XIII Army Corps (Germany)

XIII. Armeekorps
Active	1 October 1937 – May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Heer
Type	Army Corps
Engagements	World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok–Minsk Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Moscow Battle of Voronezh (1943) Battle of Kiev (1943) Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive Western Allied invasion of Germany Battle of Heilbronn (1945)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Maximilian von Weichs Hans Felber

German XIII. Corps (XIII. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II. It was destroyed during the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive and reformed in late 1944.

Commanders

Cavalry General (General der Kavallerie) Maximilian von Weichs, 1 October 1937 – 26 October 1939
Colonel General (Generaloberst) Heinrich von Vietinghoff, 26 October 1939 – 25 October 1940
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Hans Felber, 25 October 1940 – 13 January 1942
Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher, 14 January 1942 – 21 April 1942
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Erich Straube, 21 April 1942 – 20 February 1943
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Friedrich Siebert, 20 February 1943 – 7 September 1943
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Arthur Hauffe, 7 September 1943 – 25 April 1944
Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) Johannes Block, 25 April 1944 – 5 June 1944
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Arthur Hauffe, 5 June 1944 – 22 July 1944

After reformation

Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Hans Felber, 6 December 1944 – 12 February 1945
Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) Ralph Graf von Oriola, 12 February 1945 – 31 March 1945
Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) Max Bork, 31 March 1945 – 15 April 1945
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Walther Hahm, 15 April 1945 – 20 April 1945
Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Walther Lucht, 20 April 1945 - May 1945

Area of operations

Poland - September 1939 - May 1940
France - May 1940 - June 1941
Eastern Front, southern sector - June 1941 - July 1944
Western Front, Ardennes & Germany - December 1944 - May 1945

External links

"XIII. Armeekorps". Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Retrieved 14 August 2012.

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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XIII Army Corps (Germany)

Commanders

Area of operations

See also

External links