Unit Name: | LVIII. Reserve-Panzerkorps LVIII. Panzerkorps |
Dates: | July 1943 - April 1945 |
Branch: | Army |
Type: | Panzer corps |
Role: | Armoured warfare |
Size: | Corps |
Battles: | World War II |
LVIII Panzer Corps was a panzer corps in the German Army during World War II.
This corps was established on 28 July 1943 as LVIII. Reserve-Panzerkorps in Wehrkreis V. On 6 July 1944, it was renamed LVIII Panzerkorps.
It was sent to Le Mans in France on 20 July 1944 to fight the allies. It retreated through France before fighting in the Ardennes Offensive in winter 1944-1945. It ended the war in the Ruhr Pocket in April 1945.