HistoryFormed 7.27.43 in Berlin-Lichterfelde. The Korpstruppen were formed at Truppenübungsplatz Beverloo, and the Panzer-Abteilung was formed at Truppenübungsplatz Mailly le Camp. It served in Southern Russia during the Summer of 1943, in Belgium in early 1944, in Normandy against the Allied D-Day landings in June 1944, and in the withdrawal from France in late Summer and early Fall, 1944. In the Fall of 1944, the Korps was refit and placed under the command of the 6.SS-Panzer-Armee. It then took part in the Ardennes Offensive in December 1944. The Korps was withdrawn in January 1945 and ended the War on the Eastern Front near Vienna in May 1945. Korps Units| General Composition |
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Fliegerstaffel
SS-Korpskartenstelle
schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101/501
SS-Artillerie-Kommandeur I
SS-Artillerie-Abteilung 101/501
SS-Flugabwehrkanone-Abteilung 101
SS-Flugabwehr-Kompanie
SS-Wefer-Abteilung 101/501
SS-Vielfachwerferbatterie (mot) 101/501
SS-Korps-Nachrichten-Abteilung 101/501
schwere SS-Beobachtungsbatterie 101/501
SS-Wehrgeologen-Bataillon 101
SS-Korps-Nachstub-Truppen 101
SS-Kraftfahr-Kompanie 101
SS-Korps-Sanitäts-Abteilung 101
SS-Feldlazarett 501
SS-Krankenkraftwagen-Zug 501
SS-Feldpostamt (mot) 101 (Field Post Office)
SS-Kriegsberichter-Kompanie (mot)
SS-Feldgendarmerie-Kompanie 101 (mot)
SS-Korps-Sicherungs-Kompanie 101
SS-Feldersatz-Brigade Gen.Kdo I.SS-Panzerkorps/101 |
Attached UnitsCommandersJosef Dietrich 7.04.43 – 8.09.44
Fritz Kraemer 8.09.44 – 8.16.44
Georg Keppler 8.16.44 – 10.30.44
Herman Priess 10.30.44 – 5.08.45 War Service| Date | Army | Army Group | Area |
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| 11.43 | forming | B | Upper Italy | | 12.43 | 14. Armee | C | Upper Italy | | 1.44 – 5.44 | reserve | D | France | | 6.44 | 7. Armee | B | Normandy | | 7.44 | Panzergruppe West | B | Normandy | | 8.44 | 5. Pz. Armee | B | Normandy | | 9.44 – 10.44 | 7. Armee | B | Eifel | | 11.44 | refreshing | – | Westfalen | | 12.44 | reserve | OB West | Ardennes | | 1.45 | 5. Pz. Armee | B | Ardennes | | 2.45 – 3.45 | refreshing | – | Germany | | 4.45 | 6. Pz. Armee | Süd | Hungary (Stuhlweissenburg) | | 5.45 | 6. Pz. Armee | Ostmark | Lower Austria |
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