The XXXII Corps (German: ''XXXII. Armeekorps'') was a
corps
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-level command of the
German Army
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in the last two months of
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 created on 26 March 1945, from the troops in Military Region (''Wehrkreis'') II in
Stettin
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. The staff came from the ''Stellvertretendes Generalkommando II. Armeekorps'' based at Stettin. The Corps was engaged, as part of the
3rd Panzer Army
The 3rd Panzer Army () was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the 3rd Panzer Group on 1 January 1942.
3rd Panzer Group
The 3rd Panzer Group () was formed on 16 November 1940. It was a constituent part of Army Grou ...
in
Army Group Vistula
Army Group Vistula () was an Army Group of the ''Wehrmacht'', formed on 24 January 1945. It lasted for 105 days, having been put together from elements of Army Group A (shattered in the Soviet Vistula-Oder Offensive), Army Group Centre (similar ...
, against the Soviet Army which was at that time already at the gates of the city. The battle ended in defeat and the Soviet Red Army captured Stettin on 26 April 1945.
The Corps fled to the west with the rest of the 3rd Panzer Army, and surrendered to the British.
Commanding officers
*General der Infanterie
Friedrich-August Schack
Friedrich August Schack (27 March 1892 – 24 July 1968) was a German general during World War II. He is best known for his pyrrhic defense of Caen after the allied invasion, September 1944, and for his brief leadership of the LXXXI Army Corps ...
, 26 March 1945 – 8 May 1945
Commanders of Wehrkreis II (Stellvertretendes Generalkommando II. Armeekorps)
*Generalleutnant
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 ...
(26 August 1939 – 14 May 1940)
*Generalleutnant Max Föhrenbach (14 May 1940 – 1 May 1942)
*General der Infanterie
Werner Kienitz (1 May 1942 – January 1945)
*General der Kavallerie
Walter Braemer
Walter Braemer (7 January 1883 13 June 1955) was a general in the ''Reichswehr'' and the ''Wehrmacht'' and a high-ranking Schutzstaffel, SS commander during the Nazi era. He was a Nazi crimes, Nazi criminal responsible for German retribution ag ...
(January 1945 – 1 February 1945)
*General der Infanterie
Walter Hörnlein (1 February 1945 – 26 March 1945)
Sources
* XXXII. Armeekorps o
Lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de
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Military units and formations established in 1945
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945