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The LXXIV Army Corps (German: LXXIV. Armeekorps) was an army corps of the German Wehrmacht during World War II.

History

The LXXIV Army Corps was formed on 26 July 1943 as a static army corps under the authority of Oberbefehlshaber West (Army Group D) in Hanover in Wehrkreis XI. It was subordinate to the 7th Army from July 1943 to June 1944 and subsequently joined, at times, the 5th Panzer Army and the 15th Army.^[1] The initial commander of the LXXIV Army Corps was Erich Straube.^[2]

On 16 December 1944, Straube was succeeded as corps commander by Carl Püchler.^[2]

The LXXIV Army Corps was trapped in the Ruhr Pocket at the end of the war.^[1]

Organizational chart of the LXXIV (74th) Army Corps^[1]
Year	Date	Subordinate units^[3]^[4]^[5]	Army	Army Group	Operational area
1943	5 August	266th Infantry, 346th Infantry	7th Army	Army Group D	Brittany
	5 September
	4 October
	8 November	266th Infantry, 346th Infantry, 353rd Infantry
	3 December
1944	1 January
	12 February	266th Infantry, 353rd Infantry, 721st Regiment
	11 March	266th Infantry, 721st Regiment
	15 April	266th Infantry, 721st Regiment
	15 May	77th Infantry, 266th Infantry		Army Group B
	12 June	266th Infantry, 353rd Infantry
	17 July	266th Infantry			Normandy
	31 August	271st Infantry, 331st Infantry, 344th Infantry	5th Panzer Army		Normandy
	16 September	347th Infantry, 526th Infantry, 3rd Parachute	7th Army		Northern Eifel / Aachen
	13 October	89th Infantry, 275th Infantry, 347th Infantry
	5 November	89th Infantry, 275th Infantry, 347th Infantry, 116th Panzer
	26 November	89th Infantry, 272nd Infantry, 275th Infantry, 277th Infantry, 344th Infantry
	31 December	85th Infantry, 272nd Infantry, 326th Infantry	15th Army
1945	19 February	3rd Infantry, 85th Infantry, 272nd Infantry, 3rd Parachute	5th Panzer Army		Rur
	1 March	85th Infantry, 272nd Infantry, 3rd Parachute	5th Panzer Army		Rur
	12 April	3rd Infantry, 176th Infantry, 272nd Infantry, 338th Infantry, Panzer Lehr	15th Army		Ruhr Pocket

Erich Straube, corps commander of LXXIV Army Corps (1 August 1943 – 16 December 1944).^[2]
Carl Püchler, corps commander of LXXIV Army Corps (16 December 1944 – April 1945).^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c Tessin, Georg (1977). "Generalkommando LXXIV. Ameekorps (röm. 74. AK)". Die Landstreitkräfte 71-130. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 (in German). Vol. 6. Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag. p. 20. ISBN 3764810971.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d MacLean, French L. (2014). Unknown Generals - German Corps Commanders In World War II. Pickle Partners Publishing. pp. 117–120. ISBN 9781782895220.
^ Tessin, Georg (1977). "7. Armee (AOK 7)". Die Landstreitkräfte 6-14. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 (in German). Vol. 3. Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag. pp. 49–56. ISBN 3764810971.
^ Tessin, Georg (1977). "5. Panzer-Armee (Pz. AOK 5)". Die Landstreitkräfte 1-5. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 (in German). Vol. 2. Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag. pp. 282–283. ISBN 3764810971.
^ Tessin, Georg (1977). "15. Armee (AOK 15)". Die Landstreitkräfte 15-30. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 (in German). Vol. 4. Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag. pp. 1–5. ISBN 3764810971.