XXXXII. Armeekorps | |
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Active | 29 January 1940 – 23 January 1945 |
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Branch | Army |
Size | Corps |
Engagements | World War II |
XXXXII Army Corps (XXXXII. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II.
The General Command XXXXII. Army Corps was created on 29 January 1940 in military district XIII. In 1940 the Corps took part in the western campaign.
In June 1941, it was transported to the Eastern Front and added to 9th Army. Here it fought in the Baltics and participated in the conquest of Tallinn and the Baltic islands. In October 1941 it was transferred to the Crimea, where it participated in the aftermath of the fighting on the peninsula. In the spring of 1942, it participated in the conquest of the fortress Sevastopol. From 19 August 1942 to April 1943, the Corps occupied the Crimea. By the end of April 1943, the corps was transferred to the Kharkov area. After heavy fighting in the upper Donets it participated in the Operation Citadel, the German offensive at Kursk. After their failure, defense and retreat battles followed to the Dnieper. The corps was destroyed in early March 1944 in the Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket. The remainder served to refresh the 88th Infantry Division.
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