XI_Army_Corps_(Wehrmacht)

XI Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

XI Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

Military unit

For the equivalent formation in World War I, see XI Corps (German Empire).

German XI. Corps (XI. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II.[1]

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Commanders

  • Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Emil Leeb, 1 September 1939 – 1 March 1940
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Joachim von Kortzfleisch, 1 March 1940 – 6 October 1941
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Eugen Ott, 6 October 1941 – 10 December 1941
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Joachim von Kortzfleisch, 10 December 1941 – 1 June 1942
  • Colonel-General (Generaloberst) Karl Strecker, 1 June 1942 – 2 February 1943

After reformation

  • Colonel-General (Generaloberst) Erhard Raus, 10 February 1943 – 1 November 1943
  • Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Wilhelm Stemmermann, 5 December 1943 – 18 February 1944
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Rudolf von Bünau, 20 March 1944 – 16 March 1945
  • Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Horst von Mellenthin, 16 March 1945 – 20 March 1945
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Rudolf von Bünau, 20 March 1945 – 6 April 1945
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Friedrich Wiese, 6 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

Area of operations

See also

Citations

  1. [1]
    Tessin, p. 191

Bibliography

  • Tessin, Georg. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen–SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 [Units and Troops of the German Military and Waffen-SS in the Second World War 1939–1945] (in German). Vol. 2: Die Landstreitkräfte 6–14 (Ground Units 6–14). Osnabrück: Biblio.

"XI. Armeekorps". Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
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