XLVII Panzer Corps

XLVII Armee Corps (June-Nov.1940)

XLVII Motorized Corps (Nov.1940-June 1942)
XLVII Panzer Corps (June 1942-1945)
XLVII Armee Corps (June-Nov.1940); XLVII Motorized Corps (Nov.1940-June 1942); XLVII Panzer Corps (June 1942-1945)
Active	20 June - 1 July 1940; 25 November 1940 - 16 April 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Panzer
Role	Armoured warfare
Size	Corps
Engagements	World War II Western Front Battle of France; Operation Overlord; Battle of the Bulge; Ruhr pocket; ; Eastern Front Battle of Kursk; ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Joachim Lemelsen; Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz

XLVII Panzer Corps (also: 47th Panzer Corps or XXXXVII. Panzerkorps or XXXXVII Panzer Corps) was a panzer corps of the German Army in World War II that was formerly designated as XLVII Corps. Various formations of the corps fought in the French campaign of 1940, in the invasion of Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944, and on the Western Front from June 1944 until April 1945.

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