L Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

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Country Nazi Germany Size Corps		Branch Army

Active 8 October 1940 – 8 May 1945 Engagements World War IIInvasion of YugoslaviaBattle of GreeceOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradCourland Pocket Notablecommanders Georg LindemannPhilipp Kleffel

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

Commanders

General der Kavallerie (Lieutenant General) Georg Lindemann, 1 October 1940 – 19 January 1942

General der Kavallerie (Lieutenant General) Philipp Kleffel, 19 January 1942 – 3 March 1942

General der Infanterie (Lieutenant General) Herbert von Böckmann, 3 March 1942 – 20 July 1942

General der Kavallerie (Lieutenant General) Philipp Kleffel, 20 July 1942 – 17 September 1943

General der Infanterie (Lieutenant General) Wilhelm Wegener, 17 September 1943 – 24 September 1944

Generalleutnant (Major General) Hans Boeckh-Behrens, 24 September 1944 – 24 October 1944

General der Gebirgstruppe (Lieutenant General) Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach, 25 October 1944 – 11 April 1945

Generalleutnant (Major General) Erpo Freiherr von Bodenhausen, 12 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

Germany – October 1940 – April 1941

Balkans – April 1941 – June 1941

Eastern Front, northern sector – June 1941 – October 1944

Kurland pocket – October 1944 – May 1945

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