XXXX Panzer Corps

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XXXX Panzerkorps
Active	26 January 1940 - 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Panzer corps
Role	Armoured warfare
Size	Corps
Engagements	World War II

XXXX Panzer Corps was a tank corps in the German Army during World War II.

History[]

The XXXX. Armeekorps was formed on January 26, 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 September 15, 1940, it was converted into a motorized corps under the name XXXX. Armeekorps (motorisiert) and was renamed XXXX. Panzerkorps on July 9, 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 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
• 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

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