II Army Corps
II. Armeekorps
Active	April 1935 – 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Size	Corps
Engagements	World War II

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

Organisation

Organisation of the corps at different times included;^[1][2][3]

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)
  • 3rd Heavy Reconnaissance Flight, 21st Reconnaissance Squadron (attached from Luftwaffe)
  • 1st Battalion, 13th Anti-Aircraft Regiment (attached from Luftwaffe)
  • 86th Light Anti-Aircraft Battalion (attached from Luftwaffe)
• 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 Luftwaffe)
  • 92nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battalion(attached from Luftwaffe)
  • 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, creation – April 1935
• General der Infanterie Johannes Blaskowitz, 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, 21 June 1940 – May 1942
• General der Panzertruppe Otto von Knobelsdorff, June 1942 – 1 July 1942
• General der Infanterie Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, 1 July 1942 – 28 November 1942
• General der Infanterie Paul Laux, 28 November 1943 – 1 April 1944
• Generalleutnant Wilhelm Hasse, 1 April 1944 – 5 May 1944
• Generalleutnant Kurt von Tippelskirch, 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, 15 January 1945 – 1 April 1945
• Generalleutnant Alfred Gause 1 April 1945 – German capitulation

Area of operations

• Poland - September 1939 to May 1940
• France - May 1940 to June 1941
• Eastern Front, Northern Sector - June 1941 to October 1944
• Courland Pocket - October 1944 to May 1945