Generalkommando II. Fallschirm-Korps

Kommandierender General:

• GenLt. Eugen Meindl, 5 Nov 1943 - 25 May 1945

Chef des Stabes:

• Oberst Ernst Blauensteiner, 26 Feb 1944 - 8 May 1945

Ordered formed 5 Nov 1943 from XIII. fliegerkorps (to be completed 1 Feb 1944). Based near Paris in reserve, directly under Oberbefehlshaber West.

HQ in Villebaudon area (Jul 1944), Keppeln (Sep 1944 - Oct 1944), Rheydt area (Dec 1944) and Bocholt (Mar 1945).

Served under the following headquarters:

Feb 1944 - Apr 1944	Reserve, OB West	Paris
May 1944 - Aug 1944	AOK. 7 / Heeresgruppe B	Normandy
Sep 1944	Unknown
Oct 1944 - Nov 1944	FsAOK.1 / Heeresgruppe B	Holland
Dec 1944 - Mar 1945	FsAOK. 1 / Heeresgruppe H	Lower Reine
Apr 1945	FsAOK. 1 / OB Nordwest	Ems, Weser

Korpstruppe:

• Fallschirm-Artillerie-Kommandeur 12, from Feb 1945
• Korps-Nachrichten-Abteilung 2 der Luftwaffe
• Korps-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 der Luftwaffe
• Korps-Artillerie-Regiment 2 der Luftwaffe
• Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 2 der Luftwaffe
• Fallschirm-Flak-Regiment 2
• Kommandeur der Nachschubeinheiten II. Fallschirm-Korps

The following divisions served under the korps during the war:

15 May 1944	none
12 Jun 1944	17. SS Div, 352. ID, 275. ID, 3. FJD
17 Jul 1944	266. ID, 352. ID, 3. FJD
31 Aug 1944	3. FJD,5. FJD, 708. ID, 89. ID, 276. ID, 277. ID, 326. ID
13 Oct 1944	190. ID, 84. ID, 406. ID
5 Nov 1944	190. ID, 84. ID
26 Nov 1944	190. ID, 84. ID
31 Dec 1944	606. ID
19 Feb 1945	8. FJD, 190. ID
1 Mar 1945	7. FJD,8. FJD
12 Apr 1945	245. ID, 7. FJD,8. FJD

Replacement troops were provided by Fallschirm-Jäger-Ersatz-Bataillon 2.