XXXVIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) explained

Unit Name:	XXXVIII Army Corps
Native Name:	Generalkommando XXXVIII. Armeekorps
Dates:	21 January 1940 – 10 May 1945
Branch:	Army
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Battles:	Fall Gelb Fall Rot Baltic Operation Leningrad Strategic Defensive Siege of Leningrad
Notable Commanders:	Erich von Manstein Friedrich-Wilhelm von Chappuis Siegfried Haenicke Kurt Herzog Horst von Mellenthin

The German XXXVIII Corps (XXXVIII Armeekorps) was a German army corps during World War II.

On 8 January 1945, the XXXVIII Corps was redesignated as the XXXVIII Tank Corps (XXXVIII Panzerkorps).^[1]

Commanders

Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Erich von Manstein - 1 February 1940 to 28 February 1941
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Friedrich-Wilhelm von Chappuis - 15 March 1941 to 23 April 1942
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Siegfried Haenicke - 23 April 1942 to 29 June 1942
Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Kurt Herzog - 29 June 1942 to 8 January 1945
Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Horst von Mellenthin - 8 January 1945 to 16 March 1945 (as the XXXVIII Tank Corps)
Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Kurt Herzog - 16 March 1945 - 10 May 1945

Area of operations

Germany - January 1940 to June 1940
France - June 1940 to June 1941
Eastern Front, northern sector - June 1941 to October 1944
Courland Pocket - October 1944 to 10 May 1945

Bibliography

Book: Tessin, Georg . Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen–SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 . Units and Troops of the German Military and Waffen-SS in the Second World War 1939–1945 . 5: Die Landstreitkräfte 31–70 (Units 31–70). Biblio . Osnabrück . German.

Notes and References

Tessin, p. 71