VIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

Military unit

VIII Army Corps (VIII. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II. It was destroyed during the Battle of Stalingrad and reformed in mid-1943.

Commanders

• Cavalry General (General der Kavallerie) Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, 21 May 1935 – 3 February 1938
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Ernst Busch, 3 February 1938 – 25 October 1939
• Colonel-General (Generaloberst) Walter Heitz, 25 October 1939 – 31 January 1943

After reformation

• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Gustav Höhne, 20 July 1943 – 1 April 1944
• Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) Johannes Block, 1 April 1944 – 15 April 1944
• Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) Hans Schlemmer, 15 April 1944 – 12 May 1944
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Gustav Höhne, 12 May 1944 – 10 September 1944
• Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Walter Hartmann, 10 September 1944 - 19 March 1945
• Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Friedrich Wiese, 19 March 1945 - 20 April 1945
• Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Horst von Mellenthin, 20 April 1945 - 8 May 1945

Area of operations

• Poland - September 1939 - May 1940
• France - May 1940 - June 1941
• Eastern Front, southern sector - June 1941 - October 1942
• Stalingrad - October 1942 - January 1943
• Eastern Front, - July 1943 - September 1944
• Eastern Front, central sector - September 1944 - May 1945

See also

• List of German corps in World War II

External links

"VIII. Armeekorps". Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Retrieved 5 March 2011.