From the turret of a German tank, Colonel Hans von Luck commanded Rommels 7th and then 21st Panzer Division. By February 1945, the corps found itself in Silesia, and it ended the war defending the Elbe River, where it surrendered in May 1945. A stunning look at World War II from the other side. After the failure of Operation Citadel, the corps took part in the retreat from Ukraine. In February 1943, the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps took part in the battles around Kharkov, and in June it was committed to the southern flank of the Battle of Kursk as part of Hoth's Fourth Panzer Army. However, it was quickly reformed and used by Field Marshal Erich von Manstein's Operation Winter Storm efforts to relieve General Friedrich Paulus' trapped Sixth Army still in Stalingrad. Engage in a unique take on this battle, often touted as the Largest Tank Battle in History, as you pit your Wehrmacht veterans against the seemingly endless lines of Soviet defenses. Never a dull moment, and very nearly didn't make the time limit. The remaining major units, 22nd Panzer Division and 1st Armoured Division (Romania), were almost completely destroyed during Operation Uranus. As no 1942 campaign could be complete without Stalingrad, no 1943 campaign can overlook the infamous Battle of Kursk. Thereafter the corps joined the Fall Blau offensive towards Stalingrad under Army Group B.ĭuring the Battle of Stalingrad the 29th Motorized Infantry Division (transferred to the IV Army Corps), the 14th Panzer Division and the 24th Panzer Division (both transferred to the LI Army Corps) was trapped inside the Stalingrad pocket. įrom late 1941 to May 1942, the corps took part in defensive operations in the Kursk area. As did all German Corps on the Eastern Front, the XXXXVIII Corps implemented the criminal Commissar Order.
The corps took part in the Battle of Brody early in the campaign, and later saw action at Berdichev and Kirovograd. When entering dates use the format YYYY-MM-DD, e.g. Were abandoning this pile of ruins and rubble and breaking out before the enemy forms a complete encirclement. Use this form to search for specific members. Briefing Well Ill be damned, but I think Ive finally gotten through to someone, Herr General New orders have finally come in, and theyre the orders weve been waiting for. The Corps was attached to Field Marshal Ewald von Kleist's Panzer Group 1, a part of Army Group South. Escape from Stalingrad is a scenario in Panzer Corps 2. At the dawn of Operation Barbarossa, on 22 June 1941, it was redesignated as the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps. The corps was originally formed on 15 December 1940 in Germany.
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