LXXVI_Army_Corps_(Wehrmacht)

LXXVI Panzer Corps

LXXVI Panzer Corps

Military unit

The LXXVI Panzer Corps (LXXVI Panzerkorps, 76th Armoured Corps) was a panzer corps of Nazi Germany during World War II. The headquarters were formed in France under Army Group D on 29 June 1943 as LXXVI Army Corps but renamed a month later. In August it shipped to Italy to become part of 10th Army. It spent the rest of the war in Italy fighting in the Italian Campaign mainly under 10th Army but with short periods from February 1944 (Battle of Anzio) and January 1945 (Spring 1945 offensive in Italy) under 14th Army. The Corps was commanded for most of its active fighting by General Traugott Herr.

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In 1943 the corps included:

On 25 August 1944 the composition of the corps was:[1]

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Source: Lexicon der Wehrmacht and Axis History Factbook

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  1. [1]
    Orgill, Douglas (1967). The Gothic Line: The autumn campaign in Italy 1944. London: Heinemann. p. 227. OCLC 956232., (Appendix B).

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