Army corps of the Wehrmacht Heer

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Army corps of the Wehrmacht Heer were major operational command formations of Nazi Germany’s army, typically controlling several divisions in large-scale World War II ground campaigns.

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Label Occurrences
Army corps of the Wehrmacht Heer canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army corps ⓘ
military formation type ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Heereskorps ⓘ
commandedBy General der Artillerie ⓘ
General der Infanterie ⓘ
General der Panzertruppe ⓘ
commandLevel operational ⓘ
tactical ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
disbandedWith capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945 ⓘ
doctrine Blitzkrieg ⓘ
engagedIn defensive operations ⓘ
encirclement operations ⓘ
occupation duties ⓘ
offensive operations ⓘ
geographicAreaOfOperations Balkans ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
hasComponent corps artillery ⓘ
corps headquarters ⓘ
engineer units ⓘ
logistics units ⓘ
signals units ⓘ
ideologicalContext National Socialism ⓘ
linked to: Nazism
languageOfDesignation German ⓘ
militaryBranch Heer ⓘ
notableSubtype Armeekorps ⓘ
linked to: Heereskorps

Gebirgskorps ⓘ
Panzerkorps ⓘ
organizedAccordingTo German Army corps tables of organization and equipment ⓘ
partOf Wehrmacht Heer ⓘ
linked to: Wehrmacht
subordinateTo army (Wehrmacht Heer) ⓘ
linked to: Wehrmacht

army group (Wehrmacht Heer) ⓘ
successor post‑war Bundeswehr corps (conceptual) ⓘ
timePeriod 1939–1945 ⓘ
typicallyCommands corps troops ⓘ
infantry divisions ⓘ
motorized infantry divisions ⓘ
panzer divisions ⓘ
security divisions ⓘ
usedInConflict Battle of France ⓘ
Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Invasion of Poland ⓘ
Italian Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Italian campaign

North African Campaign ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Western Front of World War II ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

German Volksgrenadier divisions → subordination → Army corps of the Wehrmacht Heer ⓘ