IX Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

IX. Armeekorps
Active	1 October 1934 - 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Heer
Type	Army Corps
Engagements	World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Operation Bagration Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive Polotsk Offensive Kaunas Offensive Gumbinnen Operation East Prussian Offensive Samland Offensive
Commanders
Notable commanders	Friedrich Dollmann

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

Commanders

• Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Friedrich Dollmann, 1 October 1934 – 25 August 1939.
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Hermann Geyer, 25 August 1939 – 31 December 1941.
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Hans Schmidt, 31 December 1941 – 15 October 1943.
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Erich Clößner, 15 October 1943 – 5 December 1943.
• Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Rolf Wuthmann, 5 December 1943 – 20 April 1945.
• Lieutenant-General (Generalleutnant) Dr. Hermann Hohn, 20 April 1945 – 8 May 1945.

Area of operations

• Germany - September 1939 - May 1940.
• France - May 1940 - June 1941.
• Eastern Front, central sector - June 1941 - December 1944.
• East Prussia & northern Germany - January 1945 - May 1945.

See also

• List of German corps in World War II

References

External links

• "IX. Armeekorps". Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Retrieved 7 March 2011.