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The corps defended the Caen area against extensive British attacks (→ Battle of Caen ). SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich took over command there on Jafter Hausser had been commissioned to lead the 7th Army. After the Allies landed in Normandy (→ Operation Overlord ), the corps was ordered to France.
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After a brief refresher in the Netherlands (February 1944), it was used again until the summer. In November 1943 the corps was ordered back to the Eastern Front. After the armistice between Italy and the Allies, it first disarmed the Italian armed forces and then fought against local partisan groups.
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Of the three SS divisions so far, only the 1st SS Panzer Grenadier Division remained subordinate to him, plus Army divisions. After the offensive was stopped and the government changed in Italy at the end of July, the corps was transferred from the Alliance (→ Axis case ) to Army Group B in Northern Italy to take countermeasures in the event of a possible defection in Italy. In July, the corps took part in the Citadel operation. In June 1943, due to the establishment of another SS Panzer Corps, which was given the number I, the name was changed to II.
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In the following weeks the corps was engaged in violent defensive battles against the Red Army, in which it played an important role in stabilizing the front (→ Battle of Kharkov (1943) ). Now known as the SS Panzer Corps, it was commissioned to defend the city of Kharkov. The SS Panzer General Command was transferred to Army Group B in February 1943. After the defeat of Stalingrad and the impending collapse of the entire southern wing of the German Eastern Front, the Wehrmacht leadership pulled together all available reserves in the winter of 1942/43 in order to stabilize the front. In November 1942 the corps took part in Operation Anton. The first commanding general of the association was Paul Hausser. In July 1942, the Waffen SS set up the SS Panzer General Command in Bergen in the occupied Netherlands, which was to serve to organize the creation of SS divisions in Western Europe.