LXXVI Panzer Corps

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.

LXXVI Panzer Corps
Active22 July 1943 – 2 May 1945
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypePanzer corps
RoleArmoured warfare
SizeCorps
Commanders
Notable
commanders		General der Panzertruppe Traugott Herr

Order of battle

In 1943 the corps included:

On 25 August 1944 the composition of the corps was:[1]

Commanding officers

Area of operations
Date Area Subordinate to Operations
July 1943FranceArmy Group D
August 1943ItalyOB Sud
September 1943Italy10th ArmySalerno, Cassino
3 February 1944Italy14th ArmyAnzio
6 June 1944Italy10th ArmyCentral Italy, Florence and Bologna
January 1945Italy14th Armynorth-eastern Italy

Source: Lexicon der Wehrmacht and Axis History Factbook

References
Sources
Citations
  1. Orgill, Douglas (1967). The Gothic Line: The autumn campaign in Italy 1944. London: Heinemann. p. 227. OCLC 956232., (Appendix B).


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