the corps moved into the Rhön Mountains by early April. In the first two weeks of April 1945, VIII Corps cleared the Thuringer Wald and crossed the Gera, Saale, White Elster, and Mulde rivers in swift succession. By order of the First Army, VIII Corps pulled back to the west side of the Mulde river near the border of Czechoslovakia on 24 April 1945, where the corps was located when Germany surrendered on 8 May 1945. Subordination Campaign credits and Inactivation VIII Corps is credited with service in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe campaigns. Headquarters, VIII Corps, was inactivated on 15 December 1945, at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. The corps was subsequently activated and inactivated several times, with the last inactivation occurring on 1 April 1968 at Austin, Texas. Commanders MG Edward Mann Lewis (December 1922 – January 1924) LTG Herbert J. Brees (1 October 1936 – 30 September 1940) LTG Walter Krueger (1 October 1940 – May 1941) MG George Veazey Strong (May 1941 – 1942) LTG Daniel Isom Sultan (1942 – December 1943) MG Emil F. Reinhardt (December 1943 – 14 March 1944) LTG Troy H. Middleton (15 March 1944 – 10 August 1945) MG Ira T. Wyche (10 August 1945 – 15 December 1945) Chiefs of Staff BG Jay Leland Benedict (November 1940 – September 1941) BG Cyrus H. Searcy (1943–1945) Artillery commanders BG John E. McMahon, Jr. (1943–1945) BG James F. Brittingham (June 1945 – December 1945) References Weigley, Russell F. (1981). "Eisenhower's Lieutenants". Bloomington: Indiana University Press. . Williams, Mary H., compiler (1958). "U.S. Army in World War II, Chronology 1941–1945". Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office. Wilson, John B., compiler (1999). "Armies, Corps, Divisions, and Separate Brigades". Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office. . The photo book Ragnarök (about the end of World War II and the US Army) by Anna Rosmus, 464 pp, with bilingual captions, published by Dorfmeister in Tittling, Germany, 2010, contains multiple images. Readers can see VIII Corps soldiers and their commanders crossing Germany, all the way to the Mulde River. 08 08 Military units and formations established in 1918 1918 establishments in the United States Military units and formations disestablished in 1945