V Army Corps (Germany)

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

Commanders

• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Hermann Geyer, 16 May 1935 – 30 April 1939
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Richard Ruoff, 1 May 1939 – 12 January 1942
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Wilhelm Wetzel, 12 January 1942 – 1 July 1943
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Karl Allmendinger, 1 July 1943 – 1 May 1944
• Lieutenant-General (Generalleutnant) Hermann Böhme, 1 May 1944 – 4 May 1944
• Lieutenant-General (Generalleutnant) Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, 4 May 1944 – 2 June 1944
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Dr. Franz Beyer, 2 June 1944 – 19 July 1944

After reformation

• Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Dr. Ing. Kurt Wäger, 26 January 1945 – 8 May 1945

Area of operations

• Western Front - September 1939 - May 1940
• France - May 1940 - June 1941
• Eastern Front, southern sector - June 1941 - May 1944
• Crimea - May 1944 - July 1944
• Western Germany - January 1945 - May 1945

See also

• List of German corps in WWII

External link

"V. Armeekorps" (HTML). Lexikon der Wehrmacht. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/VKorps.htm. Retrieved 21 January 2011.