List of German corps in WWII
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List of military corps — List of German corps in World War II

This is a list of German army corps that existed during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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I - IX

  • I Army Corps (Germany)
  • II Army Corps (Germany)
    II Army Corps (Germany)
    -Commanders:*Generalleutnant Fedor von Bock, creation – April 1935*General der Infanterie Johannes Blaskowitz, April 1935 – 10 November 1938*Generaloberst Adolf Strauß, 10 November 1938 – 30 May 1940...

  • III Corps (Germany)
  • IV Corps (Germany)
  • V Army Corps (Germany)
    V Army Corps (Germany)
    -Commanders:* Infantry General Hermann Geyer, 16 May 1935 – 30 April 1939* Infantry General Richard Ruoff, 1 May 1939 – 12 January 1942...

  • VI Corps (Germany)
    VI Corps (Germany)
    The VI Corps was an infantry corps in the German Army. It fought in several notable actions during World War II.The corps was originally formed around the 6th Division of the Reichswehr in October 1934 in Münster.-1940:...

  • VII Corps (Germany)
    VII Army Corps (Germany)
    German VII. Corps was a corps in the German Army during World War II. It was destroyed in August 1944 during the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive .-Commanders:...

  • VIII Corps (Germany)
    VIII Army Corps (Germany)
    German VIII. Corps was a corps in the German Army during World War II. It was destroyed during the Battle of Stalingrad and reformed in mid-1943.-Commanders:...

  • IX Corps (Germany)
    IX Army Corps (Germany)
    - Commanders :* Artillery General Friedrich Dollmann, 1 October 1934 – 25 August 1939.* Infantry General Hermann Geyer, 25 August 1939 – 31 December 1941....


X - XIX

  • X Corps (Germany)
  • XI Army Corps (Germany)
    XI Army Corps (Germany)
    -Commanders:* Artillery General Emil Leeb, 1 September 1939 – 1 March 1940* Infantry General Joachim von Kortzfleisch, 1 March 1940 – 6 October 1941...

  • XII Corps (Germany)
  • XIII Corps (Germany)
  • XIV Corps (Germany)
  • XV Corps (Germany)
  • XVI Corps (Germany)
  • XVII Corps (Germany)
  • XVIII Corps (Germany)
    XVIII Corps (Germany)
    -History:XVIII. ArmeekorpsThe XVIII. Armeekorps was formed in Salzburg, Austria, on 1 April 1938, following the Anschluss of Austria into the German Reich. During the life of the XVIII. Armeekorps, they took part in the Polish campaign, Fall Weiss, and performed occupation duties in France. On the...

  • XIX Corps (Germany)

XX - XXIX

  • XX Corps (Germany)
  • XXI Corps (Germany)
  • XXII Corps (Germany)
  • XXIII Corps (Germany)
  • XXIV Corps (Germany)
  • XXV Corps (Germany)
  • XXVI Corps (Germany)
  • XXVII Corps (Germany)
    XXVII Corps (Germany)
    The XXVII Corps was an infantry corps in the German Army. It fought in several notable actions during World War II.The corps was originally raised in August 1939 in Wehrkreis VII.-1939:...

  • XXVIII Corps (Germany)
  • XXIX Corps (Germany)

XXX - XXXIX

  • XXX Corps (Germany)
  • XXXI Corps (Germany)
  • XXXII Corps (Germany)
  • XXXIII Corps (Germany)
  • XXXIV Corps (Germany)
  • XXXV Corps (Germany)
  • XXXVI Corps (Germany)
  • XXXVII Corps (Germany)
  • XXXVIII Corps (Germany)
    XXXVIII Corps (Germany)
    The German XXXVIII Corps was a German army corps during World War II.On 8 January 1945, the XXXVIII Corps was redesignated as the XXXVIII Tank Corps .-Commanders:...

  • XXXIX Corps (Germany)

XXXX - XXXXIX

  • XXXX Corps (Germany)
  • XXXXI Corps (Germany)
  • XXXXII Corps (Germany)
  • XXXXIII Corps (Germany)
  • XXXXIV Corps (Germany)
  • XXXXV Corps (Germany)
  • XXXXVI Corps (Germany)
  • XXXXVII Corps (Germany)
  • XXXXVIII Corps (Germany)
  • XXXXIX Corps (Germany)

L - LIX

  • L Corps (Germany)
  • LI Corps (Germany)
  • LII Corps (Germany)
  • LIII Corps (Germany)
  • LIV Corps (Germany)
  • LV Corps (Germany)
  • LVI Corps (Germany)
  • LVII Corps (Germany)
  • LVIII Corps (Germany)
  • LIX Corps (Germany)

LX - LXIX

  • LX Corps (Germany)
  • LXI Corps (Germany)
  • LXII Corps (Germany)
  • LXIII Corps (Germany)
  • LXIV Corps (Germany)
    LXIV Corps (Germany)
    The LXIV Corps was a corps-level command of the German Army on the Western Front during World War II.Created on September 24, 1942, in Military Region VIII as the LXIV Reserve Corps with the mission of supervising reserve divisions assigned to OB West, the German high command in the west...

  • LXV Corps (Germany)
  • LXVI Corps (Germany)
  • LXVII Corps (Germany)
  • LXVIII Corps (Germany)
  • LXIX Corps (Germany)

LXX - LXXIX

  • LXX Corps (Germany)
  • LXXI Corps (Germany)
  • LXXII Corps (Germany)
  • LXXIII Corps (Germany)
  • LXXIV Corps (Germany)
  • LXXV Corps (Germany)
  • LXXVI Corps (Germany)
  • LXXVII Corps (Germany)
  • LXXVIII Corps (Germany)
  • LXXIX Corps (Germany)

LXXX - LXXXIX

  • LXXX Corps (Germany)
  • LXXXI Corps (Germany)
  • LXXXII Corps (Germany)
  • LXXXIII Corps (Germany)
  • LXXXIV Corps (Germany)
  • LXXXV Corps (Germany)
  • LXXXVI Corps (Germany)
  • LXXXVII Corps (Germany)
  • LXXXVIII Corps (Germany)
  • LXXXIX Corps (Germany)

LXXXX -

  • LXXXX Corps (Germany)
  • LXXXXI Corps (Germany)
  • LXXXXVII Corps (Germany)
  • CI Corps (Germany)

Motorised corps

  • III Motorised Corps (Germany)
  • XIV Motorised Corps (Germany)
  • XV Motorised Corps (Germany)
  • XVI Motorised Corps (Germany)
  • XIX Motorised Corps (Germany)
  • XXII Motorised Corps (Germany)
  • XXXIX Motorised Corps (Germany)
  • XXXX Motorised Corps (Germany)
  • XXXXI Motorised Corps (Germany)
  • XXXXVI Motorised Corps (Germany)
  • XXXVII Motorised Corps (Germany)
  • XXXVIII Motorised Corps (Germany)
  • LVI Motorised Corps (Germany)
  • LVII Motorised Corps (Germany)

Panzer corps

Main article: Panzer corps
  • III Panzer Corps (Germany)
  • IV Panzer Corps (Germany)
  • VII Panzer Corps (Germany)
  • XIV Panzer Corps (Germany)
  • XIX Panzer Corps (Germany)
  • XXXVIII Panzer Corps (Germany)
  • XXXIX Panzer Corps (Germany)
  • XXXX Panzer Corps (Germany)
  • XXXXI Panzer Corps (Germany)
    XXXXI Panzer Corps (Germany)
    XXXXI Panzer Corps was a tank corps in the German Army during World War II.-Formation and actions:...

  • XXXXVI Panzer Corps (Germany)
  • XXXXVII Panzer Corps (Germany)
    XLVII Panzer Corps (Germany)
    The XLVII Panzer Corps was a Panzer Corps formed by Field Marshal Günther von Kluge during the Battle for Normandy, and for Operation Lüttich...

  • XXXXVIII Panzer Corps (Germany)
  • LVI Panzer Corps (Germany)
    LVI Panzer Corps
    LVI Panzer Corps was a tank corps in the German Army during World War II.This corps was activated in February 1941 for the German invasion of the Soviet Union, which commenced on June 22, 1941...

  • LVII Panzer Corps (Germany)
  • LVIII Panzer Corps (Germany)
  • LXXVI Panzer Corps (Germany)
    LXXVI Panzer Corps (Germany)
    The LXXVI Panzer Corps was a panzer corps of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Corps was commanded by General Traugott Herr during the Italian Campaign.-Order of battle:In 1943 the corps included:...

  • Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle
    Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle
    The Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle was a German panzer corps formed in October 1944 from the remaining troops of the IV. Armeekorps, the Storm Division Rhodos and Panzer-Grenadier-Brigade 17 formed mostly of SA recruits....

  • Panzer Corps Grossdeutschland

Mountain Corps

  • XV Mountain Corps (Germany)
  • XVII Mountain Corps (Germany)
  • XVIII Mountain Corps (Germany)
  • XIX Mountain Corps (Germany)
  • XXI Mountain Corps (Germany)
  • XXII Mountain Corps (Germany)
  • XXXVI Mountain Corps (Germany)
  • XXXXIX Mountain Corps (Germany)
  • LI Mountain Corps (Germany)
  • LXIX Mountain Corps (Germany)
  • LXXXVII Mountain Corps (Germany)
  • Norwegen Mountain Corps (Germany)

Reserve corps

  • LXI Reserve Corps (Germany)
  • LXII Reserve Corps (Germany)
  • LXIV Reserve Corps (Germany)
  • LXVI Reserve Corps (Germany)
  • LXVII Reserve Corps (Germany)
  • LXIX Reserve Corps (Germany)

Miscellaneous corps

  • Afrika Korps
    Afrika Korps
    The German Africa Corps , or the Afrika Korps as it was popularly called, was the German expeditionary force in Libya and Tunisia during the North African Campaign of World War II...

  • I Cavalry Corps (Germany)
  • I Military Police Corps (Germany)
  • II Military Police Corps (Germany)
  • III Military Police Corps (Germany)

SS infantry corps

  • VI SS Corps
  • X SS Corps
  • XI SS Corps
  • XII SS Corps
  • XIII SS Corps
  • XIV SS Corps
  • XVI SS Corps
  • XVIII SS Corps

SS Panzer corps

  • I SS Panzer Corps
    I SS Panzer Corps
    The I SS Panzer Corps Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler or I SS Panzer Corps was a German Waffen-SS panzer corps which saw action on both the Western and Eastern Fronts during World War II.-Formation and training:...

  • II SS Panzer Corps
    II SS Panzer Corps
    The II SS Panzer Corps was a Nazi German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on both the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II.- Formation - Kharkov :...

  • III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps
    III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps
    The III SS Panzer Corps was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II. The The III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps (III. (germanische) SS-Panzerkorps) was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II. The...

  • IV SS Panzer Corps
    IV SS Panzer Corps
    The IV.SS-Panzerkorps was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on the Eastern Front and in the Balkans during World War II.The Panzerkorps was formed in August, 1943 in Poitiers, France...

  • VII SS Panzer Corps

SS miscellaneous corps

  • V SS Mountain Corps
    V SS Mountain Corps
    V SS Mountain Corps was a Waffen SS, formation at the end of World War II.The Corps fought on the Oder line as part of the 9th Army, in the Frankfurt am Oder area and in the Battle of Berlin that followed...

  • IX Waffen Mountain Corps of the SS (Croatian)
  • XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps

Fliegerkorps (air corps)

  • I Fliegerkorps
    1st Air Corps (Germany)
    I. FliegerkorpsFor more details see Luftwaffe Organization was formed 11 October 1939 in Cologne from the 1. Flieger-Division. The Corps was also known as Luftwaffenkommando Don between 26 August 1942 until 17 February 1943. It was transformed to the 18...

  • II Fliegerkorps
    2nd Air Corps (Germany)
    II. FliegerkorpsFor more details see Luftwaffe Organization was formed 11 October 1939 in Frankfurt am Main from the 2. Flieger-Division. The Corps was relocated to the Mediterranean theatre of operations on 15 November 1941...

  • III Fliegerkorps
  • IV Fliegerkorps
    4th Air Corps (Germany)
    IV. FliegerkorpsFor more details see Luftwaffe Organization was formed 11 October 1939 in Düsseldorf from the 4. Flieger-Division...

  • V Fliegerkorps
    5th Air Corps (Germany)
    V. FliegerkorpsFor more details see Luftwaffe Organization was formed 11 October 1939 in Gersthofen from the 5. Flieger-Division. The Corps was transferred to Brussels on 30 November 1941 with the intention to transform it into a mine laying corps...

  • VI Fliegerkorps
  • VII Fliegerkorps
  • VIII Fliegerkorps
    8th Air Corps (Germany)
    VIII. FliegerkorpsFor more details see Luftwaffe Organization was formed 19 July 1939 in Oppeln as Fliegerführer z.b.V. The abbreviation z.b.V. is German and stands for zur besonderen Verwendung . Fliegerführer z.b.V was renamed to VIII. Fliegerkorps on 10 November 1939...

  • IX Fliegerkorps
    9th Air Corps (Germany)
    IX. Fliegerkorps was formed in November 1940 in Jever from the 9. Flieger-Division and was redesignated as IX. Fliegerkorps on 13 November 1944. The Corps at the time was leading numerous Kampfgeschwader which were converting to fighter aircraft. The Corps was renamed again on 26 January 1945,...

  • X Fliegerkorps
    10th Air Corps (Germany)
    X. FliegerkorpsFor more details see Luftwaffe Organization was a formation of the German Luftwaffe in World War II, which specialised in coastal operations. It was formed 2 October 1939, in Hamburg from the 10...

  • XI Fliegerkorps
  • XII Fliegerkorps
    12th Air Corps (Germany)
    XII. Fliegerkorps was formed 1 August 1941 in Zeist from the Stab of the 1. Nachtjagd-Division and was redesignated as I. Jagdkorps on 15 September 1943. The unit was subordinated to Luftwaffenbefehlshaber Mitte.-References:Notes...

  • XIII Fliegerkorps
  • XIV Fliegerkorps
  • Fliegerkorps Tunis

Jagdkorps

  • I Jagdkorps
    1st Fighter Corps (Germany)
    I. Jagdkorps For more details see Luftwaffe Organization was formed 15 September 1943 in Zeist from the XII. Fliegerkorps and the Luftwaffenbefehlshaber Mitte, and later subordinated to the Luftflotte Reich. The Stab relocated to Brunswick-Querum in March 1944 and to Treuenbrietzen in October 1944...

  • II Jagdkorps

Flak corps

  • I Flak Corps (Germany)
  • II Flak Corps (Germany)
  • III Flak Corps (Germany)
  • IV Flak Corps (Germany)
  • V Flak Corps (Germany)
  • VI Flak Corps (Germany)

Parachute
Parachute
A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag, or in the case of ram-air parachutes, aerodynamic lift. Parachutes are usually made out of light, strong cloth, originally silk, now most commonly nylon...

 (Fallschirmjäger) corps

  • I Parachute Corps (Germany)
  • II Parachute Corps (Germany)
  • Parachute Panzerkorps Hermann Göring

Field corps

  • I Luftwaffe Field Corps (Germany)
  • II Luftwaffe Field Corps (Germany)
  • III Luftwaffe Field Corps (Germany)
  • IV Luftwaffe Field Corps (Germany)

See also


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