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XXVIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

Nazi-era German army corps

Summary

Nazi-era German army corps

Field	Value
unit_name	XXVIII. Armeekorps
dates	20 May 1940 – 25 April 1945
country	Nazi Germany
branch	Army
size	Corps
battles	06/41 - 06/41 Lithuanian frontier
06/41 - 07/41 Düna River
07/41 - 09/41 Old Russian frontier
07/41 - 09/41 Advance to Leningrad
09/41 - 06/42 Leningrad defensive
12/41 - 06/42 Lakes Ilmen and Lagoda
07/42 - 01/44 Defense of AG North
01/44 - 04/44 northern Russia
04/44 - 07/44 Defense of AG North
08/44 South Estonia
08/44 - 09/44 Väike Emajõgi - Gauja line
09/44 - 01/45 Memel
02/45 - 04/45 Samland and Pillau

06/41 - 07/41 Düna River 07/41 - 09/41 Old Russian frontier 07/41 - 09/41 Advance to Leningrad 09/41 - 06/42 Leningrad defensive 12/41 - 06/42 Lakes Ilmen and Lagoda 07/42 - 01/44 Defense of AG North 01/44 - 04/44 northern Russia 04/44 - 07/44 Defense of AG North 08/44 South Estonia 08/44 - 09/44 Väike Emajõgi - Gauja line 09/44 - 01/45 Memel 02/45 - 04/45 Samland and Pillau The XXVIII Army Corps (German designation 'XXVIII. Armeekorps'''*) was a corps which served in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II. The corps was created on May 20, 1940 in Wehrkreis III. During the war, the corps was subordinated to the German 6th, 16th, 18th, and 3rd Panzer Armies. In 1945, the corps was briefly named *Armeeabteilung Samland'' (Corps Task Force Samland). The corps fought in Samland until annihilated in late April 1945.

Order of battle

Following is the organization of the corps when it was part of the Eighteenth Army of Army Group North early in 1944:

January 1944

Commander: General of the Artillery (Germany) Herbert Loch
12th Luftwaffe Field Division under Major-General Gottfried Weber
- 23rd Field Infantry Regiment
- 24th Field Infantry Regiment
- 12th Field Artillery Regiment
13th Luftwaffe Field Division under Lieutenant-General Helmuth Reymann
- 25th Field Infantry Regiment
- 26th Field Infantry Regiment
- 13th Field Artillery Regiment
German 21st Infantry Division under Lieutenant-General Gerhard Matzky
- 3rd Infantry Regiment
- 24th Infantry Regiment
- 45th Infantry Regiment
- 21st Artillery Regiment
96th Infantry Division (Germany) under Lieutenant-General Richard Wirtz
- 283rd Infantry Regiment
- 284th Infantry Regiment
- 287th Infantry Regiment
- 196th Artillery Regiment
121.Infanterie-Division under Major-General Helmuth Priess
- 405th Infantry Regiment
- 407th Infantry Regiment
- 408th Infantry Regiment
- 121st Artillery Regiment

Commanding officers

General der Infanterie Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, 1 June 1940
General der Artillerie Peter Weyer, 20 June 1940
General der Infanterie Mauritz von Wiktorin, 25 November 1940
General der Artillerie Herbert Loch, 27 October 1941
General der Infanterie Gerhard Matzky, 28 March 1944
General der Infanterie Hans Gollnick, 20 May 1944

Citations

Bibliography

Sources

Lexikon der Wehrmacht

References

Tessin, p. 261

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