The first command of the LXXXX. Armeekorps was established on 17 November 1942 in Rome, Italy from
Stab Nehring to establish and control the bridgeheads of Tunis and Bizerte in Tunisia. Two weeks later it was restructured into the
5th Panzer Army on 8 December 1942. The LXXXX Army Corps Command was re-established on 19 November 1944 in the
Alsace. The Corps staff came from the IV Luftwaffe Field Corps. The Corps participated in
Operation Nordwind as part of the
1st Army. The Corps advanced some 15 km in the direction of
Bitche but was then pushed back. The Corps remained in Northern Alsace until it was forced over the Rhine by the
7th US Army on 24 March 1945. The US 7th Army estimated that the two German armies involved lost 75 to 80% of their infantry strength in this short campaign. On April 3, the Corps was just east of
Karlsruhe. At the end of April 1945, the Corps was in the
Ore Mountains, as part of the
4th Panzer Army. ==Commanders==