XLVII. Panzerkorps
XLVII. Panzerkorps (XLVII Panzer Corps) 83 This unit was formed on November 25, 19^0, as Generalkommando partisan operations in the Zhizdra, Kirov, Dyatkovo, Lyudinovo, (mot) XLVII. Armeekorps and on June 11, 19^-1? was redesignated Lovat, Shigry, and Dubrovka areas. On February 10, 19^-3, Korp- the XLVII. Panr;erkorps. In May 19^1 it was transferred from kommando Korps Scheele was formed to take over the Corps sec- Torgau via Kottbus, Breslau, Kreuzburg, and Warsaw to Siedlce. tor and the Corps was transferred to the Kromy area, where it The Corps assembled in the Zyrordow, Mazowiecki, and Siedlce was known as Korps Fatezh until February 15, 19^3. From area in preparation for Operation "Barbarossa" (invasion of February to June 19^3 it participated in defensive engage- Russia). On June 22, 19^1? it entered Russia in the central ments in the Krorny, Lokot, Suponevo, and Bryansk areas. sector and advanced to Smolensk via Brest, Pruzhany, Slonim, The Corps records for the latter half of 19^3 were destroyed. Gorodishche, Minsk, Borisov, and Orsha. The Corps then par- In early 19^4- it was transferred to the southern sector and ticipated in offensive engagements in the Yelnya, Dorogobuzh, participated in the withdrawal movements across the Ingul Dukhovshehina, Spas Demensk, Roslavl, Mglin, Bryansk, Desna River at Kirovograd, across the Bug River near Pervomaisk, River, Glukhov, Sevsk, Lokot, Karachev, Bolkhov, Belev, Fatezh, and across the Dniester River in the Orgeyev area. In April Kromy, Orel, Novosil, Mtsensk, and Plavsk areas to Tula. In 19^4- it withdrew to Bessarabia and Moldavia.
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