The II Cavalry Corps (German: Höhere Kavallerie-Kommando 2 / HKK 2 literally: Higher Cavalry Command 2) was a formation of the German Army in the First World War.

The corps was formed on mobilization of the German Army in August 1914 and dissolved 23 January 1915 as the onset of trench warfare in the west negated the requirement for large cavalry formations.

Initially on the Western Front with the 2nd, 4th and 9th Cavalry Divisions preceding the 1st and 2nd Armies.

[2] The Corps consisted of three cavalry divisions (with seven Jäger battalions attached) without corps troops; in supply and administration matters, the cavalry divisions were autonomous.

[3] On formation in August 1914, the corps consisted of:[4] Each cavalry division consisted of three cavalry brigades (six regiments each of four squadrons), a horse artillery detachment (Abteilung) with three four-gun batteries, a machine gun detachment (company sized, six machine-guns), plus pioneers, signals and a motor vehicle column.