XI Army Corps (Germany)

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

Commanders

• Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Emil Leeb, 1 September 1939 – 1 March 1940
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Joachim von Kortzfleisch, 1 March 1940 – 6 October 1941
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Eugen Ott, 6 October 1941 – 10 December 1941
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Joachim von Kortzfleisch, 10 December 1941 – 1 June 1942
• Colonel-General (Generaloberst) Karl Strecker, 1 June 1942 – 2 February 1943

After reformation

• Colonel-General (Generaloberst) Erhard Raus, 10 February 1943 – 1 November 1943
• Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Wilhelm Stemmermann, 5 December 1943 – 18 February 1944
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Rudolf von Bünau, 20 March 1944 – 16 March 1945
• Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Horst von Mellenthin, 16 March 1945 – 20 March 1945
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Rudolf von Bünau, 20 March 1945 – 6 April 1945
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Friedrich Wiese, 6 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

Area of operations

• Poland - September 1939 - May 1940
• France - May 1940 - June 1941
• Eastern Front, southern sector - June 1941 - October 1942
• Stalingrad - October 1942 - February 1943
• Eastern Front, southern sector - March 1943 - January 1944
• Cherkassy - January 1944 - February 1944
• Poland, Silesia & Czechoslovakia - April 1944 - May 1945

See also

• List of German corps in WWII

External link

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