# 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