XXXVIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

XXXVIII Army Corps

Generalkommando XXXVIII. Armeekorps
Active| 21 January 1940 – 10 May 1945
Country|  Nazi Germany
Branch| Army
Engagements| Fall Gelb
Fall Rot
Baltic Operation
Leningrad Strategic Defensive
Siege of Leningrad
Commanders
Notable
commanders|

* Erich von Manstein
* Friedrich-Wilhelm von Chappuis
* Siegfried Haenicke
* Kurt Herzog
* Horst von Mellenthin

Military unit

The German XXXVIII Corps (XXXVIII Armeekorps) was a German army corps during World War II.

On 8 January 1945, the XXXVIII Corps was redesignated xxxcccas the XXXVIII Tank Corps (XXXVIII Panzerkorps).[1]

## Commanders

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* Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Erich von Manstein \- 1 February 1940 to 28 February 1941
* Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Friedrich-Wilhelm von Chappuis \- 15 March 1941 to 23 April 1942
* Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Siegfried Haenicke \- 23 April 1942 to 29 June 1942
* Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Kurt Herzog \- 29 June 1942 to 8 January 1945
* Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Horst von Mellenthin \- 8 January 1945 to 16 March 1945 (as the XXXVIII Tank Corps)
* Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Kurt Herzog \- 16 March 1945 - 10 May 1945

## Area of operations

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* Germany \- January 1940 to June 1940
* France \- June 1940 to June 1941
* Eastern Front, northern sector - June 1941 to October 1944
* Courland Pocket \- October 1944 to 10 May 1945

## References

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1. ^ Tessin, p. 71

## Bibliography

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* Tessin, Georg. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen–SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 [Units and Troops of the German Military and Waffen-SS in the Second World War 1939–1945] (in German). Vol. 5: Die Landstreitkräfte 31–70 (Units 31–70). Osnabrück: Biblio.

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German Army corps (1934–1945)

Army
Armeekorps|

| I – IX|

* I
* II
* III
* IV
* V
* VI
* VII
* VIII
* IX

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X – XIX|

* X
* XI
* XII
* XIII
* XIV
* XV
* XVI
* XVII
* XVIII
* XIX

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XX – XXIX|

* XX
* XXI
* XXII
* XXIII
* XXIV
* XXV
* XXVI
* XXVII
* XXVIII
* XXIX

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XXX – XXXIX|

* XXX
* XXXI
* XXXII
* XXXIII
* XXXIV
* XXXV
* XXXVIII
* XXXIX

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XXXX – XXXXVIII|

* XXXX
* XXXXI
* XXXXII
* XXXXIII
* XXXXIV
* XXXXVI
* XXXXVII
* XXXXVIII

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L – LIX|

* L
* LI
* LII
* LIII
* LIV
* LV
* LVII
* LIX

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LXII – LXIX|

* LXII
* LXIII
* LXIV
* LXV
* LXVI
* LXVII
* LXVIII
* LXIX

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LXX – LXXVIII|

* LXX
* LXXI
* LXXII
* LXXIII
* LXXIV
* LXXV
* LXXVI
* LXXVIII

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LXXX – LXXXIX|

* LXXX
* LXXXI
* LXXXII
* LXXXIII
* LXXXIV
* LXXXV
* LXXXVI
* LXXXVII
* LXXXVIII
* LXXXIX

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LXXXX – CI|

* LXXXX
* LXXXXI
* LXXXXVII
* CI

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Panzer
Panzerkorps|

| I – XXXIX|

* III
* IV
* VII
* XIV
* XXIV
* XXXVIII
* XXXIX

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XXXX – XXXXVIII|

* XXXX
* XXXXI
* XXXXVI
* XXXXVII
* XXXXVIII

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LVI – LXXVI|

* LVI
* LVII
* LVIII
* LXXVI

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* Feldherrnhalle
* Großdeutschland

Mountain
Gebirgskorps|

* XV
* XVIII
* XIX
* XXI
* XXII
* XXXVI
* XXXXIX
* LI

Cavalry
Kavalleriekorps|

* I

Miscellaneous|

* Afrika Korps

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