The LXXII Army Corps (
German: LXXII. Armeekorps) was an
army corps of the German
Wehrmacht during
World War II. The corps was formed in February 1944. Before October 1944, it carried the designation
z. b. V., marking it as a corps 'for special deployment'.
History
The LXXII Army Corps z. b. V. was formed on 13 February 1944 in
southern Russia. It was initially subordinate to the
6th Army (subordinate to
Army Group A, later
Army Group South Ukraine) in the
Galați area in
Moldavia. It was moved to the
3rd Romanian Army under Army Group South Ukraine in May 1944, but then transferred back to 6th Army in August, to the army group reserves in September, and once again to the 6th Army, now under
Army Group South, in October.[1]
Beginning in October 1944, the designation z. b. V. was dropped and the corps subsequently referred to as LXXII Army Corps.[1]
In December 1944, the LXXII Army Corps was assigned to the
3rd Hungarian Army under Army Group South, before being transferred back to the 6th Army in January 1945. After subordination to the
8th Army between February and April 1945, it was transferred to the newly formed
Army Group Ostmark. Under Army Group Ostmark, the LXXII Army Corps surrendered at
the end of the war in May 1945.[1]
Structure
Organizational structure of the LXXII (72nd) Army Corps of the German Wehrmacht, 1944 – 1945[1]
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^Tessin, Georg (1977). "3. Rumänische Armee". 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. 158–159.
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^Tessin, Georg (1977). "3. Ungarische Armee". 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. 158–159.
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^Tessin, Georg (1977). "8. Armee". 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. 87–90.
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^Tessin, Georg (1977). "1. Panzer-Armee". 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. 5–8.
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