Erich von Manstein led the corps in its advance from East Prussia to Demyansk, where, in September 1941, he was informed of his appointment as commander of the German Eleventh Army.

In the spring of 1944, the LVI Panzer Corps fought at Zhlobin and Kalinkovichi in Belarus.

In May 1944, the LVI Panzer Corps was transferred to Army Group North Ukraine.

[2] From 22 June to 19 August, during Operation Bagration, the Soviets destroyed Army Group Center and swept the Germans from Belarus.

The remnants of the LVI Panzer Corps ended the war defending the south-eastern sector of the Nazi capital in the Battle of Berlin.