XIV Army Corps

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The XIV Army Corps was a German Wehrmacht corps-level formation in World War II that later evolved into the armored XIV Panzer Corps.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht army corps
allegiance Adolf Hitler
associatedWith Wehrmacht war crimes (context of Eastern Front operations)
commandStructure corps headquarters with attached divisions
conflict World War II
convertedTo XIV Panzer Corps
country Nazi Germany
disbandedAfter defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945
engagedIn defensive operations
offensive operations
equipment German Army standard weapons and vehicles of World War II
era 20th century
followedBy XIV Panzer Corps
garrison Germany
historicalPeriod Nazi era in Germany
ideology military arm of National Socialist regime
languageOfCommand German
militaryBranch Heer
militaryDoctrine Blitzkrieg (in early war campaigns)
notableCommander Ernst-Eberhard Hell
Gustav von Wietersheim
Hans-Valentin Hube
notableFor conversion into an armored corps (XIV Panzer Corps)
notableUnitType infantry divisions
motorized infantry divisions
panzer divisions
participatedIn Battle of France
Battle of Stalingrad
Case Blue
Invasion of Poland
Italian Campaign
linked to: Italian campaign

Operation Barbarossa
partOf German Army (Wehrmacht)
linked to: Wehrmacht
precededBy XIV Army Corps (non-motorized formation)
linked to: XIV Army Corps
role operational command of multiple divisions
size corps
status disbanded
subordinateTo various German field armies
successor XIV Panzer Corps
theater Eastern Front
Italian Front
Western Front
type corps-level formation
field corps

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German XIV Panzer Corps hasPredecessor XIV Army Corps
XIV Army Corps precededBy XIV Army Corps (non-motorized formation)
linked to: XIV Army Corps