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XVIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

1938–1945 German Army unit

Field	Value
unit_name	XVIII Army Corps
XVIII Mountain Corps
native_name	XVIII. Armeekorps
XVIII. Gebirgskorps
dates	1 April 1938 – April 1945
country	Nazi Germany
branch	Army
role	Infantry/Mountain Infantry
size	Corps

XVIII Mountain Corps XVIII. Gebirgskorps

'*XVIII. *Armeekorps''''' was formed in Salzburg, Austria, on 1 April 1938, following the Anschluss of Austria into the German Reich. During the life of the XVIII. Armeekorps, they took part in the Polish campaign, Fall Weiss, and the campaign in the West 1940 (Fall Gelb and Fall Rot), and performed occupation duties in France. On 30 October 1940, the Corps gave up some elements to newly forming XXXXIX. Gebirgskorps, and on 1 November, they re-designated the Korps name to XVIII. Gebirgskorps, under which it participated to Operation Marita, the invasion of Greece in spring 1941.

Commanders

XVIII Armeekorps

General der Infanterie Eugen Beyer (1 April 1938 – June 1940)
Generalleutnant Hermann Ritter von Speck (June 1940 – 15 June 1940)
General der Gebirgstruppe Franz Böhme (15 June 1940 – 1 November 1940)

XVIII Gebirgskorps

General der Gebirgstruppe Franz Böhme (1 November 1940 – October 1942)
General der Gebirgstruppe Karl Eglseer (10 December 1943 – 23 June 1944)
General der Infanterie Friedrich Hochbaum (23 June 1944 – May 1945)

Order of battle

3 September 1941 - 5. Gebirgs-Division, 713. Infanterie-Division, 164. Infanterie-Division
12 August 1942 - SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord", Elements of 7. Gebirgs-Division, Elements of 163. Infanterie-Division
20 May 1944 - SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord", Division Kräutler, 7. Gebirgs-Division
16 September 1944 - 7. Gebirgs-Division, SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord", Division z.b.V. 140
1 March 1945 - 32. Infanterie-Division, 215. Infanterie-Division

Area of Operation

Date	Army Group	Area
July 1940	12. Armee	France
May 1942	AOK Lappland	Lapland, Finland
April 1945	AOK Ostpreußen	West Prussia, Germany

References

Lexikon der Wehrmacht

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