XXIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

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Country Nazi Germany Size Corps		Branch Army
Active March 1939 – 8 May 1945 Engagements World War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of MoscowBattles of RzhevBattle of KurskBattle of Smolensk (1943)Operation BagrationLublin–Brest OffensiveEast Pomeranian Offensive Notablecommanders Carl HilpertJohannes Frießner

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

Commanders

Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Erich Raschick, April 1939 – 26 October 1939

Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Albrecht Schubert, 26 October 1939 – 25 July 1942

Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Carl Hilpert, 25 July 1942 – 19 January 1943

Colonel-General (Generaloberst) Johannes Frießner, 19 January 1943 – 7 December 1943

Panzer General (General der Panzertruppe) Hans Freiherr von Funck, 7 December 1943 – 2 February 1944

Pioneer General (General der Pioniere) Otto Tiemann, 2 February 1944 – 12 October 1944

Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Walter Melzer, 12 October 1944 – 8 May 1945

West Wall – September 1939 – June 1941

Eastern Front, central sector – June 1941 – May 1945

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