In 1944, the corps was transferred to the Western Front.[4][3] The corps took part in the Mortain offensive, and attacked into the central Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge.[3] The corps was retitled Army Group Lüttwitz in January 1945.[5] On 16 April, the corps surrendered with other German troops in the Ruhr Pocket to the U.S. Army.[6]