VIII Army Corps

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Wehrmacht army corps

VIII Army Corps was a German military formation that served as a key corps-level unit in the Wehrmacht during World War II, participating in major Eastern Front operations.

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Wehrmacht army corps →
allegiance	Adolf Hitler →
conflict	World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
disbandedAfter	German surrender in 1945 →
endTime	1945 →
fate	defeated in 1945 →
garrisonLocation	Silesia →
historicalPeriod	Nazi era → Second World War →
involvedIn	German war crimes on the Eastern Front →
militaryBranch	Heer →
militaryFunction	coordination of multiple divisions →
notableCommander	Gustav Höhne → Gustav-Adolf von Zangen NERFINISHED → Hans von Salmuth NERFINISHED → Joachim von Kortzfleisch → Walter Hartmann NERFINISHED → Walter Heitz NERFINISHED →
participatedIn	Battle of France → Battles in Belarus → Battles in Russia → Battles in Ukraine → Defensive operations on the Eastern Front → Invasion of Poland → Operation Barbarossa →
partOf	German Army (Wehrmacht) →
role	corps-level command →
size	corps →
startTime	1939 →
subordinateTo	Army Group A → Army Group B → Army Group Centre → Army Group South → various German field armies →
theaterOfOperations	Battle of Kursk → Eastern Front → Invasion of France → Operation Barbarossa → Polish campaign → Retreat from the Eastern Front → Western Front →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ernst Busch →	commanded