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''Korück'' (short for ) is an abbreviation for Army Rear Area Commander. It referred also to the staff of various units and of varying sizes assigned to the ''
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''. In military jargon, “Korück” did not only stand for the corresponding agency but usually also for the entire rear army area, which was subordinate to this agency, often also for the entire military unit of this agency. A number identified each army rear area. For example, after the
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, Korück 582 was given the task of controlling the 9th Army's rear area at the time when its greatest expansion covered around with more than 1,500 villages around
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. The units of Korück 582 had a staff of 1,700 men. The Korück was responsible for securing the supply routes and "pacifying" the occupied area. For this purpose, it was given security divisions (), Territorial Guard () battalions, field () and local '' Kommandantur'' () and field gendarmerie units (''
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'') as well as units of the secret field police ('' Geheimen Feldpolizei''). The transit camps for prisoners of war ( Dulag) were usually controlled by Korücks. The Korück formed administrative agencies to cover the territory assigned to them. The were divisional level, were regimental level, and were company level. The tasks of the Korücks changed with the situation in the war. During the retreat of the Wehrmacht some Korücks, such as Korück 594 in Italy, were given the task to maintain order, prevent the spread of
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and fight in its defensive positions to the last man.
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, Klaus Neumann (ed.): ''Vernichtungskrieg. Verbrechen der Wehrmacht. Hamburg'' 1995, ,


See also

* Anti-partisan operations in World War II * Army Group Rear Area Command (Wehrmacht) *
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* Eastern Front *
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