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Army East Prussia (Wehrmacht)

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Armee Ostpreußen
Army East Prussia
Active7 April 1945 – 9 May 1945
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypeArmy
EngagementsWorld War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Dietrich von Saucken

Army East Prussia (Armeeoberkommando Ostpreußen, abbreviated AOK Ostpreußen) was created from the AOK 2nd Army and also absorbed the remnants of the 4th Army on 7 April 1945. AOK Ostpreußen controlled all the troops in East Prussia and West Prussia. After the loss of Gdańsk (then: Danzig) and Gdynia (then: Gotenhafen) in the East Prussian Offensive the army had been isolated in the Bay of Gdansk.

Commanding officers

Commander-in-Chief

No. Portrait Commander Took office Left office Time in office
1
Dietrich von Saucken
Schmidt, HansGeneral der Panzertruppe
Dietrich von Saucken
(1892–1980)
7 April 19459 May 194532 days

Chief of the General Staff

  • Generalmajor Robert Macher

1st Operations officer

  • Oberstleutnant i.G. Wolfgang Brennecke

References