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XIII Army Corps (Germany)

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Country
  
Nazi Germany

Type
  
Army Corps

Branch
  
Heer

Active
  
1 October 1937 – May 1945

Engagements
  
World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok–Minsk Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Moscow Battle of Voronezh (1943) Battle of Kiev (1943) Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive Western Allied invasion of Germany Battle of Heilbronn (1945)

Notable commanders
  
Maximilian von Weichs Hans Felber

German XIII. Corps (XIII. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II. It was destroyed during the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive and reformed in late 1944.

Contents

Commanders

  • Cavalry General (General der Kavallerie) Maximilian von Weichs, 1 October 1937 – 26 October 1939
  • Colonel General (Generaloberst) Heinrich von Vietinghoff, 26 October 1939 – 25 October 1940
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Hans Felber, 25 October 1940 – 13 January 1942
  • Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher, 14 January 1942 – 21 April 1942
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Erich Straube, 21 April 1942 – 20 February 1943
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Friedrich Siebert, 20 February 1943 – 7 September 1943
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Arthur Hauffe, 7 September 1943 – 25 April 1944
  • Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) Johannes Block, 25 April 1944 – 5 June 1944
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Arthur Hauffe, 5 June 1944 – 22 July 1944

    • After reformation

  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Hans Felber, 6 December 1944 – 12 February 1945
  • Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) Ralph Graf von Oriola, 12 February 1945 – 31 March 1945
  • Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) Max Bork, 31 March 1945 – 15 April 1945
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Walther Hahm, 15 April 1945 – 20 April 1945
  • Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Walther Lucht, 20 April 1945 - May 1945

    • Area of operations

  • Poland - September 1939 - May 1940
  • France - May 1940 - June 1941
  • Eastern Front, southern sector - June 1941 - July 1944
  • Western Front, Ardennes & Germany - December 1944 - May 1945

    • References

    XIII Army Corps (Germany) Wikipedia
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