XI Army Corps (Germany)
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Commanders

  • Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Emil Leeb, 1 September 1939 – 1 March 1940
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Joachim von Kortzfleisch
    Joachim von Kortzfleisch
    General Joachim Otto August Achatius Kortzfleisch was a German army officer who was the commander of the defense group III and had a role in ensuring the failure of the attempted coup after the July 20 Plot attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler.-Biography:Joachim von Kortzfleisch was born into an...

    , 1 March 1940 – 6 October 1941
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Eugen Ott
    Eugen Ott (general)
    Eugen Ott was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several corps. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...

    , 6 October 1941 – 10 December 1941
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Joachim von Kortzfleisch, 10 December 1941 – 1 June 1942
  • Colonel-General (Generaloberst) Karl Strecker
    Karl Strecker
    Karl Strecker was a highly decorated Generaloberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several corps....

    , 1 June 1942 – 2 February 1943


After reformation
  • Colonel-General (Generaloberst) Erhard Raus
    Erhard Raus
    Erhard Raus was a Austrian Colonel General during World War II. He commanded the 6th Panzer Division during the early years of the war on the Eastern Front before taking Army and Army Group commands....

    , 10 February 1943 – 1 November 1943
  • Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Wilhelm Stemmermann
    Wilhelm Stemmermann
    Wilhelm Stemmermann was a highly decorated General der Artillerie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the XI Armeekorps. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...

    , 5 December 1943 – 18 February 1944
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Rudolf von Bünau, 20 March 1944 – 16 March 1945
  • Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Horst von Mellenthin
    Horst von Mellenthin
    Horst von Mellenthin was a highly decorated General der Artillerie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several corps. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...

    , 16 March 1945 – 20 March 1945
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Rudolf von Bünau, 20 March 1945 – 6 April 1945
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Friedrich Wiese
    Friedrich Wiese
    Friedrich Wiese was a German general who commanded the 19. Armee during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...

    , 6 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

Area of operations

  • Poland - September 1939 - May 1940
  • France
    Battle of France
    In the Second World War, the Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, which ended the Phoney War. The battle consisted of two main operations. In the first, Fall Gelb , German armoured units pushed through the Ardennes, to cut off and...

     - May 1940 - June 1941
  • Eastern Front
    Eastern Front (World War II)
    The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...

    , southern sector - June 1941 - October 1942
  • Stalingrad
    Battle of Stalingrad
    The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southwestern Russia. The battle took place between 23 August 1942 and 2 February 1943...

     - October 1942 - February 1943
  • Eastern Front
    Eastern Front (World War II)
    The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...

    , southern sector - March 1943 - January 1944
  • Cherkassy - January 1944 - February 1944
  • Poland, Silesia
    Silesian Offensives
    The Silesian Offensives were two 1945 offensives conducted by the Soviet Red Army against the German Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front in World War II.-The offensives:...

     & Czechoslovakia
    Prague Offensive
    The Prague Offensive was the last major Soviet operation of World War II in Europe. The offensive, and the battle for Prague, was fought on the Eastern Front from 6 May to 11 May 1945. This battle for the city is particularly noteworthy in that it ended after the Third Reich capitulated on 8 May...

    - April 1944 - May 1945

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