Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle

Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle
Divisional insignia of Panzergrenadier-Division Feldherrnhalle
Active	1944–45
Country	Germany
Allegiance	Adolf Hitler
Branch	SA
Type	Panzer Panzergrenadier Infantry
Role	Armoured warfare
Size	Corps
Garrison/HQ	HQ Berlin
Engagements	World War II Battle of Debrecen Siege of Budapest Operation Spring Awakening
Commanders
June 1943 – April 3, 1944	Generalleutnant Otto Kohlermann
April 3, 1944 – July 8, 1944	Generalmajor Friedrich-Carl von Steinkeller
July 8, 1944 – November 1944 November 27, 1944 – May 8, 1945	Generalmajor Günther Pape General der Panzertruppe Ulrich Kleemann

The Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle was a German panzer corps that fought on the Eastern Front during the Second World War.

History

The Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle was formed in 27 November 1944 by redesignating IV. Armeekorps. Its corps units came from Storm Division Rhodos and Panzer-Grenadier-Brigade 17.^[1] The corps was first deployed in Hungary in February 1945.^[2]

The Panzerkorps surrendered to the US Army at the end of the war, who handed them over to the Red Army.^[1]

Commanders

Panzergrenadier Division Feldherrnhalle

• Generalleutnant Otto Kohlermann (June 1943 – 13 February 1944)
• Oberst Albert Henze (13 February 1944 – April 3, 1944)
• Generalmajor Friedrich-Carl von Steinkeller (April 3, 1944 – July 8, 1944)
• Generalmajor Günther Pape (July 8, 1944 – November 1944)

Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle

• General der Panzertruppe Ulrich Kleemann (November 27, 1944 – May 8, 1945)

Orders of Battle

Battle of Debrecen, Hungary, October 1944 60. Panzergrenadier-Division Feldherrnhalle

• Division Stab
• Füsilier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle
• Grenadier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle
• Panzer-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle
• Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle
• Artillerie Regiment Feldherrnhalle
• FlaK-Bataillon Feldherrnhalle
• Pionier-Bataillon Feldherrnhalle
• Nachrichten-Kompanie Feldherrnhalle

Budapest, Hungary, February 1945 Panzer-Division Feldherrnhalle 1

• Division Stab
• Panzer-Regiment Feldherrnhalle
  • Panzer-Battalion
  • Panzergrenadier-Battalion (half-track)
  • schwere Panzer-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle
• Panzergrenadier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle
• Panzerjäger-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle
• Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle
• Pionier-Bataillon Feldherrnhalle
• Artillerie-Regiment Feldherrnhalle
• Nachrichten-Kompanie Feldherrnhalle

Operation Spring Awakening, Hungary, March 1945 Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle

• Korps Stab
  • Korps-Füsilier-Regiment Feldherrnhalle
  • Schwere-Panzer-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle
  • 404. Artillerie-Regiment
  • 404. Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon
  • 44. Panzer-Nachrichten-Bataillon
  • Panzer-Feldersatz-Regiment Feldherrnhalle
• Panzer-Division Feldherrnhalle 1
• Panzer-Division Feldherrnhalle 2

Footnotes

1. Mitcham 2006, p. 262.
2. Nafziger, George. "Organizational History of the German Armored Formations 1939-1945" (PDF). Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. US Army Combined Arms Center. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

References

Books

• Mitcham, Samuel W. (2006). The Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of World War II and Their Commanders. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-811733-53-X.
• Sanchez, Alfonso Escuadra - Feldherrnhalle: Forgotten Elite

Websites

• Nafziger, George. "Organizational History of the German Armored Formations 1939-1945" (PDF). Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. US Army Combined Arms Center. Retrieved 21 July 2016.