LXVIII Army Corps

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The LXVIII Army Corps was a German Wehrmacht corps-level formation that operated primarily in the Balkans during World War II.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
LXVIII Army Corps canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht army corps ⓘ
allegiance Armed Forces of Nazi Germany ⓘ
linked to: Wehrmacht
associatedWith war crimes in occupied Greece and Yugoslavia ⓘ
branch Heer ⓘ
commandedUnit German fortress and security units ⓘ
German infantry divisions ⓘ
German mountain divisions ⓘ
commandStructure Wehrmacht ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
disbandedIn 1945 ⓘ
engagedIn anti-partisan operations in the Balkans ⓘ
occupation duties in Greece ⓘ
security warfare against resistance movements ⓘ
era Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
formedFrom XXXXII Army Corps staff (partial) ⓘ
foughtAgainst Allied forces in the Mediterranean region ⓘ
Greek resistance groups ⓘ
Yugoslav partisans ⓘ
linked to: Yugoslav Partisans
garrisonOrHeadquarters Athens (period of war) ⓘ
hasAbbreviation LXVIII. AK ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
militaryBranch German Army ⓘ
militaryFunction operational control of several divisions ⓘ
notableCommander Ernst von Leyser ⓘ
Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller ⓘ
Hellmuth Felmy ⓘ
notableFor operations against partisans in mountainous terrain ⓘ
role in maintaining German lines of communication in the Balkans ⓘ
operatedIn Albania ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Yugoslavia ⓘ
oversaw coastal defense sectors in Greece ⓘ
participatedIn German occupation of Greece ⓘ
German occupation of Yugoslavia ⓘ
operations against Allied landings in the Mediterranean (planning and local defense) ⓘ
partOf German Army (Wehrmacht Heer) ⓘ
linked to: German Army
role corps-level command ⓘ
sideInConflict Axis powers ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo 12th Army (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
Army Group E ⓘ
Army Group F ⓘ
theater Balkans Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Balkan Campaign

Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
type headquarters formation ⓘ
usedLanguage German ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Army Group Southeast → subordinateUnit → LXVIII Army Corps ⓘ
Gustav Fehn → commanded → LXVIII Army Corps ⓘ