II Army Corps (II. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

Organisation

Organisation of the corps at different times included;

1939 (September)

* Corps Staff and Headquarters **402nd Corps Signals Unit **42nd Corps Propaganda Battalion ** 402nd Corps Supply Troops ** 402nd Field Gendarmerie Troop * 3rd Infantry Division * 32nd Infantry Division * 2nd Artillery Command

1940 (May)

* Corps Headquarters ** 42nd Corps Signal Battalion ** 402nd Corps Mapping Platoon ** 402nd Courier Platoon ** 402nd Field Post Platoon ** 402nd Supply Battalion ** 402nd Military Police Platoon ** 1st Heavy Reconnaissance Flight, 11th Reconnaissance Squadron (attached from

Luftwaffe The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...

) ** 3rd Heavy Reconnaissance Flight, 21st Reconnaissance Squadron (attached from

) ** 1st Battalion, 13th Anti-Aircraft Regiment (attached from

) ** 86th Light Anti-Aircraft Battalion (attached from

) * 7th Panzer Division * 12th Infantry Division * 32nd Infantry Division * 263rd Infantry Division * 525th Heavy Anti-Tank Battalion * 2nd Artillery Command ** 501st Artillery Headquarters ** 32nd Artillery Survey Battalion ** 2nd Battalion, 38th Heavy Artillery Regiment ** 2nd Battalion, 39th Heavy Artillery Regiment ** 436th Heavy Artillery Battalion * 45th Engineer Battalion * 45th Pontoon Engineer Column * 178th Pontoon Engineer Column * 1st Pontoon Engineer Column, 402nd Pontoon Regiment * 2nd Pontoon Engineer Column, 402nd Pontoon Regiment * 656th Pontoon Engineer Column * 580th Road Construction Battalion * 622nd Light Road Construction Battalion

1942 (June)

* Corps Headquarters ** 42nd Corps Signal Battalion ** 402nd Corps Mapping Platoon ** 402nd Field Post Platoon ** 402nd Corps Supply Battalion ** 402nd Military Police Platoon ** 1st Battalion, 13th Anti-Aircraft Regiment (attached from

) ** 92nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battalion(attached from

) ** 5th Field Luftwaffe Defence Unit *** 2nd Battalion, 3rd Luftwaffe Jäger Regiment *** 3rd Battalion, 3rd Luftwaffe Jäger Regiment *** 4th Battalion, 5th Luftwaffe Jäger Regiment * 12th Infantry Division * 30th Infantry Division * 32nd Infantry Division * 123rd Infantry Division * 290th Infantry Division * SS Division Totenkopf

Commanders

*Generalleutnant

Fedor von Bock Moritz Albrecht Franz Friedrich Fedor von Bock (3 December 1880 – 4 May 1945) was a German who served in the German Army during the Second World War. Bock served as the commander of Army Group North during the Invasion of Poland ...

, creation – April 1935 *General der Infanterie

Johannes Blaskowitz Johannes Albrecht Blaskowitz (10 July 1883 – 5 February 1948) was a German ''Generaloberst'' during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. After joining the Imperial German Army in ...

, April 1935 – 10 November 1938 *Generaloberst Adolf Strauß, 10 November 1938 – 30 May 1940 *General der Infanterie Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, 30 May 1940 – 21 June 1940 *General der Infanterie

Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt __NOTOC__ Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (13 July 1887 – 9 May 1943) was a German general (General of the Infantry (Germany), General of the Infantry) during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leav ...

, 21 June 1940 – May 1942 *General der Panzertruppe

Otto von Knobelsdorff Otto von Knobelsdorff (31 March 1886 – 21 October 1966) was a German general during World War II who led the 19th Panzer Division and then held a series of higher commands. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Le ...

, June 1942 – 1 July 1942 *General der Infanterie Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, 1 July 1942 – 28 November 1942 *General der Infanterie

Paul Laux __NOTOC__ Paul Laux (11 November 1887 – 2 September 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 16th Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Laux to ...

, 28 November 1943 – 1 April 1944 *Generalleutnant Wilhelm Hasse, 1 April 1944 – 5 May 1944 *Generalleutnant

Kurt von Tippelskirch __NOTOC__ Kurt Oskar Heinrich Ludwig Wilhelm von Tippelskirch (9 October 1891 – 10 May 1957) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several armies and Army Group Vistula. He surrendered to the United S ...

, 5 May 1944 – 11 May 1944 *General der Infanterie Paul Laux, 11 May 1944 – 3 July 1944 *General der Infanterie Wilhelm Hasse, 15 July 1944 – 15 January 1945 *General der Infanterie Dr.Dr.

Johannes Mayer Johannes Mayer (6 September 1893 – 7 August 1963) was a German General of the Infantry in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. Promotions *9.3. ...

, 15 January 1945 – 1 April 1945 *Generalleutnant

Alfred Gause Alfred Gause (14 February 1896 – 30 September 1967) was a German general during World War II. Gause took part in World War I, and was awarded both the Iron Cross, both Second and First Class. In the interwar years he was among the 4,000 office ...

1 April 1945 – German capitulation

Area of operations

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

- September 1939 to May 1940 *

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

- May 1940 to June 1941 * Eastern Front, Northern Sector - June 1941 to October 1944 *

Courland Pocket The Courland Pocket (Blockade of the Courland army group), (german: Kurland-Kessel)/german: Kurland-Brückenkopf (Courland Bridgehead), lv, Kurzemes katls (Courland Cauldron) or ''Kurzemes cietoksnis'' (Courland Fortress)., group=lower-alpha ...

- October 1944 to May 1945

References

External links

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