After the operation was canceled in light of its failure, the corps was ordered to the Italian front in August. The corps' three SS divisions were involved in the Battle of Prokhorovka at the edge of the German penetration into the salient. In July 1943, the corps took part in the failed Operation Citadel, spearheading 4th Panzer Army's attack in the southern sector. The corps was renamed II SS Panzer Corps in June 1943, after the I SS Panzer Corps was created during that same month. In early February 1943, the corps, under the command of SS-Gruppenführer Paul Hausser, was attached to Army Group South in Ukraine and participated in the Third Battle of Kharkov. In August, it was sent to northern France before taking part in the Case Anton, the occupation of Vichy France in November, during which it captured Toulon. The II SS Panzer Corps was formed from SS Division Leibstandarte, SS Division Das Reich and SS Division Totenkopf in July 1942 as the SS Panzer Corps.
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