IV SS Panzer Corps
| IV SS Panzer Corps | |
|---|---|
| Active | August 1943 – May 1945 |
| Country |
 Nazi Germany
|
| Branch |
 Waffen-SS
|
| Type | Panzer |
| Role | Armoured warfare |
| Size | Corps |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Obergruppenfuhrer Herbert Otto Gille |
The IV SS Panzer Corps was a panzer corps of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany which saw action on the Eastern Front and in the Balkans during World War II.
The Panzerkorps was formed in August 1943 in Poitiers, France. The formation was originally to be a skeleton formation to supervise those SS divisions that were being reformed as SS Panzer divisions.
On 30 June 1944, the formation absorbed the VII SS Panzer Corps and was reformed as a headquarters for the SS Division Totenkopf and SS Division . The Corps was placed under the control of former commander SS-Obergruppenführer Herbert Otto Gille.
The corps was placed into the line around Warsaw, Poland, where it saw action against the Red Army as a part of the 9th Army. In August, 1944, elements of the corps took part in the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising. After holding the line near Warsaw, the corps was pushed back to the area near Modlin, where it saw heavy fighting until December.
When SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Pfeffer Wildenbruch's IX SS Mountain Corps and large numbers of Hungarian troops were encircled in Budapest in December 1944, the corps was shifted south from Army Group A to join 6th Army and to take part in the relief efforts. The operations were named Konrad.
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