XXVIII Army Corps (Germany)

The XXVIII Army Corps (German designation XXVIII. Armeekorps) was a German corps which served in the Wehrmacht during World War II. The corps was created on May 20, 1940 in Wehrkreis (Military Region) III. During the war, the corps was subordinated to the German 6th, 16th, 18th, and 3rd Panzer Armies. In 1945, the corps was briefly named Armeeabteilung Samland (Corps Task Force Samland). The corps fought in Samland until annihilated in late April 1945.

Following is the organization of the corps when it was part of the Eighteenth Army of Army Group North early in 1944:

Commanding officers

 * General der Infanterie Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, 1 June 1940
 * General der Artillerie Peter Weyer, 20 June 1940
 * General der Infanterie Mauritz von Wiktorin, 25 November 1940
 * General der Artillerie Herbert Loch, 27 October 1941
 * General der Infanterie Gerhard Matzky, 28 March 1944
 * General der Infanterie Hans Gollnick, 20 May 1944

January 1944

 * Commander: General of the Artillery (Germany) Herbert Loch
 * '''12.Luftwaffe-Feld-Division under Major-General Gottfried Weber
 * 23rd Field Infantry Regiment
 * 24th Field Infantry Regiment
 * 12th Field Artillery Regiment
 * '''13.Luftwaffe-Feld-Division under Lieutenant-General Helmuth Reymann
 * 25th Field Infantry Regiment
 * 26th Field Infantry Regiment
 * 13th Field Artillery Regiment
 * '''21.Infanterie-Division under Lieutenant-General Gerhard Matzky
 * 3rd Infantry Regiment
 * 24th Infantry Regiment
 * 45th Infantry Regiment
 * 21st Artillery Regiment
 * '''96.Infanterie-Division under Lieutenant-General Richard Wirtz
 * 283rd Infantry Regiment
 * 284th Infantry Regiment
 * 287th Infantry Regiment
 * 196th Artillery Regiment
 * '''121.Infanterie-Division under Major-General Helmuth Priess
 * 405th Infantry Regiment
 * 407th Infantry Regiment
 * 408th Infantry Regiment
 * 121st Artillery Regiment