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LXIII Corps (Germany)
The LXIII Army Corps () was an army corps of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. The corps was formed in November 1944. History The LXIII Army Corps was formed on 14 November 1944 using the officer staff of '' Generalkommando Dehner'' in southern France. The initial corps commander of the LXIII Army Corps was Friedrich-August Schack. The corps was initially assigned to 19th Army (Friedrich Wiese) in the Upper Rhine area, initially under Army Group G ( Hermann Balck), between December 1944 and January 1945. On 13 December 1944, Schack was succeeded as corps commander by Erich Abraham. By 1945, the 19th Army under which LXIII Army Corps was placed had been moved from the supervision of Army Group G to the supervision of Army Group Upper Rhine (Heinrich Himmler). The corps was then moved to the 1st Parachute Army ( Alfred Schlemm) under Army Group H (Johannes Blaskowitz) in February and March 1945 and eventually the Army Detachment Lüttwitz ( Heinrich v. Lüttwitz) unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corps
Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was formally introduced March 1, 1800, when Napoleon ordered General Jean Victor Marie Moreau to divide his command into four corps. The size of a corps varies greatly, but two to five divisions and anywhere from 40,000 to 80,000 are the numbers stated by the US Department of Defense. Within military terminology a corps may be: *an military organization, operational formation, sometimes known as a field corps, which consists of two or more division (military), divisions, such as the I Corps (Grande Armée), , later known as ("First Corps") of Napoleon I's ); *an administrative corps (or Muster (military), mustering) – that is a #Administrative corps, specialized branch of a military service (such as an artillery corps, an armoured corps, a signal corps, a medical corps, a marine corps, or a corps of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Schlemm
Alfred Schlemm (18 December 1894 – 24 January 1986) was a German ''General der Fallschirmtruppe'' in the ''Wehrmacht''. His last command in World War II opposed the advance of the First Canadian Army through the Reichswald in February 1945. Early life and military career Schlemm joined the Prussian Army in 1913. During the inter-war years, Schlemm served in a variety of staff, training and regimental posts until, in October 1937, he was attached to the Reich Air Ministry. In February 1938, he transferred from the Army to the Luftwaffe and was appointed to the Luftwaffe General Staff and in June 1938, he became Chief of Staff of Air Defense Zone West. World War II In October 1939, he became Chief of Staff of Luftgau ir ZoneXI, under Generalleutnant Ludwig Wolff and in December 1940, Schlemm was appointed Chief of Staff of the XI Air Corps under General der Flieger Kurt Student. The Corps was the headquarters staff of Germany's parachute and air landing forces which, on 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siegfried Rasp
__NOTOC__ Siegfried Rasp (10 January 1898 – 2 February 1968) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Awards and decorations * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 April 1944 as Generalmajor is the Germanic languages, Germanic variant of major general, used in a number of Central Europe, Central and Northern European countries. Austria Belgium Denmark is the second lowest general officer rank in the Royal Danish Army and R ... and commander of 335th Infantry DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 350. References Citations Bibliography * 1898 births 1968 deaths Military personnel from Munich Military personnel from the Kingdom of Bavaria German Army generals of World War II Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht) Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross German Army personnel of World War I Reichswehr personnel {{Germany-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
338th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 338th Infantry Division () was a division of the German Army in World War II. In 1944, the division was in southern France, and fought against the Western Allies in Operation Dragoon. Order of Battle 1944 *757th Fortress Grenadier Regiment (two battalions) *758th Fortress Grenadier Regiment (two battalions) *759th Fortress Grenadier Regiment (two battalions) *338th Artillery Regiment (three battalions) *338th Panzerjäger Battalion *338th Reconnaissance Battalion *338th Pioneer Battalion *338th Signals Battalion Commanders The following commanders commanded the 338th Infantry Division: * 10 Nov 1942 to 5 Jan 1944: Generalleutnant Josef Folttmann * 5 Jan 1944 to 18 Sep 1944: Generalleutnant René de l'Homme de Courbière * 18 Sep 1944 to Oct 1944: Generalmajor Hans Oschmann * Oct 1944: Oberst ''Oberst'' () is a senior field officer rank in several German language, German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, equivalent to Colonel. It is currently used by both th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
198th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 198th Infantry Division () was an infantry division of the German Heer during World War II. Initially assembled in December 1939, the 198th Infantry Division participated in the German invasion of Denmark as well as the occupation of Copenhagen on 9 April 1940. The division was subsequently transferred in July 1940 to serve occupation duty in German-occupied France between July 1940 and March 1941. It was then sent to the German-aligned Kingdom of Romania and transferred through the German-friendly Kingdom of Bulgaria to participate in the German invasion of Greece in early April 1941. After the German victory in Greece, it was redeployed to Romania, from where it participated in the German invasion of the Soviet Union ("Operation Barbarossa") on 22 June 1941. The 198th Infantry Division remained in combat on the Eastern Front against the forces of Soviet Union until early 1944. It participated in the First Battle of Rostov, Winter campaign of 1941/42, the German summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
189th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 189th Infantry Division was a reserve division of the German Army 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 .... Operational history *September 26, 1942: Formation of the 189. Reserve-Division *December 6, 1942: The 189. Reserve-Division is renamed 189. Infanterie-Division (B) *May 15, 1943: The 189. Reserve-Division is reformed in France from Division Nr. 189. In 1944, it fought against the Allied landings in Operation Dragoon in the South of France and suffered heavy losses. *October 8, 1944: The 189. Infanterie-Division was reformed in France from the 189. Reserve-Division and the 242. Infanterie-Division. *February 1945: The 189. Infantry-Division is destroyed in the Colmar Pocket. *March 1945: The 189. Infantry-Division was reformed again and fough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
159th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 159th Infantry Division () was an Infantry Division, infantry division of the German German Army (1935–1945), Heer during World War II. The unit, at times designated Commander of Reserve Troops IX (), 159th Division (), Division No. 159 (), and 159th Reserve Division (), was active between 1939 and 1945. History Previous formations The Commander of Reserve Troops IX was formed in Kassel as part of German Mobilization, general mobilization on 26 August 1939. Its initial purpose was to form a command staff for reserve units in the ninth ''Military district (Germany), Wehrkreis'' (military district). This military district was headquartered in Kassel and included most of Hesse as well as parts of Thuringia. The 159th Division was formed as a result of the redesignation of the Commander of Reserve Troops IX on 9 November 1939. The 159th Division was redesignated Division No. 159 on 1 January 1940. The division was deployed from Kassel to Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main on 11 Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
30th Waffen Grenadier Division Of The SS
The 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarusian), originally called the 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian), was a short-lived Waffen-SS mechanized infantry division of Nazi Germany formed largely from Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian personnel of the Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling in August 1944 at Warsaw in the General Government. In the summer of 1944, the SS decided to form Russian divisions. The 30th Waffen Grenadier Division had two iterations. The first was as the 2nd Russian division, which was formed in August 1944. In January 1945, the Russian personnel of the division were transferred to Andrey Vlasov's Russian Liberation Army, and became part of the 600th Infantry Division (the 1st Division of the Russian Liberation Army). The remaining members of the unit were reorganized as the Waffen Grenadier Brigade of the SS (1st Belarusian) (German: ''Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade der SS (weißruthenische Nr. 1)''). In March 1945, the brigade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Model
Otto Moritz Walter Model (; 24 January 1891 – 21 April 1945) was a German during World War II. Although he was a hard-driving, aggressive panzer commander early in the war, Model became best known as a practitioner of defensive warfare. His relative success as commander of the 9th Army (Wehrmacht), Ninth Army in the battles of 1941–1942 determined his future career path. Model first came to Hitler's, Hitler's attention before World War II, but their relationship did not become especially close until 1942. His tenacious style of fighting and loyalty to the Nazi regime won him plaudits from Hitler, who considered him one of his best field commanders and repeatedly sent him to salvage apparently desperate situations on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front as commander of Army Group North, Army Group North Ukraine and Army Group Centre. In August 1944 Model was sent to the Western Front (World War II), Western Front as commander of OB West and Army Group B. His r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Group B
Army Group B () was the name of four distinct German Army Group, army group commands that saw action during World War II. The first Army Group B was created on 12 October 1939 (from the former Army Group North) and fought in the Battle of France on the northern flank. It was responsible for a part of the German invasion of Belgium (1940), German invasion of Belgium and the majority of the German invasion of the Netherlands. In the later stage of that campaign ("Fall Rot, Case Red"), it again advanced on the German right flank towards the Somme (river), Somme river, the city of Paris and the France–Spain border, Franco-Spanish border. After 16 August 1940, it was deployed to East Prussia and to the General Government in Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), German-occupied Poland. When Operation Barbarossa began on 22 June 1941, Army Group B was renamed on the same day to become "Army Group Center". The second Army Group B came into existence on 9 July 1942, when Army Group South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Freiherr Von Lüttwitz
Heinrich Diepold Georg Freiherr von Lüttwitz (6 December 1896 – 9 October 1969) was a Prussian Junker, Olympic equestrian, and German officer who served in both World Wars, retiring as a ''General der Panzertruppe''. Lüttwitz's team competed at the 1936 Summer games in Berlin but they came away without a medal. This failure was viewed as embarrassing by the Nazi regime and, as a consequence, he was left in professional obscurity for the next few years. He eventually went on to command two Panzer Divisions and the XLVII. ''Panzerkorps'' (47th Panzer Corps), where he earned fame for his demand of the surrender of the American 101st Airborne Division. Early and Interwar years Lüttwitz excelled in school and, like many Prussian aristocrats, took up riding at an early age, becoming an accomplished equestrian. He was pursuing professional equestrianism when the First World War broke out. Despite the family tracing their military ancestry back to the 14th century and his fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
