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Military unit
Generalkommando Panzerkorps Großdeutschland (September 28, 1944)Parent unit OKH Components
Panzerkorps Großdeutschland (February 1, 1945)Parent unit 4th Panzer Army Components
Panzerkorps Großdeutschland (March 1, 1945)Parent unit 4th Panzer Army Components
Panzerkorps Großdeutschland (March 31, 1945)Parent unit 4th Panzer Army Components
Panzerkorps Großdeutschland (April 21, 1945)Parent unit 4th Panzer Army Components
Panzerkorps Großdeutschland (May 7, 1945)Parent unit 4th Panzer Army Components
The Panzerkorps Großdeutschland was a German panzer corps in the Wehrmacht which saw action on the Eastern Front in 1944/1945 during World War II .
Creation and service history
On September 28, 1944 the OKH ordered the creation of Panzer Corps Grossdeutschland. It was planned to contain enlarged corps troops and several panzer divisions; a unit that could be used as strong reserve for an army. To achieve this, parts of the Panzer-Grenadier-Division Großdeutschland were, while the division retained its status, used as base for the Generalkommando Panzerkorps Großdeutschland .
Units for the staff and the corps troops were:
With the addition of the Panzer-Grenadier-Division Brandenburg the corps had its first structure with two active divisions. The first commander of the corps was General der Panzertruppe Dietrich von Saucken , the former commander of the XXXIX Panzer Corps .
Still in the forming phase during the looming of the Soviet Vistula–Oder Offensive the staff and the Brandenburg Division were ordered to Poland, while the Division Großdeutschland was detached to Eastern Prussia. Ultimately the corps never fought as a unified body, and during the retreat towards the west its composition steadily changed. When von Saucken was promoted to command the 2nd Army in February he was succeeded by General der Panzertruppe Georg Jauer , who commanded the corps's 20. Panzer-Grenadier-Division . Never surrendering at-large the corps was dismissed on war's end on May 8, 1945.
Order of Battle – March 1, 1945
Staff Panzercorps Großdeutschland
Corps Troops
Heavy Panzer Battalion Großdeutschland
Corps Fusilier Regiment Großdeutschland
I. Fusilier (Bicycle) Btln.
II. Fusilier (Bicycle) Btln.
Regimental Support Company (mot)
Panzer Field-Replacement Rgt. Großdeutschland
44th Panzer Signals Battalion
500th Artillery Brigade Staff
Observation Battery (mot)
500th Panzer Artillery Regiment (I. & II. Btln.)
500th Pioneer Regimental Staff (mot)
500th Panzer Pioneer Btln.
500th Reconnaissance Company (half-track)
500th Staff Escort Company
500th Sound Ranging Platoon (mot)
500th Mapping Detachment (mot)
500th Military Police Detachment
500th Supply Regiment (mot) Division z.b.V. 615 / Divisions-Stab z.b.V. 615
Generalmajor Gerd-Paul von Below
Division Staff z.b.V. 615
687th Pioneer Brigade
3093rd Fortress Machine-Gun Btln.
3094th Fortress Machine-Gun Btln.
3095th Fortress Machine-Gun Btln.
1485th Fortress Infantry Btln.
Infantry Battalion z.b.V. 500 Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring
Generalmajor Max Lemke
Division Staff
Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier Regiment 1 Hermann Göring (I. & II. Btln.)
Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier Regiment 2 Hermann Göring (I. & II. Btln.)
Fallschirm-Panzer Regiment Hermann Göring (I., II. & III. Btln.)
Fallschirm-Panzer Artillery Regiment 1 Hermann Göring (I., II. & III. Btln.)
Fallschirm-Panzer Fusilier Btln. 1 Hermann Göring
Fallschirm-Panzer Reconnaissance Btln. 1 Hermann Göring
Fallschirm-Panzer Pioneer Btln. 1 Hermann Göring
Fallschirm-Panzer Signals Btln. 1 Hermann Göring
Fallschirm-Panzer Field-Replacement Btln. 1 Hermann Göring
Military Police Detachment
Field Post Office 1 Hermann Göring
Supply Detachment 1 Hermann Göring Generalmajor Hermann Schulte-Heuthaus
Division Staff Brandenburg
Jäger(mot) Regiment 1 Brandenburg (I. & II. Btln.)
Jäger(mot) Regiment 2 Brandenburg (I. & II. Btln.)
Panzer Regiment Brandenburg
I. Panzer Btln. (detached)
II. Panzer Btln.
Tank Destroyer Btln. Brandenburg
Armoured Artillery Regiment Brandenburg (I., II. & III. Btln.)
Armoured Flak Artillery Btln. Brandenburg
Armoured Reconnaissance Btln. Brandenburg
Panzer Pioneer Btln. Brandenburg
Panzer Signals Btln. Brandenburg
Field-Replacement Btln. Brandenburg
Supply Regiment Brandenburg Generalmajor Georg Scholze
Division Staff
76th Panzer-Grenadier Regiment (I., II. & III. Btln.)
90th Panzer-Grenadier Regiment (I., II. & III. Btln.)
8th Panzer Btln.
20th Artillery Regiment (I., II. & III. Btln.)
284th/285th Flak Artillery Btln.
120th Armoured Reconnaissance Btln.
20th Anti-Tank Btln.
20th Field-Replacement Btln.
20th Armoured Signals Btln.
20th Supply Regiment Commanders
Footnotes
^ Nafziger, George. "Organizational History of the German Armored Formations 1939-1945" (PDF). Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library . US Army Combined Arms Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
Ziemke 2002 , p. 429.
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