Background

A Panzerkorps was a military formation type in the German Wehrmacht during World War II. The name was introduced in 1942, when the motorised Armeekorps (AK (mot.)) were renamed to Panzerkorps. Panzerkorps were created throughout the war, and existed in all service arms of the Wehrmacht except the Kriegsmarine. Those renamed from ordinary Armeekorps or AK (mot) retained their numbering. Wehrmacht ▶ (help· info) was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the largest and deadliest... The Kriegsmarine (or War Navy) was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi regime, superseding the Reichsmarine. ...

Purpose

Panzerkorps underwent transformation as the war went on. Initially they were the main strike force of the Wehrmacht, and consisted of motorised infantry divisions (ID (mot)) and armoured Panzerdivisions. Later in the war it was possible to find Panzerkorps that consisted solely of infantry divisions. Panzer Division is the German term for armored division. ...

During the initial period of the war the Panzerkorps predecessor AK (mot) were grouped in Panzergruppen, which were named during the campaigns in Poland, the west, and Greece (none participated in Norway and Denmark in 1940), and numbered 1-4 during the first half year of the war against the Soviet Union. A Panzergruppe normally consisted of two or three AK (mot). They were the operational movement element of the Heeresgruppen Nord, Mitte and Süd. The AK (mot) served as the tactical command element in the command structure, with the individual divisions serving as tactical combat elements. Panzerwaffe, German for Armored Force, refers to a command within the German Wehrmacht responsible for the affairs of panzer and motorized forces shortly before and during the Second World War. ... Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd in German) was a German Army Group during World War II. Germany used two army groups to invade Poland in 1939: Army Group North and Army Group South. ...

List of Wehrmacht Panzerkorps

The following list is based on www.lexikonderwehrmacht.de

The following Korps formations were AK(mot) and later Panzerkorps or were set up as Panzerkorps (list is not complete). Wehrmacht Korps formations had roman numerals or names:

Heer:
III. Panzerkorps
IV. Panzerkorps
VII. Panzerkorps
XIV. Panzerkorps
XXIV. Panzerkorps
XXXVIII. Panzerkorps
XXXIX. Panzerkorps
XL. Panzerkorps
XLI. Panzerkorps
XLVI. Panzerkorps
XLVII. Panzerkorps
XLVIII. Panzerkorps
LVI. Panzerkorps
LVII. Panzerkorps
LVIII. Panzerkorps
LXXVI. Panzerkorps
Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle
Panzerkorps Großdeutschland
III Armeekorps III Armeekorps (mot) III Panzerkorps Gruppe Breith III Panzerkorps III Corps was a corps level formation of the German Heer which saw action in World War II. III Armeekorps History The III Corps was formed in October 1934 as III. Armeekorps. ... XXXIX.Armeekorps (mot) XXXIX.Panzerkorps XXXIX.Panzerkorps was a German panzer corps which saw action on the Western and Eastern Fronts during World War II. // History Commanders Generaloberst Rudolf Schmidt (1 Feb 1940 - 10 Nov 1941) Generaloberst Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (11 November 1941 - 30 Nov 1942) General der... The XLVIII Panzer Corps (German ), originally called the XLVIII Motorized Corps, was a corps level formation of the German Heer which saw extensive action on both the east and western fronts during World War II. History The corps was originally formed on 15 December 1940 in Germany as the XLVIII... Honorary cufftitle worn on the right cuff of all Feldherrnhalle personnel. ... Wachregiment Berlin Kommando der Wachtruppe Wachtruppe Berlin Wach-Regiment Berlin Infanterie-Regiment Großdeutschland (mot) Infanterie-Division Großdeutschland (mot) Panzergrenadier-Division Großdeutschland Panzer-Korps Großdeutschland The Großdeutschland Division (lit. ...

Luftwaffe:
Fallschirm-Panzerkorps Hermann Göring
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Waffen-SS:
I. SS-Panzerkorps
II. SS-Panzerkorps
III.(gem) SS-Panzerkorps
IV. SS-Panzerkorps
VII. SS-Panzerkorps
I.SS-Panzerkorps I.SS-Panzerkorps Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler The I.SS-Panzerkorps Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler was a German Waffen-SS panzer corps which saw action on both the Western and Eastern Fronts during World War II. // Formation and Training The corps was raised on 27 July 1943... The II.SS-Panzerkorps was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on both the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II. // Formation - Kharkov The II.SS-Panzerkorps was formed in July 1942 in Bergen in The Netherlands as SS-Panzer-Generalkommando. ... The III.(gemanische) SS-Panzerkorps was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II. The (gemanische) (lit. ... The IV.SS-Panzerkorps was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on the Eastern Front and in the Balkans during World War II. The Panzerkorps was formed in August, 1943 in Poitiers, France. ...

References

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/KorpsPz/PzKprps.htm
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/KorpsSS/Gliederung.htm
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/KorpsSonstige/FallPzKorpsGliederung.htm
de Beaulieu, Charles 'Der Vorstoss der Panzergruppe 4 auf Leningrad'

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