V Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

For the equivalent formation in World War I, see V Corps (German Empire).

V. Armeekorps

Active	October 1934 – 8 May 1945
Country	Germany
Branch	Heer
Type	Corps
Engagements	World War II Battle of Belgium Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok–Minsk Battle of Moscow Battle of the Caucasus Crimean Offensive Battle of Halbe
Commanders
Notable commanders	Richard Ruoff

German V Corps (V. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II.

Commanders

Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Hermann Geyer, 16 May 1935 – 30 April 1939
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Richard Ruoff, 1 May 1939 – 12 January 1942
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Wilhelm Wetzel, 12 January 1942 – 1 July 1943
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Karl Allmendinger, 1 July 1943 – 1 May 1944
Lieutenant-General (Generalleutnant) Hermann Böhme, 1 May 1944 – 4 May 1944
Lieutenant-General (Generalleutnant) Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, 4 May 1944 – 2 June 1944
Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Dr. Franz Beyer, 2 June 1944 – 19 July 1944

After reformation

Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Dr. Ing. Kurt Wäger, 26 January 1945 – 8 May 1945

Western Front - September 1939 - May 1940
France - May 1940 - June 1941
Eastern Front, southern sector - June 1941 - May 1944
Crimea - May 1944 - July 1944 (bulk destroyed in May 1944; command disbanded in July 1944)^[1]
Eastern Front - January 1945 - April 1945; command reestablished and then destroyed in the Halbe Pocket in April 1945

Georg Tessin. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS 1939-1945. Volume 2. Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag, 1973

"V. Armeekorps". Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

German Army (Heer) Corps

Army Corps Armeekorps	I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX. XXX. XXXII. XXXIII. XXXIV. XXXV. XXXVIII. XXXIX. XXXX. XXXXI. XXXXII. XXXXIII. XXXXIV. XXXXVI. XXXXVII. XXXXVIII. L. LI. LII. LIII. LIV. LV. LVII. LIX. LXII. LXIII. LXIV. LXV. LXVI. LXVII. LXVIII. LXIX. LXX. LXXI. LXXII. LXXIII. LXXIV. LXXV. LXXVI. LXXVIII. LXXX. LXXXI. LXXXII. LXXXIII. LXXXIV. LXXXV. LXXXVI. LXXXVII. LXXXVIII. LXXXIX. LXXXX. LXXXXI. LXXXXVII. CI.

Tank Corps Panzerkorps	III. IV. VII. XIV. XXIV. XXXVIII. XXXIX. XXXX. XXXXI. XXXXVI. XXXXVII. XXXXVIII. LVI. LVII. LVIII. LXXVI. Feldherrnhalle Großdeutschland

Mountain Corps Gebirgskorps	XV. XVIII. XIX. XXI. XXII. XXXVI. XXXXIX. LI.

Cavalry Corps Kavalleriekorps	I.

Miscellaneous Corps	Afrika Korps

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