II Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

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Country Nazi Germany Size Corps		Branch Army Engagements World War II
Active April 1935 – 8 May 1945

II Army 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

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

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