XVII Army Corps (German: XVII. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II. The corps was formed in Vienna on 1 April 1938 after the...
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on 15 April 1940 in the Wehrkreis XVII (Vienna) and took part in the Battle of France in the section of the 6th Army. After the breakthrough over the Aisne...
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XXXXIX Mountain Corps was a mountain warfare corps of the German Army during World War II. XXXXIX Mountain Corps participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia...
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The 18th Army (German: 18. Armee) was a World War II field army in the German Wehrmacht. Formed in November 1939 in Military Region (Wehrkreis) VI, the...
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War I I Army Corps (Wehrmacht) I SS Panzer Corps I Army Corps (Greece) I Corps (British India) I Corps (India) I Corps (North Korea) I Corps (Ottoman Empire)...
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Military district (Germany) (redirect from Wehrkreis XVII)
German Reich after the 1938 Anschluss.: 2 Wehrkreis XVII was the home district of XVII Army Corps, which was formed on 1 April 1938 with headquarters...
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Army Group A (German: Heeresgruppe A) was the name of three distinct army groups of the Heer, the ground forces of the Wehrmacht, during World War II....
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XV Army Corps XVI Army Corps XVII Army Corps XVIII Army Corps XIX Army Corps XX Army Corps XXI Army Corps XXII Army Corps XXIII Army Corps XXIV Army Corps...
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Mountain Corps was a German military formation in World War II. The LI. Gebirgs-Armeekorps was formed on 15 August 1943 at Vienna in Wehrkreis XVII. Its staff...
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List of German brigades in World War II (redirect from 100th Brigade (Wehrmacht))
brigade-level military formations of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS during World War II. Brigades, in German army parlance prior to 1944, generally designated...
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On 13 August, the Italian 8th Army reached its assigned sector on the Don on the left flank of the 6th Army's XVII Corps. The Italians had to defend a...
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dedicated to direct support of Wehrmacht ground troops, most of them were not subordinated to flak corps. Flak corps were either partially motorized...
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by the High Command. The Corps was initially subordinated to the Army Group F in Croatia, and since March 1945 to the Army Group E in Croatia. During...
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Wilhelm Schneckenburger (category Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht))
October 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the XVII Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's...
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subordinate to Army Group E and after that to the 2nd Panzer Army. General der Gebirgstruppe Hubert Lanz (12 August 1943 - 8 May 1945) Lexikon der Wehrmacht...
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the German XVII Army Corps, forcing the Soviet 5th Army to retreat towards Kiev. On the 4th of August, Stavka placed the 38th Soviet Army and the 8th...
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556th Infantry Division (redirect from 556th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht))
World War II: Complete Orders of Battle for Army Groups, Armies, Army Corps, and Other Commands of the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS, September 1, 1939 to May 8...
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Army Group South (German: Heeresgruppe Süd) was the name of one of three German Army Groups during World War II. It was first used in the 1939 September...
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Division was part of XVII Army Corps under 6th Army, and participated in the initial invasion of Operation Barbarossa as part of Army Group South. Along...
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against the 6th and 12th Soviet Armies. In a three-week period, the Wehrmacht encircled and annihilated the two Soviet armies. The battle occurred during...
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Case Blue (section Splitting of Army Group South)
Corps (W. von Seydlitz-Kurzbach) VIII Army Corps (W. Heitz)[h] XVII Army Corps (K. Hollidt) XXIX Army Corps (H. von Obstfelder) Hungarian Second Army...
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intensive training. Used by Army Group C, it was part of the LXXVI Panzer Corps deployed in the sector of the 10th Army on the Ligurian coast in the...
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at times part of the XXXXIV, XVII, and XXIX Corps, which were in turn at times part of the 18th, 12th, 17th and 6th Armies. In June 1941, during the beginning...
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Werner Kienitz (category Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht))
31 December 1959) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the XVII. Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of...
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Karl-Adolf Hollidt (category Colonel generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht))
he served on the General Staff and as a chief-of-staff of an army corps in the Wehrmacht. At the beginning of World War II, Hollidt served as commander...
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(Royal Italian Army) that fought on the Eastern Front. In July 1942 the CSIR entered the newly formed Italian Army in Russia as XXXV Army Corps. The CSIR was...
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Erich Brandenberger (category German Army personnel of World War I)
Brandenberger (15 July 1892 – 21 June 1955) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's...
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101st Jäger Division (redirect from 101st Jager Division (Wehrmacht))
transferred XI Army Corps, before being transferred back to LV Army Corps and then to XVII Army Corps by early November. During this period the division fought...
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Bersaglieri (redirect from Bersaglieri Corps)
under I Army Corps with the I, IX, XIII, XIX, XXI and XXVII battalions 2nd Bersaglieri Regiment under II Army Corps with the II, IV, X, XV, XVII and XVIII...
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XXVII Army Corps under the 1st Army in Army Group D (OB West), serving along the demarcation line with Vichy France. After service under the XXVII Army Corps...
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