II Army Corps (Germany)

German II Corps (II. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II.

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 WWII

External links

"II. Armeekorps". Lexikon der Wehrmacht. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/IIKorps-R.htm. Retrieved 30 November 2010.