corps detachment

Korpsabteilung () was a division-size infantry formation established by the German Wehrmacht during World War II.

==History== During summer and autumn 1943, Wehrmacht suffered heavy losses in men and materiel at the hands of the Red Army on the Eastern Front. Simultaneously, it had to build up military strength in France prior to the expected invasion and to reinforce the Italian theatre, where the Allies had crossed the Strait of Messina and landed on the Italian mainland at Salerno and Termoli in September 1943. Therefore, the Replacement Army could no longer generate the replacements to bring up to strength formations that had been depleted in the Eastern Front battles.