Army East Prussia (Wehrmacht)
Armee Ostpreußen Army East Prussia | |
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Active | 7 April 1945 – 9 May 1945 |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Branch | Army |
Type | Army |
Engagements | World War II
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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 |
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1 | Dietrich von Saucken (1892–1980) | General der Panzertruppe7 April 1945 | 9 May 1945 | 32 days |
Chief of the General Staff[]
- Generalmajor Robert Macher
1st Operations officer[]
- Oberstleutnant i.G. Wolfgang Brennecke
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Categories:
- Field armies of Germany in World War II
- Military units and formations established in 1945
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
- German World War II stubs