XX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) explained

Unit Name:	XX Army Corps
Native Name:	XX. Armeekorps
Dates:	October 1940 – 8 May 1945
Branch:	Army
Size:	Corps
Battles:	World War II Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Battles of Rzhev Battle of Kursk Battle of Smolensk (1943) Operation Bagration Lublin–Brest Offensive East Prussian Offensive Heiligenbeil Pocket
Notable Commanders:	Rudolf Freiherr von Roman

German XX. Corps (XX. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II.

Commanders

• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Friedrich Materna, October 1940 – 10 September 1942
• Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Rudolf Freiherr von Roman, 10 September 1942 – 14 February 1943
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Erwin Vierow, 14 February – 10 March 1943
• Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Rudolf Freiherr von Roman, 10 March – December 1943
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Edgar Röhricht, December 1943 – January 1944
• Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Rudolf Freiherr von Roman, January – 1 April 1945
• Cavalry General (General der Kavallerie) Carl-Erik Koehler, 1 April – 8 May 1945

Area of operations

• Poland – October 1940 – June 1941
• Eastern Front, Central sector – June 1941 – April 1945
• Central Germany – April – May 1945

See also

• List of German corps in World War II

External links

• Web site: Lexikon der Wehrmacht. XX. Armeekorps. 12 March 2011.