X.
- Sanchez, Alfonso Escuadra - Feldherrnhalle: Forgotten Elite
- Nafziger, George. "Organizational History of the German Armored Formations 1939-1945" (PDF). Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. US Army Combined Arms Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
Categories:
- Panzer corps of Germany in World War II
- Sturmabteilung
- Military units and formations established in 1944
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1945