V Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

V. Armeekorps
V. Armeekorps
Active	October 1934 – 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Size	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

V Army 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.