XX Army Corps (Germany)
Encyclopedia
Commanders
- Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Friedrich MaternaFriedrich MaternaFriedrich Materna was a General in the Bundesheer in the 1930s and the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War....
, October 1940 – 10 September 1942 - Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Rudolf Freiherr von RomanRudolf Freiherr von RomanRudolf Ernst Philipp August Joachim Freiherr von Roman was a German general who commanded several corps during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
, 10 September 1942 – 14 February 1943 - Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Erwin VierowErwin VierowGeneral Erwin Vierow was an infantry General in the German army who was the commander of German forces in northwest France during World War II....
, 14 February 1943 – 10 March 1943 - Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Rudolf Freiherr von Roman, 10 March 1943 – December 1943
- Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Edgar RöhrichtEdgar RöhrichtEdgar Röhricht was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the LIX. corps. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful...
, December 1943 – January 1944 - Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Rudolf Freiherr von Roman, January 1944 – 1 April 1945
- Calvary General (General der Kavallerie) Carl-Erik KoehlerCarl-Erik KoehlerCarl-Erik Koehler was a highly decorated General der Kavallerie in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
, 1 April 1945 – 8 May 1945
Area of operations
- PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
– October 1940 – June 1941 - Eastern FrontEastern Front (World War II)The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...
, Central sector – June 1941 – April 1945 - Central GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
– April 1945 – May 1945