For the equivalent formation in World War I, see II Corps (German Empire) .
Military unit
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)
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)
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
See also
References
McCroden, William T. (9 May 2019). German ground forces of World War II : complete orders of battle for Army Groups, Armies, Army Corps, and other commands of the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS, September 1, 1939, to May 8, 1945 . Nutter, Thomas E. El Dorado Hills, California. ISBN 9781611211016 OCLC 1112608682 . {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link )
"II. Armee-Korps - Lexikon der Wehrmacht" . www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de . Retrieved 9 November 2019.Handbook of the German Army . Great Britain. War Office. General Staff., Imperial War Museum (Great Britain). Department of Printed Books. London: Imperial War Museum, Dept. of Printed Books. 1996. ISBN 1870423259 OCLC 36176075 .{{cite book }}: CS1 maint: others (link )
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