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XXV Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
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The '''XXV Army Corps''' () was an [[Corps|army corps]] of [[Nazi Germany|Germany's]] [[Wehrmacht]] during [[World War II]].
== History ==
The XXV Army Corps was established as a reserve command staff in the [[Upper Rhine]] border region in 1938. This staff was mobilized as ''Generalkommando Oberrhein'' on 26 August 1939 and renamed XXV Army Corps on 17 September 1939. It was initially part of the [[7th Army (Wehrmacht)|7th Army]] ([[Friedrich Dollmann|Dollmann]]) under [[Army Group C]] ([[Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb|von Leeb]]), tasked with guarding the Franco-German border. The division remained in the Upper Rhine area until the [[Battle of France]] in June 1940.<ref name=":1"></ref>
After the Battle of France, the XXV Army Corps became part of the [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|German occupation force in France]]. It served briefly under the [[12th Army (Wehrmacht)|12th Army]] ([[Wilhelm List]]) between May and June 1940. Subsequently, the XXV Army Corps served a three-month tenure under the guidance of the [[1st Army (Wehrmacht)|1st Army]] between September and November 1940. Under both the 12th and 1st Armies, the XXV Army Corps was on occupation duty in Eastern France. On the rearend of that service, the corps switched from Army Group C to [[Army Group D]] ([[Erwin von Witzleben]], the [[OB West]]). Under Army Group D, the XXV Army Corps was reassigned to the [[6th Army (Wehrmacht)|6th Army]] ([[Walther von Reichenau|von Reichenau]]), where it remained between December 1940 and April 1941. Under the 6th Army, the XXV Army Corps was redeployed from eastern France to the country's northwest.<ref name=":1" />
In May 1941, the XXV Army Corps returned to the control of its initial superior formation, the 7th Army (Dollmann). It would remain under the 7th Army until July 1944. The corps was moved to the [[Brittany]] region.<ref name=":1" />
== Noteworthy individuals ==
* [[Alfred Wäger]], corps commander from August 1939 to November 1939.
* [[Karl Ritter von Prager]], corps commander from November 1939 to May 1942.
* [[Wilhelm Fahrmbacher]], corps commander from May 1942 to June 1944 and again from June 1944 until surrender.
* [[Dietrich von Choltitz]], corps commander in June 1944. Later instrumental in the [[Liberation of Paris]].
== Organizational chart ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Organizational chart of the XXV Army Corps<ref name=":1" />
!<u>Year</u>
!<u>Date</u>
!<u>Subordinate Divisions</u><ref name=":12"></ref><ref name=":122"></ref><ref name=":123"></ref><ref name=":124"></ref>
!<u>Army</u>
!<u>Army Group</u>
!<u>Operational Area</u>
|-
| rowspan="3" |1939
|26 August
|''None''
| rowspan="6" |[[7th Army (Wehrmacht)|7th Army]]
| rowspan="10" |[[Army Group C]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Upper Rhine]]
|-
|16 October
|[[260th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|260th Infantry]], [[14th Landwehr Division (Wehrmacht)|14th Landwehr]], [[78th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|78th Infantry]], [[215th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|215th Infantry]]
|-
|4 December
|260th Infantry, 14th Landwehr, [[95th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|95th Infantry]], [[96th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|96th Infantry]]
|-
| rowspan="9" |1940
|17 January
|260th Infantry, [[205th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|205th Infantry]], [[212th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|212th Infantry]], [[246th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|246th Infantry]]
|-
|10 May
| rowspan="2" |[[555th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|555th Infantry]], [[557th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|557th Infantry]]
|-
|9 June
|-
|21 July
|260th Infantry, [[23rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|23rd Infantry]]
| rowspan="2" |[[12th Army (Wehrmacht)|12th Army]]
| rowspan="5" |Eastern [[France]]
|-
|1 August
|215th Infantry, [[73rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|73rd Infantry]]
|-
|13 September
| rowspan="3" |[[Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland|Großdeutschland]], 73rd Infantry, [[1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler|1st SS Panzer]], [[169th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|169th Infantry]], [[167th Infantry Division (German)|167th Infantry]]
| rowspan="3" |[[1st Army (Wehrmacht)|1st Army]]
|-
|7 October
|-
|November
| rowspan="42" |[[Army Group D]]
|-
|12 December
| rowspan="2" |[[290th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|290th Infantry]], [[211th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|211th Infantry]], [[61st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|61st Infantry]]
| rowspan="5" |[[6th Army (Wehrmacht)|6th Army]]
| rowspan="5" |Northwestern France
|-
| rowspan="12" |1941
|15 January
|-
|10 February
|290th Infantry, 211th Infantry
|-
|12 March
| rowspan="2" |205th Infantry, 211th Infantry
|-
|5 April
|-
|1 May
|212th Infantry, 205th Infantry, 211th Infantry, [[83rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|83rd Infantry]]
| rowspan="39" |7th Army
| rowspan="39" |[[Brittany]]
|-
|5 June
|[[709th Static Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|709th Infantry]], [[332nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|332nd Infantry]], 205th Infantry, 211th Infantry
|-
|1 July
| rowspan="3" |[[712th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|712th Infantry]], 205th Infantry, 211th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|7 August
|-
|3 September
|-
|2 October
| rowspan="2" |205th Infantry, 211th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|4 November
|-
|4 December
|[[327th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|327th Infantry]], 205th Infantry, 211th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
| rowspan="12" |1942
|2 January
|205th Infantry, 211th Infantry, [[335th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|335th Infantry]], 709th Infantry
|-
|6 February
| rowspan="2" |332nd Infantry, [[305th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|305th Infantry]], 335th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|10 March
|-
|5 April
|[[336th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|336th Infantry]], [[333rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|333rd Infantry]], 305th Infantry, 335th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|11 May
|336th Infantry, 333rd Infantry, 335th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|8 June
|[[1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring|1st Parachute Panzer]], 333rd Infantry, [[Panzerbrigade 100]], [[17th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|17th Infantry]], 335th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|4 July
|333rd Infantry, 17th Infantry, 335th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|5 August
|337th Infantry, 333rd Infantry, 17th Infantry, 335th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|2 September
|[[6th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)|6th Panzer]], 1st Parachute Panzer, 709th Infantry, 337th Infantry, 335th Infantry, 333rd Infantry, [[182nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|182nd Infantry]], 17th Infantry
|-
|8 October
|6th Panzer, 1st Parachute Panzer, 337th Infantry, 333rd Infantry, 182nd Infantry, 17th Infantry, [[257th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|257th Infantry]], 335th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|5 November
|[[346th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|346th Infantry]], [[161st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|161st Infantry]], [[343rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|343rd Infantry]], 333rd Infantry, 182nd Infantry, 17th Infantry, 257th Infantry, 335th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|1 December
|257th Infantry, 333rd Infantry, 17th Infantry
|-
| rowspan="12" |1943
|1 January
|257th Infantry, 333rd Infantry, 17th Infantry, [[38th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|38th Infantry]]
|-
|3 February
|257th Infantry, [[17th Luftwaffe Field Division (Wehrmacht)|17th LFD]], 17th Infantry, 38th Infantry
|-
|4 March
|17th Infantry, 38th Infantry, 257th Infantry
|-
|9 April
|[[94th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|94th Infantry]]
|-
|1 May
|[[76th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|76th Infantry]], 94th Infantry, [[113th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|113th Infantry]]
|-
|1 June
|76th Infantry
|-
|7 July
|[[384th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|384th Infantry]]
|-
|5 August
|38th Infantry, [[265th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|265th Infantry]], 343rd Infantry
|-
|5 September
|384th Infantry, 265th Infantry, 343rd Infantry
|-
|4 October
| rowspan="4" |[[243rd Static Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|243rd Infantry]], 265th Infantry, 343rd Infantry
|-
|8 November
|-
|3 December
|-
| rowspan="9" |1944
|1 January
|-
|12 February
|[[275th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|275th Infantry]], 265th Infantry, 343rd Infantry
|-
|11 March
| rowspan="3" |275th Infantry, 265th Infantry, 343rd Infantry, [[353rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|353rd Infantry]]
|-
|15 April
|-
|15 May
| rowspan="3" |[[Army Group B]]
|-
|12 June
|[[2nd Parachute Division (Germany)|2nd Parachute]], 275th Infantry, 265th Infantry, 343rd Infantry
|-
|17 July
|265th Infantry, 343rd Infantry
|-
|August – October
| rowspan="3" |265th Infantry
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |''Directly under [[Oberkommando der Wehrmacht|OKW]]''
| rowspan="3" |Lorient [[Atlantic pockets|pocket]]
|-
|November – December
|-
|1945
|January – April
|}
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Corps of Germany in World War II]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1938]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945]]
== History ==
The XXV Army Corps was established as a reserve command staff in the [[Upper Rhine]] border region in 1938. This staff was mobilized as ''Generalkommando Oberrhein'' on 26 August 1939 and renamed XXV Army Corps on 17 September 1939. It was initially part of the [[7th Army (Wehrmacht)|7th Army]] ([[Friedrich Dollmann|Dollmann]]) under [[Army Group C]] ([[Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb|von Leeb]]), tasked with guarding the Franco-German border. The division remained in the Upper Rhine area until the [[Battle of France]] in June 1940.<ref name=":1"></ref>
After the Battle of France, the XXV Army Corps became part of the [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|German occupation force in France]]. It served briefly under the [[12th Army (Wehrmacht)|12th Army]] ([[Wilhelm List]]) between May and June 1940. Subsequently, the XXV Army Corps served a three-month tenure under the guidance of the [[1st Army (Wehrmacht)|1st Army]] between September and November 1940. Under both the 12th and 1st Armies, the XXV Army Corps was on occupation duty in Eastern France. On the rearend of that service, the corps switched from Army Group C to [[Army Group D]] ([[Erwin von Witzleben]], the [[OB West]]). Under Army Group D, the XXV Army Corps was reassigned to the [[6th Army (Wehrmacht)|6th Army]] ([[Walther von Reichenau|von Reichenau]]), where it remained between December 1940 and April 1941. Under the 6th Army, the XXV Army Corps was redeployed from eastern France to the country's northwest.<ref name=":1" />
In May 1941, the XXV Army Corps returned to the control of its initial superior formation, the 7th Army (Dollmann). It would remain under the 7th Army until July 1944. The corps was moved to the [[Brittany]] region.<ref name=":1" />
== Noteworthy individuals ==
* [[Alfred Wäger]], corps commander from August 1939 to November 1939.
* [[Karl Ritter von Prager]], corps commander from November 1939 to May 1942.
* [[Wilhelm Fahrmbacher]], corps commander from May 1942 to June 1944 and again from June 1944 until surrender.
* [[Dietrich von Choltitz]], corps commander in June 1944. Later instrumental in the [[Liberation of Paris]].
== Organizational chart ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Organizational chart of the XXV Army Corps<ref name=":1" />
!<u>Year</u>
!<u>Date</u>
!<u>Subordinate Divisions</u><ref name=":12"></ref><ref name=":122"></ref><ref name=":123"></ref><ref name=":124"></ref>
!<u>Army</u>
!<u>Army Group</u>
!<u>Operational Area</u>
|-
| rowspan="3" |1939
|26 August
|''None''
| rowspan="6" |[[7th Army (Wehrmacht)|7th Army]]
| rowspan="10" |[[Army Group C]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Upper Rhine]]
|-
|16 October
|[[260th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|260th Infantry]], [[14th Landwehr Division (Wehrmacht)|14th Landwehr]], [[78th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|78th Infantry]], [[215th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|215th Infantry]]
|-
|4 December
|260th Infantry, 14th Landwehr, [[95th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|95th Infantry]], [[96th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|96th Infantry]]
|-
| rowspan="9" |1940
|17 January
|260th Infantry, [[205th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|205th Infantry]], [[212th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|212th Infantry]], [[246th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|246th Infantry]]
|-
|10 May
| rowspan="2" |[[555th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|555th Infantry]], [[557th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|557th Infantry]]
|-
|9 June
|-
|21 July
|260th Infantry, [[23rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|23rd Infantry]]
| rowspan="2" |[[12th Army (Wehrmacht)|12th Army]]
| rowspan="5" |Eastern [[France]]
|-
|1 August
|215th Infantry, [[73rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|73rd Infantry]]
|-
|13 September
| rowspan="3" |[[Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland|Großdeutschland]], 73rd Infantry, [[1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler|1st SS Panzer]], [[169th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|169th Infantry]], [[167th Infantry Division (German)|167th Infantry]]
| rowspan="3" |[[1st Army (Wehrmacht)|1st Army]]
|-
|7 October
|-
|November
| rowspan="42" |[[Army Group D]]
|-
|12 December
| rowspan="2" |[[290th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|290th Infantry]], [[211th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|211th Infantry]], [[61st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|61st Infantry]]
| rowspan="5" |[[6th Army (Wehrmacht)|6th Army]]
| rowspan="5" |Northwestern France
|-
| rowspan="12" |1941
|15 January
|-
|10 February
|290th Infantry, 211th Infantry
|-
|12 March
| rowspan="2" |205th Infantry, 211th Infantry
|-
|5 April
|-
|1 May
|212th Infantry, 205th Infantry, 211th Infantry, [[83rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|83rd Infantry]]
| rowspan="39" |7th Army
| rowspan="39" |[[Brittany]]
|-
|5 June
|[[709th Static Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|709th Infantry]], [[332nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|332nd Infantry]], 205th Infantry, 211th Infantry
|-
|1 July
| rowspan="3" |[[712th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|712th Infantry]], 205th Infantry, 211th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|7 August
|-
|3 September
|-
|2 October
| rowspan="2" |205th Infantry, 211th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|4 November
|-
|4 December
|[[327th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|327th Infantry]], 205th Infantry, 211th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
| rowspan="12" |1942
|2 January
|205th Infantry, 211th Infantry, [[335th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|335th Infantry]], 709th Infantry
|-
|6 February
| rowspan="2" |332nd Infantry, [[305th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|305th Infantry]], 335th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|10 March
|-
|5 April
|[[336th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|336th Infantry]], [[333rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|333rd Infantry]], 305th Infantry, 335th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|11 May
|336th Infantry, 333rd Infantry, 335th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|8 June
|[[1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring|1st Parachute Panzer]], 333rd Infantry, [[Panzerbrigade 100]], [[17th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|17th Infantry]], 335th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|4 July
|333rd Infantry, 17th Infantry, 335th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|5 August
|337th Infantry, 333rd Infantry, 17th Infantry, 335th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|2 September
|[[6th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)|6th Panzer]], 1st Parachute Panzer, 709th Infantry, 337th Infantry, 335th Infantry, 333rd Infantry, [[182nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|182nd Infantry]], 17th Infantry
|-
|8 October
|6th Panzer, 1st Parachute Panzer, 337th Infantry, 333rd Infantry, 182nd Infantry, 17th Infantry, [[257th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|257th Infantry]], 335th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|5 November
|[[346th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|346th Infantry]], [[161st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|161st Infantry]], [[343rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|343rd Infantry]], 333rd Infantry, 182nd Infantry, 17th Infantry, 257th Infantry, 335th Infantry, 709th Infantry
|-
|1 December
|257th Infantry, 333rd Infantry, 17th Infantry
|-
| rowspan="12" |1943
|1 January
|257th Infantry, 333rd Infantry, 17th Infantry, [[38th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|38th Infantry]]
|-
|3 February
|257th Infantry, [[17th Luftwaffe Field Division (Wehrmacht)|17th LFD]], 17th Infantry, 38th Infantry
|-
|4 March
|17th Infantry, 38th Infantry, 257th Infantry
|-
|9 April
|[[94th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|94th Infantry]]
|-
|1 May
|[[76th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|76th Infantry]], 94th Infantry, [[113th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|113th Infantry]]
|-
|1 June
|76th Infantry
|-
|7 July
|[[384th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|384th Infantry]]
|-
|5 August
|38th Infantry, [[265th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|265th Infantry]], 343rd Infantry
|-
|5 September
|384th Infantry, 265th Infantry, 343rd Infantry
|-
|4 October
| rowspan="4" |[[243rd Static Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|243rd Infantry]], 265th Infantry, 343rd Infantry
|-
|8 November
|-
|3 December
|-
| rowspan="9" |1944
|1 January
|-
|12 February
|[[275th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|275th Infantry]], 265th Infantry, 343rd Infantry
|-
|11 March
| rowspan="3" |275th Infantry, 265th Infantry, 343rd Infantry, [[353rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|353rd Infantry]]
|-
|15 April
|-
|15 May
| rowspan="3" |[[Army Group B]]
|-
|12 June
|[[2nd Parachute Division (Germany)|2nd Parachute]], 275th Infantry, 265th Infantry, 343rd Infantry
|-
|17 July
|265th Infantry, 343rd Infantry
|-
|August – October
| rowspan="3" |265th Infantry
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |''Directly under [[Oberkommando der Wehrmacht|OKW]]''
| rowspan="3" |Lorient [[Atlantic pockets|pocket]]
|-
|November – December
|-
|1945
|January – April
|}
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Corps of Germany in World War II]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1938]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945]]
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