V Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

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Country Nazi Germany Size Corps		Branch Army Notable commanders Richard Ruoff

Active October 1934 – 8 May 1945 Engagements World War II Battle of Belgium Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok–Minsk Battle of Moscow Battle of the Caucasus Crimean Offensive Battle of Halbe

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

Commanders

Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Hermann Geyer, 16 May 1935 – 30 April 1939

Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Richard Ruoff, 1 May 1939 – 12 January 1942

Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Wilhelm Wetzel, 12 January 1942 – 1 July 1943

Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Karl Allmendinger, 1 July 1943 – 1 May 1944

Lieutenant-General (Generalleutnant) Hermann Böhme, 1 May 1944 – 4 May 1944

Lieutenant-General (Generalleutnant) Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, 4 May 1944 – 2 June 1944

Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Dr. Franz Beyer, 2 June 1944 – 19 July 1944

After reformation

Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Dr. Ing. Kurt Wäger, 26 January 1945 – 8 May 1945

Western Front - September 1939 - May 1940

France - May 1940 - June 1941

Eastern Front, southern sector - June 1941 - May 1944

Crimea - May 1944 - July 1944 (bulk destroyed in May 1944; command disbanded in July 1944)

Eastern Front - January 1945 - April 1945; command reestablished and then destroyed in the Halbe Pocket in April 1945

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