LI Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

LI Army Corps (German: LI. Armeekorps) was an infantry corps of the German Army during World War II that participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia.^[1] It was also present at the Battle of Stalingrad, where it was commanded by General Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach.

After most of the Corps was captured or destroyed at Stalingrad, remnants of it were combined with other units to form the LI Mountain Corps in August 1943, under the command of General Valentin Feurstein. The LI Mountain Corps formed part of German forces in Italy for the remainder of the war, participating in the Battle of Monte Cassino and other German defensive actions.^[2]

Commanding generals

General der Infanterie Hans-Wolfgang Reinhard, creation – 8 May 1942
General der Artillerie Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, 8 May 1942 – 31 January 1943

Notes

References

U.S. Army (1986) [1953]. The German Campaigns in the Balkans (Spring 1941). Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. OCLC 16940402. CMH Pub 104-4.

German Army (Heer) Corps of the Wehrmacht

Army Corps Armeekorps	I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX. XXX. XXXII. XXXIII. XXXIV. XXXV. XXXVIII. XXXIX. XXXX. XXXXI. XXXXII. XXXXIII. XXXXIV. XXXXVI. XXXXVII. XXXXVIII. L. LI. LII. LIII. LIV. LV. LVII. LIX. LXII. LXIII. LXIV. LXV. LXVI. LXVII. LXVIII. LXIX. LXX. LXXI. LXXII. LXXIII. LXXIV. LXXV. LXXVI. LXXVIII. LXXX. LXXXI. LXXXII. LXXXIII. LXXXIV. LXXXV. LXXXVI. LXXXVII. LXXXVIII. LXXXIX. LXXXX. LXXXXI. LXXXXVII.

Tank Corps Panzerkorps	III. IV. VII. XIV. XXIV. XXXVIII. XXXIX. XXXX. XXXXI. XXXXVI. XXXXVII. XXXXVIII. LVI. LVII. LVIII. LXXVI. Feldherrnhalle Großdeutschland

Mountain Corps Gebirgskorps	XV. XVIII. XIX. XXI. XXII. XXXVI. XXXXIX. LI.

Cavalry Corps Kavalleriekorps	I.

Miscellaneous Corps	Afrika Korps

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