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IV Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

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Country
  
Germany

Type
  
Corps Panzer corps

Size
  
Corps

Branch
  
Army

Role
  
Armoured warfare

IV Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

Active
  
1 October 1934 – 31 January 1943 20 July 1943 – 10 October 1944

IV Corps (IV. Armeekorps) was a corps level command of the German Army (Wehrmacht) before and during World War II.

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History

The IV Army Corps was formed on 1 October 1934 in Wehrkreis IV (4th Military District) in Dresden by the expansion of the 4th Infantry Division of the Reichswehr.

It was destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad on 31 January 1943 and reformed on 20 July 1943.

The Corps was redesignated as IV Panzer Corps on 10 October 1944.

Area of operations

  • Poland (September 1939 – May 1940)
  • France (May 1940 – June 1941)
  • Eastern Front, southern sector (June 1941 – October 1942)
  • Stalingrad (October 1942 – January 1943)
  • Eastern Front, southern sector (July 1943 – October 1944)

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