II Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

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;

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