The XXI Mountain Corps was a German military formation in World War II. At the beginning of November 1944 the XXI Mountain Corps retreated from Albania...
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The XXI Army Corps, also at times designated Group Falkenhorst and Group XXI, was a corps of the German Heer during World War II. It was first deployed...
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active during the American Civil War XXI Mountain Corps (Wehrmacht), active during World War II List of military corps by number 21st Army (disambiguation)...
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XXXXIX Mountain Corps was a mountain warfare corps of the German Army during World War II. XXXXIX Mountain Corps participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia...
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XXXVI Gebirgskorps (Mountain Corps). In late 1944 the corps had to fight its former allies during their withdrawal from Finland. The corps was forced to retreat...
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command headquarters of the Wehrmacht. It was created from Army Group XXI in December 1940, itself a successor of the XXI Army Corps, and disbanded in December...
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Corps, a unit of the Bavarian and Imperial German Armies during World War I I Army Corps (Wehrmacht) I SS Panzer Corps I Army Corps (Greece) I Corps (British...
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Mountain Corps Norway (German: Gebirgskorps Norwegen) was a German army unit during World War II. It saw action in Norway and Finland. The corps was formed...
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Mountain Corps XVIII Mountain Corps XIX Mountain Corps XXI Mountain Corps XXII Mountain Corps XXXVI Mountain Corps XXXXIX Mountain Corps LI Mountain Corps Norwegen...
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units III SS Panzer Corps, SS-Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner XV Mountain Corps, General of Infantry Ernst von Leyser XXI Mountain Corps, General of Panzer...
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Germans was Albania, where the XXI Mountain Corps of Generaloberst Lothar Rendulic's 2nd Panzer Army had been deployed. A Wehrmacht plenipotentiary general,...
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of the 12th Armored Division of the US XXI Corps led by Lieut. John C. "Jack" Lee Jr., a number of Wehrmacht soldiers led by Major Josef "Sepp" Gangl...
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XV Corps XVI Corps XVIII Airborne Corps XIX Corps XX Corps XXI Corps XXII Corps XXIII Corps XXIV Corps XXXIII Corps ("phantom" formation) XXXVI Corps XXXVII...
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XXII Mountain Corps was a mountain corps of the German Army during World War II that fought in Greece, Yugoslavia and Hungary between 1943 and 1945. Until...
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Military district (Germany) (redirect from Wehrkreis XXI)
1939–1945: Wehrkreise XVII, XVIII, XX, XXI und besetzte Gebiete Ost und Südost. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg...
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2nd Panzer Army (category War crimes of the Wehrmacht)
kilometres a day. The rasputitsa was not an unusual phenomenon, but the Wehrmacht did not prepare for this contingency as the German high command had expected...
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List of German brigades in World War II (redirect from 100th Brigade (Wehrmacht))
1939–1945: Wehrkreise XVII, XVIII, XX, XXI und besetzte Gebiete Ost und Südost. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg...
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1st Cossacks, 11th LFD), XXI Mountain Corps (22nd Volksgrenadiers, 369th Croatian, 7th SS, 181st, 41st), XV Mountain Corps (373rd Croatian, 639th Security...
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Operation Compass (section XXI Corps)
The XX Corps comprised the 60th Infantry Division "Sabratha" and the XXI Corps was composed of the 1st CC.NN. Division "23 Marzo", the 2nd CC.NN. Division...
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Feldwebel (section Reichswehr and Wehrmacht)
grade of private soldier. After World War I, in the German Reichswehr and Wehrmacht, the Feldwebel rank group was divided into several grades: Feldwebel (deputy)...
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Ernst von Leyser (category Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht))
September 1962) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several army corps. After the war, in 1947, Leyser was...
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the western front. In February 1945, with the assistance of the U.S. XXI Corps, the First Army collapsed the Colmar Pocket and cleared the west bank...
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1894 – 24 January 1986) was a German General der Fallschirmtruppe in the Wehrmacht. His last command in World War II opposed the advance of the First Canadian...
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Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (category Colonel generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht))
appointed Chief of Staff of the 3rd Army. In 1939, he commanded the XXI Army Corps during the Invasion of Poland. On 20 February 1940, Hitler informed...
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Norwegian campaign order of battle (section XXI Gruppe)
the German 21st Army Corps was renamed Group XXI and placed in charge of the invasion of Norway. The group was allotted two Mountain and five Infantry divisions...
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Wehrmachtbefehlshaber (redirect from Wehrmachtsbefehlshaber Dänemark (Wehrmacht))
Commander') was the German chief military position in countries occupied by the Wehrmacht which were headed by a civilian administration. The main responsibilities...
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Weserübung" on 27 January 1940. The ground forces would be the XXI Army Corps, including the 3rd Mountain Division and five infantry divisions; none of the latter...
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and early February 1945, the French First Army (reinforced by the U.S. XXI Corps) cleared the Pocket of German forces. A German bridgehead on the west...
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The XIX Army Corps (German: XIX. Armeekorps) was an armored corps of the German Wehrmacht between 1 July 1939 and 16 November 1940, when the unit was renamed...
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French First Army and U.S. XXI Corps troops during January and February 1945 collapsed the Colmar Pocket, forcing the LXIV Corps to retreat across the Rhine...
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