Branch German Army | ||
Active 20 May 1940 – 25 April 1945 Engagements 06/41 - 06/41 Lithuanian frontier06/41 - 07/41 Düna River07/41 - 09/41 Old Russian frontier07/41 - 09/41 Advance to Leningrad09/41 - 06/42 Leningrad defensive12/41 - 06/42 Lakes Ilmen and Lagoda07/42 - 01/44 Defense of AG North01/44 - 04/44 northern Russia04/44 - 07/44 Defense of AG North08/44 South Estonia08/44 - 09/44 Väike Emajõgi - Gauja line09/44 - 01/45 Memel02/45 - 04/45 Samland and Pillau Similar American Free Corps, III Army Corps, Luftflotte 5, Schalburg Corps, 18th Army |
The XXVIII Army Corps (German designation XXVIII. Armeekorps) was a corps which served in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II. The corps was created on May 20, 1940 in Wehrkreis (Military Region) III. During the war, the corps was subordinated to the German 6th, 16th, 18th, and 3rd Panzer Armies. In 1945, the corps was briefly named Armeeabteilung Samland (Corps Task Force Samland). The corps fought in Samland until annihilated in late April 1945.
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Order of battle
Following is the organization of the corps when it was part of the Eighteenth Army of Army Group North early in 1944:
January 1944
Commanding officers
References
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