LXXVI Panzer Corps
The LXXVI Panzer Corps was a panzer corps of Nazi Germany during World War II. The headquarters were formed in France under Army Group D on 29 June 1943 as LXXVI Army Corps but renamed a month later. In August it shipped to Italy to become part of 10th Army. It spent the rest of the war in Italy fighting in the Italian Campaign mainly under 10th Army but with short periods from February 1944 and January 1945 under 14th Army. The Corps was commanded for most of its active fighting by General Traugott Herr.
Order of battle
In 1943 the corps included:On 25 August 1944 the composition of the corps was:
- 1st Parachute Division
- 278th Infantry Division
- 71st Infantry Division
- 5th Mountain Division
- 162nd Turkestan Division
Commanding officers
- Lieutenant-General Traugott Herr, 23 July - 31 August 1943
- General of Armoured troops Traugott Herr, 1 September 1943 – 28 February 1944
- Lieutenant-General Dietrich von Choltitz, 28 February 1944 – 15 April 1944
- General of Armoured troops Traugott Herr, 15 April 1944 – 23 November 1944
- Lieutenant-General Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck, 24 November - 16 December 1944
- General of Armoured troops Traugott Herr, 17–26 December 1944
- Lieutenant-General Gerhard Graf von Schwerin, 27 December 1944 - 31 March 1945
- General of Armoured troops Gerhard Graf von Schwerin, 31 March – 25 April 1945
- Lieutenant-General Karl von Graffen, 25 April 1945 – 8 May 1945