XXXIII. Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
The higher command z. b. V. XXXIII , later XXXIII. Army Corps was a major unit of the army of the German Wehrmacht in World War II .
history
The higher command z. b. V. XXXIII emerged from the Border Guard Section Command 3 (Opole) after the attack on Poland on October 18, 1939. It was initially used by the 6th Army on the Lower Rhine, but in March 1940 it was moved to Army Group C on the Upper Rhine , where it was under the 7th Army . Towards the end of the western campaign , the command carried out an operation to capture Mulhouse , involving the 213rd , 239th , 554th and 556th Infantry Divisions. After the armistice with France it was temporarily stationed in the Dijon area.
In August 1940, the command was transferred to Norway together with the Higher Command XXXVI , where it took on occupation tasks as the "Territorialbefehlshaber Mittelorwegen" with headquarters in Trondheim and the 196th and 181st Infantry Division standing there . Another important task was the expansion of fortifications for the Atlantic Wall . On January 23, 1943, the name was changed to XXXIII. Army Corps were assigned at this time in addition to the 702nd Infantry Division. The corps was not involved in any acts of war or skirmishes from its formation until the end of the war. The superior agency was the Army High Command Norway / Wehrmachtbefehlshaber Norway until its dissolution , from December 1944 the Mountain AOK 20 .
Subordinate associations
The 181st and 196th Infantry Divisions were initially subordinate to the Higher Command in Norway, and from mid-1942 also the 702nd Infantry Division . In the summer of 1943 the 14th Air Force Field Division was added, and in September 1943 the 295th Infantry Division, newly established after the destruction in Stalingrad, to replace the 181st Infantry Division. With the last division of March 1, 1945, the corps were subordinate to the 199th , 295th and 702nd Infantry Divisions and the 14th Air Force Field Division.
Corps troops were the corps intelligence department 433 and the commander of the corps supply troops 433. This was later joined by the field replacement battalion XXXIII.
people
Commanding generals
| Rank | Surname | date |
|---|---|---|
| General of the cavalry | Georg Brandt | October 13, 1939 to April 30, 1942 |
| General of the Infantry | Walther Fischer von Weikersthal | April 30 to June 15, 1942 |
| General of the artillery | Erwin Engelbrecht | June 15, 1942 to December 25, 1943 |
| General of the Infantry | Ludwig Wolff | December 25, 1943 to August 10, 1944 |
| General of the cavalry | Karl-Erik Koehler | August 10, 1944 to March 31, 1945 |
| Major general | Friedrich von Unger | March 31 to April 5, 1945 (mdst.Fb) |
| Lieutenant General | Friedrich Wilhelm Neumann | April 5 to May 8, 1945 |
See also
literature
- Romuald Bergner: Troops and Garrisons in Silesia 1740-1945 , Podzun-Pallas-Verlag 1987, ISBN 3-7909-0318-3 , p. 71.