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IX Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

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Country
  
Nazi Germany

Size
  
Corps

Branch
  
Army

Notablecommanders
  
Friedrich Dollmann

Active
  
1 October 1934 – 8 May 1945

Engagements
  
World War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Białystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of MoscowOperation BagrationVitebsk–Orsha OffensivePolotsk OffensiveKaunas OffensiveGumbinnen OperationEast Prussian OffensiveSamland Offensive

IX Army Corps (IX. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II.

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Commanders

  • Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Friedrich Dollmann, 1 October 1934 – 25 August 1939.
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Hermann Geyer, 25 August 1939 – 31 December 1941.
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Hans Schmidt, 31 December 1941 – 15 October 1943.
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Erich Clößner, 15 October 1943 – 5 December 1943.
  • Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Rolf Wuthmann, 5 December 1943 – 20 April 1945.
  • Lieutenant-General (Generalleutnant) Dr. Hermann Hohn, 20 April 1945 – 8 May 1945.

    • Area of operations

  • Germany - September 1939 - May 1940.
  • France - May 1940 - June 1941.
  • Eastern Front, central sector - June 1941 - December 1944.
  • East Prussia & northern Germany - January 1945 - May 1945.

    • References

    IX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) Wikipedia
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