XI Army Corps | |
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XI. Armeekorps | |
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Active | October 1936 – May 1945 |
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Branch | Army |
Size | Corps |
Engagements | World War II
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Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Karl Strecker Erhard Raus |
German XI. Corps (XI. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II.[1]
Commanders
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Poland - September 1939 - May 1940
- France - May 1940 - June 1941
- Eastern Front, southern sector - June 1941 - October 1942
- Stalingrad - October 1942 - February 1943
- Eastern Front, southern sector - March 1943 - January 1944
- Cherkassy - January 1944 - February 1944
- Poland, Silesia & Czechoslovakia - April 1944 - May 1945
See also
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Tessin, p. 191
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.
External links
[edit]"XI. Armeekorps". Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Retrieved 21 January 2011.