Various formations of the corps fought in the French campaign of 1940, in the invasion of Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944, and on the Western Front from June 1944 until April 1945.The new corps was initially stationed in Germany as part of Army Group C. In May 1941, the corps was subordinated to Panzer Group 2 (later 2nd Panzer Army) and took part in the invasion of the Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa, in 1941.[3] The corps remained on the Russian front until March 1944, when it was stationed in France.[4][3] The corps took part in the Mortain offensive, and attacked into the central Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge.[5] On 16 April, the corps surrendered with other German troops in the Ruhr Pocket to the U.S.