LXVI Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

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LXVI Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

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The LXVI Army Corps (German: LXVI. Armeekorps), initially known as the LXVI Reserve Corps (German: LXVI. Reservekorps), was an army corps of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. The corps was formed in September 1942.

History

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The LXVI Reserve Corps was formed on 21 September 1942 in Wehrkreis IX. The initial purpose of the corps staff was to oversee and lead the reserve divisions of Oberbefehlshaber West (Army Group D). Its headquarters were initially deployed in the Clermont-Ferrand area.^[1] The initial corps commander during the formation of the LXVI Reserve Corps was Erich Marcks, but Marcks was soon succeeded by Baptist Knieß on 12 November 1942.^[2]

The LXVI Reserve Corps oversaw the formation of the LXXVI Panzer Corps on 25 February 1943.^[1] On 7 July 1943, Knieß was succeeded as the corps commander by Wilhelm Wetzel. Wetzel was in turn succeeded by Walther Lucht on 20 December 1943.^[2]

Having received a new military postal number in June 1943, the LXVI Reserve Corps was renamed LXVI Army Corps on 5 August 1944. Subsequently, the corps was used in combat on the Western Front, including in the Vosges, Eifel and Ardennes region.^[1] It was subsequently subordinate, in order, to the 19th Army in September 1944,^[3] the 7th Army between October and December 1944,^[4] the 6th Panzer Army in January 1945,^[5] the 5th Panzer Army between February and March 1945,^[6] and the 11th Army in April 1945.^[7]

Structure

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Organizational structure of the LXVI (66th) Reserve Corps and the LXVI (66th) Army Corps of the German Wehrmacht, 1942 – 1945^[1]
Year	Date	Commander^[2]	Subordinate Divisions^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]	Army	Army Group	Operational area
1942	October	Erich Marcks	Various	Army Group D (v. Rundstedt)		Clermont-Ferrand
	November	Baptist Knieß
	December
1943	January
	February
	March
	April
	May	Otto Roettig
	June	Wilhelm Wetzel
	July
	August
	September
	October
	November
	December
1944	January	Walther Lucht
	February
	March
	April
	May			Army Group G (Blaskowitz)
	June
	July
	August			Army Group D (v. Kluge)
	16 September		15th Infantry, 16th Infantry	19th Army	Army Group G (Blaskowitz)	Vosges
	13 October		1st SS, 2nd SS, 12th SS, 2nd Panzer, 172nd Infantry	7th Army	Army Group B (Model)	Eifel
	5 November		2nd Panzer, 18th Infantry, 91st Infantry
	26 November		18th Infantry, 26th Infantry
	31 December		18th Infantry, 62nd Infantry	6th Panzer Army		Ardennes
1945	19 February		5th Parachute, 18th Infantry, 246th Volksgrenadier	5th Panzer Army		Eifel, Rur
	1 March		5th Parachute	5th Panzer Army		Eifel, Rur
	April	Hermann Flörke	9th Panzer, 116th Panzer, 277th Infantry, Panzer Division Westfalen	11th Army	Army Group D (Kesselring)	Weser

Noteworthy individuals

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Erich Marcks, corps commander of LXVI Reserve Corps between 21 September 1942 and 12 November 1942.^[2]
Baptist Knieß, corps commander of LXVI Reserve Corps between 12 November 1942 and 10 May 1943 and between June 1943 and 7 July 1943.^[2]
Otto Roettig, corps commander of LXVI Reserve Corps between 21 May 1943 and June 1943.^[2]
Wilhelm Wetzel, corps commander of LXVI Reserve Corps between 7 July 1943 and 20 December 1943.^[2]
Walther Lucht, corps commander of LXVI Reserve Corps between 20 December 1943 and 5 August 1944, corps commander of the renamed LXVI Army Corps between 5 August 1944 and 3 April 1945.^[2]
Hermann Flörke, corps commander of LXVI Army Corps between 3 April 1945 and the end of the war.^[2]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tessin, Georg (1977). "Generalkommando LXVI. Reservekorps (röm. 66. RK) Generalkommando LXVI. Armeekorps (röm. 66. AK)". Die Landstreitkräfte 31-70. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 (in German). Vol. 5. Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag. p. 268. ISBN 3764810971.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ MacLean, French L. (2014). Unknown Generals - German Corps Commanders In World War II. Pickle Partners Publishing. pp. 115–117. ISBN 9781782895220.
^ ^a ^b Tessin, Georg (1977). "19. Armee (AOK 19)". Die Landstreitkräfte 15-30. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 (in German). Vol. 4. Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag. pp. 50–55. ISBN 3764810971.
^ ^a ^b Tessin, Georg (1977). "7. Armee (AOK 7)". Die Landstreitkräfte 6-14. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 (in German). Vol. 3. Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag. pp. 49–53. ISBN 3764810971.
^ ^a ^b Tessin, Georg (1977). "6. (SS) Panzer-Armee (Pz. AOK 6)". Die Landstreitkräfte 6-14. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 (in German). Vol. 3. Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag. pp. 8–9. ISBN 3764810971.
^ ^a ^b Tessin, Georg (1977). "5. Panzer-Armee (Pz. AOK 5)". Die Landstreitkräfte 1-5. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 (in German). Vol. 2. Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag. pp. 282–283. ISBN 3764810971.
^ ^a ^b Tessin, Georg (1977). "11. Armee (AOK 11)". Die Landstreitkräfte 15-30. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 (in German). Vol. 4. Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag. pp. 191–195. ISBN 3764810971.

German Army corps (1934–1945)

Army
Armeekorps

I – IX	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX

X – XIX	X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX

XX – XXIX	XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX

XXX – XXXIX	XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVIII XXXIX

XXXX – XXXXVIII	XXXX XXXXI XXXXII XXXXIII XXXXIV XXXXVI XXXXVII XXXXVIII

L – LIX	L LI LII LIII LIV LV LVII LIX

LXII – LXIX	LXII LXIII LXIV LXV LXVI LXVII LXVIII LXIX

LXX – LXXVIII	LXX LXXI LXXII LXXIII LXXIV LXXV LXXVI LXXVIII

LXXX – LXXXIX	LXXX LXXXI LXXXII LXXXIII LXXXIV LXXXV LXXXVI LXXXVII LXXXVIII LXXXIX

LXXXX – CI	LXXXX LXXXXI LXXXXVII CI

Panzer
Panzerkorps

I – XXXIX	III IV VII XIV XXIV XXXVIII XXXIX

XXXX – XXXXVIII	XXXX XXXXI XXXXVI XXXXVII XXXXVIII

LVI – LXXVI	LVI LVII LVIII LXXVI

Mountain
Gebirgskorps

Cavalry
Kavalleriekorps

Miscellaneous

Afrika Korps

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