I Army Corps (I. Armeekorps) was a corps in the
German Army during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. It was established by upgrading the former staff of the 1st Division of the
Reichsheer
''Reichswehr'' () was the official name of the German armed forces during the Weimar Republic and the first years of the Third Reich. After Germany was defeated in World War I, the Imperial German Army () was dissolved in order to be reshaped ...
at Konigsberg on 1 October 1934.
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Commanders
Area of operations
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
- September 1939 to May 1940
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France
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- May 1940 to June 1941
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Eastern Front, Northern Sector - June 1941 to October 1944
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Courland Pocket
The Courland Pocket (Blockade of the Courland army group), (german: Kurland-Kessel)/german: Kurland-Brückenkopf (Courland Bridgehead), lv, Kurzemes katls (Courland Cauldron) or ''Kurzemes cietoksnis'' (Courland Fortress)., group=lower-alpha ...
- October 1944 to May 1945
See also
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List of German corps in World War II
References
External links
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Military units and formations established in 1934
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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