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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:

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



Source: Lexicon der Wehrmacht and Axis History Factbook




References






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Lexicon der Wehrmacht
Axis History Factbook

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• Battle of Anzio
• Gothic Line order of battle
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