1st SS Panzer Corps

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The 1st SS Panzer Corps was a major Waffen-SS armored formation of Nazi Germany that saw extensive combat on the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Waffen-SS corps
armoured corps
allegiance Nazi Germany
associatedWith Nazi military operations
conflict Eastern Front (World War II)
linked to: Eastern Front

Western Front (World War II)
World War II
country Nazi Germany
disbandedAfter defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945
engagedIn Battle of Kursk
Battle of Normandy
Battle of the Bulge
Operation Citadel
combat on the Eastern Front against the Red Army
defensive operations in France 1944
fighting in the Ardennes 1944–1945
historicalEra World War II era
ideology Nazism
languageOfCommand German
militaryBranch Waffen-SS
militaryRole armoured warfare
notableCommander Hermann Priess
Josef Dietrich
linked to: Sepp Dietrich

Sepp Dietrich
notableUnit 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
notedFor involvement in war crimes by subordinate units
participation in major armoured operations
operatedIn Belgium
Europe
France
Germany
Soviet Union
partOf Waffen-SS
role armoured spearhead formation
mobile reserve
status disbanded
subordinateTo Oberkommando der Waffen-SS
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
timePeriod 20th century
typeOfUnit corps-level formation

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Operation Totalize involvedUnit 1st SS Panzer Corps