II Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

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
See also
List of German corps in World War II
References
External links
Army,02
Military units and formations established in 1935
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945