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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)

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. Johannes Mayer, 15 January 1945 – 1 April 1945
  • Generalleutnant Alfred Gause 1 April 1945 – German capitulation

Area of operations

See also

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