Back فيلق الجيش الحادي والعشرون (الفيرماخت) Arabic XXI. Armeekorps (Wehrmacht) German 21e corps d'armée (Allemagne) French הקורפוס ה-21 (ורמאכט) HE 21e Legerkorps (Wehrmacht) Dutch XXI. Army Corps (Wehrmacht) NB XXI Korpus Armijny (III Rzesza) Polish XXI Corpo de Exército (Alemanha) Portuguese 21-й армейский корпус (вермахт) Russian XXI. Armeekorps Swedish
| XXI Army Corps | |
|---|---|
| XXI. Armeekorps | |
| Active | 1940–1941 |
| Country |  Nazi Germany |
| Branch | &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Balkenkreuz.svg){kind=small} Heer (Wehrmacht) |
| Size | Corps |
| Engagements | Operation Weserübung |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Nikolaus von Falkenhorst |
The XXI Army Corps, also at times designated Group Falkenhorst[1] and Group XXI[2], was a corps of the German Heer during World War II. It was first deployed on 10 August 1939 in Wehrkreis I in East Prussia. It participated in Operation Weserübung in early 1940. Later that year, it became Armeegruppe XXI ('Army Group 21'). In 1941, the XXI Army Corps was restructured to an army-level unit, Armee Norwegen. In 1943, another corps-level unit carrying the ordinal number 21 was created, the XXI Mountain Corps.[2]
- ^ Kennedy, Robert M. (1956). "Chapter 7: The Destruction of the Polish Army". The German Campaign in Poland (1939) (PDF). Washington D.C.: United States Department of the Army. pp. 91–108.
- ^ a b Tessin, Georg (1977). "Generalkommando XII. Armeekorps (röm. 21. AK)". Die Landstreitkräfte 15-30. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 (in German). Vol. 4. Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag. pp. 153–156. ISBN 3764810971.