Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Division 2 "Hermann Göring" was a German military unit formed on 24 September 1944 in the area of Radom.
The massive Soviet Vistula-Oder Offensive trapped the Hermann Göring Panzerkorps in the Heiligenbeil Pocket along with the rest of the 4th Army.
Upon landing, it was thrown back into combat, defending the Oder-Neisse line against Soviet attacks through mid-March.
In April, the remnants of the Hermann Göring Panzerkorps was sent to Silesia, and in heavy fighting was slowly pushed back into Saxony.
The remains of the corps began breakout attempts to the west, in order to surrender to the Americans who were currently halted on the Elbe.