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1 Creation and service history  





2 Order of Battle  March 1, 1945  



2.1  Staff Panzercorps Großdeutschland  



2.1.1  Corps Troops  







2.2  Division z.b.V. 615 / Divisions-Stab z.b.V. 615  





2.3  Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring  





2.4  Panzer-Grenadier-Division Brandenburg  





2.5  20. Panzer-Grenadier-Division  







3 Commanders  





4 Footnotes  





5 References  














Panzerkorps Großdeutschland






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Panzerkorps Großdeutschland
Active28 September 1944 – 8 May 1945
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypePanzer
RoleArmoured warfare
SizeCorps
EngagementsWorld War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
General Dietrich von Saucken
General Georg Jauer

The Panzerkorps Großdeutschland was a German panzer corps in the Wehrmacht which saw action on the Eastern Front in 1944/1945 during World War II.

Creation and service history

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On September 28, 1944 the OKH ordered the creation of Panzer Corps Grossdeutschland.[1] It was planned to contain enlarged corps troops and several panzer divisions; a unit that could be used as strong reserve for an army. To achieve this, parts of the Panzer-Grenadier-Division Großdeutschland were, while the division retained its status, used as base for the Generalkommando Panzerkorps Großdeutschland.

Units for the staff and the corps troops were:[1]

With the addition of the Panzer-Grenadier-Division Brandenburg the corps had its first structure with two active divisions.[1] The first commander of the corps was General der Panzertruppe Dietrich von Saucken, the former commander of the XXXIX Panzer Corps.

Still in the forming phase during the looming of the Soviet Vistula–Oder Offensive the staff and the Brandenburg Division were ordered to Poland,[2] while the Division Großdeutschland was detached to Eastern Prussia. Ultimately the corps never fought as a unified body, and during the retreat towards the west its composition steadily changed. When von Saucken was promoted to command the 2nd Army in February he was succeeded by General der Panzertruppe Georg Jauer, who commanded the corps's 20. Panzer-Grenadier-Division. Never surrendering at-large the corps was dismissed on war's end on May 8, 1945.

Order of Battle – March 1, 1945

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Staff Panzercorps Großdeutschland

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Corps Troops

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Division z.b.V. 615 / Divisions-Stab z.b.V. 615

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Generalmajor Gerd-Paul von Below

Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring

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Generalmajor Max Lemke

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Generalmajor Hermann Schulte-Heuthaus

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Generalmajor Georg Scholze

Commanders

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c Nafziger, George. "Organizational History of the German Armored Formations 1939-1945" (PDF). Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. US Army Combined Arms Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  • ^ Ziemke 2002, p. 429.
  • References

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  • Ziemke, Earl F. (2002). Stalingrad to Berlin: The German Defeat in the East. Washington, D.C: Center of Military History, US Army. ISBN 9781780392875.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Panzerkorps_Großdeutschland&oldid=1205772108"

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