IV Army Corps (Wehrmacht)


IV Corps was a corps level command of the German Army before and during World War II.

History

The IV Army Corps was formed on 1 October 1934 in Wehrkreis IV in Dresden by the expansion of the 4th Infantry Division of the Reichswehr.
It was destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad on 31 January 1943 and reformed on 20 July 1943.
The Corps was again destroyed in August 1944 during the Soviet Jassy–Kishinev Offensive, and its commander killed.
The Corps was redesignated as IV Panzer Corps on 10 October 1944 and as Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle on 27 November 1944.

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