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XI Army Corps
XI Army Corps
XI. Armeekorps
Active	October 1936 – May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Size	Corps
Engagements	World War II Invasion of Poland; Siege of Warsaw (1939); Battle of France; Operation Barbarossa; Case Blue; Battle of Stalingrad; Battle of Kursk; Belgorod-Kharkov Offensive Operation; Lower Dnieper Offensive; Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive; Cherkassy Pocket; Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive; Battle of Dukla Pass; Upper Silesian Offensive; Prague Offensive;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Karl Strecker; Erhard Raus

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German XI. Corps (XI. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II.^[1]

Commanders

Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Emil Leeb, 1 September 1939 – 1 March 1940
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Joachim von Kortzfleisch, 1 March 1940 – 6 October 1941
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Eugen Ott, 6 October 1941 – 10 December 1941
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Joachim von Kortzfleisch, 10 December 1941 – 1 June 1942
Colonel-General (Generaloberst) Karl Strecker, 1 June 1942 – 2 February 1943

After reformation

Colonel-General (Generaloberst) Erhard Raus, 10 February 1943 – 1 November 1943
Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Wilhelm Stemmermann, 5 December 1943 – 18 February 1944
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Rudolf von Bünau, 20 March 1944 – 16 March 1945
Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Horst von Mellenthin, 16 March 1945 – 20 March 1945
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Rudolf von Bünau, 20 March 1945 – 6 April 1945
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Friedrich Wiese, 6 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 - February 1943
Eastern Front, southern sector - March 1943 - January 1944
Cherkassy - January 1944 - February 1944
Poland, Silesia & Czechoslovakia - April 1944 - May 1945

Citations

^ Tessin, p. 191

Bibliography

Tessin, Georg. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen–SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 [Units and Troops of the German Military and Waffen-SS in the Second World War 1939–1945] (in German). Vol. 2: Die Landstreitkräfte 6–14 (Ground Units 6–14). Osnabrück: Biblio.

External links

"XI. Armeekorps". Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

[1] Tessin, p. 191

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-'''German XI. Corps''' (XI. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during [[World War II]].
+'''German XI. Corps''' (XI. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during [[World War II]].<ref>Tessin, p. 191</ref>
 ==Commanders==
-* Artillery General (''General der Artillerie'') Emil Leeb, 1 September 1939&nbsp;– 1 March 1940
+* Artillery General (''General der Artillerie'') [[Emil Leeb]], 1 September 1939&nbsp;– 1 March 1940
 * Infantry General (''General der Infanterie'') [[Joachim von Kortzfleisch]], 1 March 1940&nbsp;– 6 October 1941
 * Infantry General (''General der Infanterie'') [[Eugen Ott (general)|Eugen Ott]], 6 October 1941&nbsp;– 10 December 1941
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 * Infantry General (''General der Infanterie'') [[Friedrich Wiese]], 6 April 1945&nbsp;– 8 May 1945
 ==Area of operations==
 *[[Invasion of Poland|Poland]] - September 1939 - May 1940
 *[[Battle of France|France]] - May 1940 - June 1941
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 ==See also==
-* [[List of German corps in WWII]]
+* [[List of German corps in World War II]]
-==External link==
+==Citations==
+{{Reflist}}
-{{Cite web|work=Lexikon der Wehrmacht|title=XI. Armeekorps|url=http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/XIKorps.htm|format=HTML|accessdate=21 January 2011}}
+==Bibliography==
+*{{cite book |last=Tessin |first=Georg |title= Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen–SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 |trans-title=Units and Troops of the German Military and Waffen-SS in the Second World War 1939–1945 |volume=2: Die Landstreitkräfte 6–14 (Ground Units 6–14)|publisher=Biblio |location=Osnabrück |year= |oclc=|language=German}}
+==External links==
+{{Cite web|work=Lexikon der Wehrmacht|title=XI. Armeekorps|url=http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/XIKorps.htm|access-date=21 January 2011}}
 {{German Army Corps of the Wehrmacht}}
-[[Category:Corps of Germany in World War II]]
+[[Category:Corps of Germany in World War II|Army,11]]
 [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1936]]
+[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945]]
-[[pl:XI Korpus Armijny (III Rzesza)]]
-[[pt:XI Corpo de Exército (Alemanha)]]
-[[ru:11-й армейский корпус (Германия)]]
-[[sv:XI. Armeekorps]]
-[[tr:11. Kolordu (Almanya)]]
-[[uk:11-й армійський корпус (Третій Рейх)]]