The LXXVI Panzer Corps (LXXVI Panzerkorps, 76th Armoured Corps) was a panzer corps of Nazi Germany during World War II. The headquarters were formed in France under Army Group D on 29 June 1943 as LXXVI Army Corps but renamed a month later. In August it shipped to Italy to become part of 10th Army. It spent the rest of the war in Italy fighting in the Italian Campaign mainly under 10th Army but with short periods from February 1944 (Battle of Anzio) and January 1945 (Spring 1945 offensive in Italy) under 14th Army. The Corps was commanded for most of its active fighting by General Traugott Herr.
Order of battle In 1943 the corps included: 1st Parachute Division 26th Panzer Division 65th Infantry Division 90th Panzergrenadier Division
On 25 August 1944 the composition of the corps was:, (Appendix B). 1st Parachute Division 278th Infantry Division 71st Infantry Division 5th Mountain Division 162nd Turkestan Division
Commanding officers Lieutenant-General (Generalleutnant) Traugott Herr, 23 July - 31 August 1943 (acting) General of Armoured troops (General der Panzertruppe) Traugott Herr, 1 September 1943 – 28 February 1944 Lieutenant-General Dietrich von Choltitz, 28 February 1944 – 15 April 1944 (acting) General of Armoured troops Traugott Herr, 15 April 1944 – 23 November 1944 Lieutenant-General Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck, 24 November - 16 December 1944 (acting) General of Armoured troops Traugott Herr, 17–26 December 1944 Lieutenant-General Gerhard Graf von Schwerin, 27 December 1944 - 31 March 1945 (acting) General of Armoured troops Gerhard Graf von Schwerin, 31 March – 25 April 1945 Lieutenant-General Karl von Graffen, 25 April 1945 – 8 May 1945 (acting)
Area of operations
DateAreaSubordinate toOperationsJuly 1943FranceArmy Group DAugust 1943ItalyOB SudSeptember 1943Italy10th ArmySalerno, Cassino3 February 1944Italy14th ArmyAnzio6 June 1944Italy10th ArmyCentral Italy, Florence and BolognaJanuary 1945Italy14th Armynorth-eastern Italy
Source: Lexicon der Wehrmacht and Axis History Factbook
References Citations
Sources Lexicon der Wehrmacht Axis History Factbook