IX Army Corps (Germany)
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Commanders

  • Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Friedrich Dollmann
    Friedrich Dollmann
    Friedrich Dollmann was a German general during World War II, most notably serving during the early phases of the D-Day Invasion....

    , 1 October 1934 – 25 August 1939.
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Hermann Geyer
    Hermann Geyer
    Hermann Geyer was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the IX. Armeekorps. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or...

    , 25 August 1939 – 31 December 1941.
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Hans Schmidt, 31 December 1941 – 15 October 1943.
  • Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Erich Clößner
    Erich Clößner
    Erich-Heinrich Philipp Karl Albert Reinhard Clößner was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who held commands at the divisional and corps levels. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...

    , 15 October 1943 – 5 December 1943.
  • Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Rolf Wuthmann
    Rolf Wuthmann
    Rolf Wuthmann was a highly decorated General der Artillerie in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...

    , 5 December 1943 – 20 April 1945.
  • Lieutenant-General (Generalleutnant) Dr. Hermann Hohn
    Hermann Hohn
    Generalleutnant Dr. rer. pol. Hermann Hohn was a German general serving during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords...

    , 20 April 1945 – 8 May 1945.

Area of operations

  • Germany
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

     - September 1939 - May 1940.
  • France
    Battle of France
    In the Second World War, the Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, which ended the Phoney War. The battle consisted of two main operations. In the first, Fall Gelb , German armoured units pushed through the Ardennes, to cut off and...

     - May 1940 - June 1941.
  • Eastern Front
    Eastern Front (World War II)
    The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...

    , central sector - June 1941 - December 1944.
  • East Prussia
    East Prussian Offensive
    The East Prussian Offensive was a strategic offensive by the Red Army against the German Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front . It lasted from 13 January to 25 April 1945, though some German units did not surrender until 9 May...

    & northern Germany - January 1945 - May 1945.
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