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Originally formed as the XIV Motorised Corps in [Magdeburg]in 1938 to take command of units in the process of motorization, where it was placed under the leadership of Gustav Anton von Wietersheim [Gustav von Wietersheim][1] The Panzer Legions participated in the[Invasion of Poland|Polish Campaign]in 1939 where it fought in the[Battle of Kock]. The Corps later saw action in the[Battle of France]in 1940, as part of armoured group Kleist, where the[2nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|2nd Motorised Division],[13th motorised Division]and the [29th Panzergrenadier Division (Germany)|29th Motorised Division]] served under it.[2] It was renamed as the XIV Panzer Corps and was placed in the reserve in Romania during the [Invasion of Yugoslavia]in April 1941.

In June 1941, it participated in [invasion of Russia|Operation Barbarossa], where as part of the[First Panzer Army|First Panzer Group], it served with [Army Group South] on the southern sector of the eastern front, advancing via Lvov, Tarnopol, and Zhitomir to Kremenchug and Mirgorod, and south to Marfinskaya in the Mius sector. It took part in[Fall Blau]where it commanded the[Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle|60th Motorized Infantry Division],[16th Panzer Division]and the[3rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|3rd Motorized Infantry Division], elements of the corps were the first German units to reach Stalingrad, it was surrounded in the [[Stalingrad (battle)|Stalingrad Pocket]in November 1942 and was subsequently destroyed in January 1943.

Re-formed and reorganized at Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhe in 1943, it was transferred to the West and directed all German forces in the [Battle of Sicily]under[Hans Hube]where it commanded the[1st Parachute Division (Germany)|1st Fallschirmjager Division],[15th Panzer Grenadier Division],[Herman Goering division|Herman Goering Panzer division]and elements of the[29th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|29th Panzer Grenadier Division].[3]. It was briefly commanded by[Hermann Balck] in September and October 1943, before he was seriously injured in a plane crash.[4]

The Corps also participated in the[Battle of Monte Cassino]under the command of[Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin|General von Senger und Etterlin]and included among its formations,[5] the 1st Fallshirmjager Division, the 15th Panzer Grenadier Division and the 29th Panzer Grenadier Division, which had previously fought under it in Sicily. It remained on the[Italian front]until its surrender at the end of the war.[6]

References

  1. ^ The Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of World War ... By Samuel W. Mitcham
  2. ^ Strange Victory, Hitler's Conquest of France by Ernest R. May
  3. ^ Bitter Victory, the Battle for Sicily 1943 by Carlo D'Este
  4. ^ Rommel's Desert Commanders: The Men Who Served the Desert Fox by Samuel W. Mitcham
  5. ^ Bitter Victory, the Battle for Sicily 1943 by Carlo D'Este
  6. ^ The Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of World War ... By Samuel W. Mitcham

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