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VII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

Field	Value
unit_name	VII Army Corps
native_name	VII. Armeekorps
dates	October 1934 – August 1944
country	Nazi Germany
branch	Army
size	Corps
battles	World War II
notable_commanders	Walther von Reichenau
Ernst-Eberhard Hell

Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Białystok–Minsk
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
Battle of Moscow
Battle of Voronezh (1942)
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Kiev (1943)
Lower Dnieper Offensive
Cherkassy Pocket
Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944) Ernst-Eberhard Hell

VII Army Corps (VII. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II. It was destroyed in August 1944 during the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944).

Commanders

Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Wilhelm Adam, October 1934 – 1 October 1935
Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Walther von Reichenau, 1 October 1935 – 4 February 1938
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Eugen Ritter von Schobert, 4 February 1938 – 31 January 1940
Lieutenant-General (Generalleutnant) Gotthard Heinrici, 1 February 1940 – April 1940
Colonel General (Generaloberst) Eugen Ritter von Schobert, 9 April 1940 – 25 October 1940
Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Wilhelm Fahrmbacher, 25 October 1940 – 8 January 1942
Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Ernst-Eberhard Hell, 8 January 1942 – 5 October 1943
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Anton Dostler, 5 October 1943 – 30 November 1943
Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Ernst-Eberhard Hell, 30 November 1943 – August 1944

Area of operations

Poland - September 1939 - May 1940
France - May 1940 - June 1941
Eastern Front, central sector - June 1941 - August 1944

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