LXIX Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

m The LXIX Army Corps (German: LXIX. Armeekorps), initially known as the LXIX Reserve Corps (German: LXIX. Reservekorps), was an army corps of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. The corps was initially formed in July 1943.

History

The LXIX Reserve Corps was formed on 8 July 1943 for deployment in occupied Yugoslavia. It was deployed under the supervision of the German commander in Croatia (16 November 1942 to 24 August 1943: Rudolf Lüters), stationed in Banja Luka.^[1] The initial commander of the LXIX Reserve Corps was the Ernst Dehner.^[2]

The LXIX Reserve Corps was part of the 2nd Panzer Army under Army Group F between September 1943 and December 1944 and carried the name LXIX. Armeekorps after 20 January 1944.^[1][3] Dehner was succeeded as corps commander by Julius Ringel on 1 April 1944, who was in turn replaced by Helge Auleb on 24 June 1944.^[2] The corps then served in the reserves of Army Group F between January and March 1945 and then in the reserves of Army Group E until the end of the war in May 1945.^[1]

Structure

Organizational chart of the LXIX (69th) Reserve Corps and the LXIX (69th) Army Corps of the German Wehrmacht, 1943 – 1945^[1]

Year	Date	Commander[2]	Subordinate units[3]	Army	Army Group	Operational area
1943	5 September	Ernst Dehner	173rd Infantry, 187th Infantry	2nd Panzer Army	Army Group F	Independent State of Croatia
	4 October		1st Cossacks, 173rd Infantry, 187th Infantry
	8 November
	3 December		173rd Infantry, 187th Infantry, 367th Infantry, 23rd SS Nederland
1944	January		Unknown
	February
	March
	15 April	Julius Ringel
	17 May		1st Cossacks
	17 June		1st Cossacks, 373rd Croatian Infantry
	15 July	Helge Auleb	1st Cossacks, 98th Infantry, 373rd Croatian Infantry
	31 August		1st Cossacks
	16 September
	13 October
	5 November
	26 November
1945	January		Unknown	directly under army group
	February
	March
	April				Army Group E
	May

Noteworthy individuals

• Ernst Dehner, corps commander of LXIX Reserve Corps and LXIX Army Corps (15 July 1943 – 1 April 1944).^[2]
• Julius Ringel, corps commander of LXIX Army Corps (1 April 1944 – 24 June 1944).^[2]
• Helge Auleb, corps commander of LXIX Army Corps (24 June 1944 – 8 May 1945).^[2]