Armeekorps), initially known as the Higher Command for Special Deployment LIX (German: Höheres Kommando z. b. V. LIX) was an army corps of the German Wehrmacht during World War II.
[1] Throughout the year 1941, the LIX Army Corps continued to serve as an occupation force in France.
[1] In late November 1942, the Soviet 3rd Shock Army advanced towards and encircled Velikiye Luki and cut the LIX Army Corps into several parts during the Battle for Velikiye Luki.
Hitler initially intended for the encircled city to be held and recaptured, but a counterattack by German forces failed by mid December.
[12] The German forces attempted a counterattack to retake Kiev under the leadership of the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps (Hermann Balck).
While the Germans were unable to retake the city itself due to the autumn mud, the front sector was temporarily stabilized.
[13] Starting in the end of January 1944, the 4th Panzer Army undertook a fighting retreat westwards through northern Ukraine.
The gap that had opened between the 4th Panzer Army and Army Group Centre in November 1943 had now grown to over a hundred kilometers, a situation exacerbated by extensive partisan activity in the Pinsk Marshes.
[15] Between 8 February and 22 March 1944, the LIX Army Corps was under the command of Friedrich Schulz.