__NOTOC__The XXXVI Corps was a
German
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military formation in
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
.
It was formed in October 1939 and took part in the
invasion of France
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* The 978 German invasion during the Franco-German war of 978–980
* The 1230 English invasion of ...
. In August 1940 the corps was moved to southern Norway and from there to northern
Finland
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. It took part in
Operation Barbarossa
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in mid-1941. It was part of the German
AOK Norwegen (Army Norway) and was moved to northern Finland during June 1941. The XXXVI Corps took part in
Operation Polarfuchs
Operation Arctic Fox (German: ''Unternehmen Polarfuchs''; ; Russian: ''Кандалакшская операция'') was the codename given to a World War II campaign by German and Finnish forces against Soviet Northern Front defenses at Sall ...
aiming to advance through
Salla
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() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
.
The nearby settlement of Sallatunturi is ...
to
Kandalaksha
Kandalaksha () is a town in Kandalakshsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located at the head of Kandalaksha Gulf on the White Sea, north of the Arctic Circle. Population: 40,564 ( 2002 Census);
Etymology
According to the most common ...
, and from there to
Murmansk
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. In November 1941 the corps was renamed the XXXVI Gebirgskorps (Mountain Corps).
[Tessin, p. 53]
In late 1944 the corps had to fight its former allies during their
withdrawal from Finland. The corps was forced to retreat from Finland back to Norway. The corps stayed the rest of the war in Norway and surrendered there in May 1945.
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]
Commanders
* General of the Cavalry General of the Cavalry () was a General officer rank in the cavalry in various states of which the modern states of German and Austria are successors or in other armies which used the German model. Artillery officers of equivalent rank were called ...
Hans Feige
Hans Feige (10 November 1880 – 17 September 1953) was a German General of the Infantry in the Wehrmacht during World War II.
Career
Feige joined the German Army in 1900. During World War I he served mainly in General Staff positions of vario ...
(Mai 1940 - 30 November 1941)
* General of the Infantry Karl Weisenberger __NOTOC__
Karl Franz Armin Weisenberger (29 September 1890 – 28 March 1952) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Awards
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 2 ...
(1 December 1941 - 10 August 1944)
* General of Mountain troops Emil Vogel
__NOTOC__
Emil Wilhelm Vogel (20 July 1894 – 1 October 1985) was a German general during World War II who commanded the XXXVI Mountain Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Life and career
Emil Voge ...
(10 August 1944 - 8 May 1945)
Area of operations
Organisation
Formations
* 71st Infantry Division (to August 1940)
* 212th Infantry Division (to August 1940)
* SS Division Nord
The 6th SS Mountain Division Nord () was a World War II mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the military wing of the German Nazi Party, primarily consisting of ethnic Germans along with some Norwegian and Swiss volunteers. It was the o ...
(from June 1941 to July 1941, transferred to Finnish III Corps)
* 169th Infantry Division
* 163rd Infantry Division (from 1942)
* Finnish 6th Division (from June 1941 to 1942)
Units
* Panzer-Abteilung 211
Panzer-Abteilung 211 was a tank battalion of the German army during World War II. The battalion fought during Operation Silver Fox which was a combined German and Finnish offensive attempting to capture the Soviet port of Murmansk. The unit was di ...
* Panzer-Abteilung 40
Panzer-Abteilung 40 was the name of a tank battalion of the German Army (Wehrmacht), German army during World War II. The battalion fought during the invasion of Norway (Operation Weserübung) and afterwards during Operation Silver Fox, the German ...
* 16. RajaJK (Finnish Border guard company)
* 26. RajaJK (Finnish Border guard company)
* 46. RajaJK (Finnish Border guard company)
References
Bibliography
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Military units and formations established in 1939
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
1939 establishments in Germany