During Operation Citadel, the Corps was the striking force of Army Detachment Kempf as they attempted to protect the right flank of the 4th Panzer Army. After the loss of the 6th Army at the Battle of Stalingrad, III Panzer Corps took part in the battles around Kharkov as part of Army Group Don. III Panzer Corps was formed in June 1942 from III Army Corps and attached to Army Group A, the formation tasked with capturing the Caucasus as a part of Fall Blau. The corps advanced through Ukraine and took part in the Battle of Brody, Battle of Kiev, Battle of Rostov, Battle of Kharkov and Battle of Uman. The Corps was attached to Army Group South for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. In March 1941, the corps was upgraded to a motorised corps status and redesignated III Armeekorps (mot). It then took part in Fall Gelb as a part of Army Group A, participating in the assault through the Ardennes. The corps took part in Fall Weiss, the 1939 invasion of Poland as a part of Army Group North. The III Corps was formed in October 1934 as III.
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