In 1945, the LVI Panzer Corps became part of Army Group Vistula's 9th Army. From 16 April to 19 April, at the Battle of Seelow Heights, the corps suffered heavy losses along with the rest of the 9th Army. The remnants of the LVI Panzer Corps ended the war defending the south-eastern sector of the Nazi capital in the Battle of Berlin.
Commanders
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Erich von Manstein – from February 1941 to 13 September 1941.
General of the Tank Troops (General der Panzertruppe) Ferdinand Schaal – from 13 September 1941 to 1 August 1943
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Friedrich Hoßbach – from 1 August 1943 to 14 November 1943
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Anton Graßer – from 14 November 1943 to 9 December 1943
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Friedrich Hoßbach – from 9 December 1943 to 14 June 1944
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Johannes Block – from 15 June 1944 to 26 January 1945, killed in action
General of the Cavalry (General der Kavallerie) Rudolf Koch-Erpach – from 26 January 1945 to 10 April 1945
General of the Artillery (General der Artillerie) Helmuth Weidling – from 10 April 1945 to 2 May 1945, briefly replaced by Major General of the Reserve (Generalmajor der Reserve) Werner Mummert from 25 April to 26 April
Area of operations
Eastern Front, central sector – from March 1942 to July 1944
Poland – from July 1944 to January 1945
Eastern Germany and the city of Berlin – from January 1945 to May 1945
Notes
↑ Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, Lost Victories, pp. 180-203. First published in English in 1958. St. Paul, Minn.: Zenith Press, 2004. ISBN0-7603-2054-3
↑ Ziemke, E., F. Stalingrad to Berlin: The German Defeat in the East. Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington, D. C., 2002, p. 314.
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