Expert on German ArmeeKorps naming - enquiry ?

I have been looking at the various sites and generally corps are named via roman numerals. I,II,III,IV, etc.

I have two questions;

1) Did the WWII German army use this standard as well ? If not, what did they use ?

2) If so, I have found a number of sites use XXXX to represent 40th ArmeeKorps and others use the accepted form of XL. Which form did the WWII German army actually use ?

There are a number of ArmeeKorps and PanzerKorps that used either prefix of 'XXXX' of 'XL' for Korps numbered between 40 and 49.

 

They´ve used the roman numbers and normal too. And it is correct that the 40th Armeekorps is shown as the XXXX. Armeekorps. Look at here:

XXXX. Armee-Korps - Lexikon der Wehrmacht

 

many times in official German documentation(s) the Roman numerals are used within the administration hierarchy though as Gebirgsj. has stated it is quite acceptable to use either one.

 

Yes, I looked at that site Lexikon der Wehrmacht

While it maybe acceptable to use either, is it confirmed (i.e. from German Army records), that they actually used XXXX ?

 

yes, that is the short of it

 

Thanks for that ... I'll ensure that the German Armeekorps are named accordingly in my Game (see sig)

I suppose seeing "XXXX" and calling it 40, is quicker than seeing "XL" and trying to work it out as 40, especially in the heat of battle.

 

with the amount of just general Heer Divisions/Korps you will have loads of fun with Roman numeration's

 

Take a look into the "Tagebuch des OKW der Wehrmacht" ( War diary of the High Command of the Whermacht)at there you can find it often.

 

There sure is a lot - Here is my revised list;

Code:

Korps
 
I.Korps
II.Korps
IV.Korps
V.Korps
VI.Korps
VII.Korps
VIII.Korps
IX.Korps
X.Korps
XI.Korps
XII.Korps
XIII.Korps
XV.Gebirgs-Korps
XVII.Korps
XVIII.Gebirgs-Korps
XIX.Gebirgs-Korps
XX.Korps
XXI.Gebirgs-Korps
XXII.Gebirgs-Korps
XXIII.Korps
XXV.Korps
XXVI.Korps
XXVII.Korps
XXVIII.Korps
XXIX.Korps
XXX.Korps
XXXI.Korps
XXXII.Korps
XXXIII.Korps
XXXIV.Korps
XXXV.Korps
XXXVI.Gebirgs-Korps
XXXXII.Korps
XXXXIII.Korps
XXXXIV.Korps
XXXXV.Korps
XXXXIX.Gebirgs-Korps
L.Korps
LI.Korps
LII.Korps
LIII.Korps
LV.Korps
LIX.Korps
LXVIII.Korps
LXIII.Korps
LXIV.Korps
LXV.Korps
LXVI.Korps
LXVII.Korps
LXVIII.Korps
LXIX.Korps
LXX.Korps
LXXI.Korps
LXXII.Korps
LXXIII.Korps
LXXIV.Korps
LXXV.Korps
LXXX.Korps
LXXXI.Korps
LXXXII.Korps
LXXXIV.Korps
LXXXV.Korps
LXXXVI.Korps
LXXXVII.Korps
LXXXVIII.Korps
LXXXIX.Korps
XCI.Korps
XCVII.Gebrigs-Korps
CI.Korps
Afrika Korps
V.SS.Gebirgs-Korps
VI.SS.Korps
IX.SS.Gerbirgs-Korps
X.SS.Korps
XII.SS.Korps
XIII.SS.Korps
XVIII.SS.Korps
 
PanzerKorps
 
III.PanzerKorps
IV.PanzerKorps
VII.PanzerKorps
XIV.PanzerKorps
XXIV.PanzerKorps
XXXVIII.PanzerKorps
XXXIX.PanzerKorps
XXXX.PanzerKorps
XXXXI.PanzerKorps
XXXXVI.PanzerKorps
XXXXVII.PanzerKorps
XXXXVIII.PanzerKorps
LVI.PanzerKorps
LVII.PanzerKorps
LVIII.PanzerKorps
LXXVI.PanzerKorps
PanzerKorps-GrosDeutschland
I.SS.PanzerKorps
II.SS.PanzerKorps
III.SS.PanzerKorps
IV.SS.PanzerKorps
VII.SS.PanzerKorps

NOTE: I have used simply Korps, instead of the correct name of Armeekorps. I have also done this with the Italian Corpo, instead of Corpo d'Armata, which will make it clearer. So we have Corps, Korps, Corpos. So the players of my game can determine easily the size of the unit.