Army East Prussia (German: Armee 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 the cities of Danzig and Gotenhafen in the East Prussian Offensive the army had been isolated in the Bay of Gdansk.
Army East Prussia | |
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German: Armee Ostpreußen | |
Active | 7 April – 9 May 1945 |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Branch | German army ( Wehrmacht) |
Type | Army |
Engagements | World War II |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Dietrich von Saucken |
Commanding officers edit
Commander-in-Chief edit
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 edit
- Generalmajor Robert Macher
1st Operations officer edit
- Oberstleutnant i.G. Wolfgang Brennecke
Composition edit
- VI Corps (General Horst Großmann)
- XXVI Corps (General Gerhard Matzky)
- Generalkommando Hela
- XXIII Corps (General Walter Melzer)
- LV Corps / 'Fortress Pillau' (Lieutenant-General Kurt Chill)
- IX Corps (General Rolf Wuthmann)
- XVIII Mountain Corps (General Friedrich Hochbaum)
- 102. Infanterie-Division
- Division z.b.V. 607
- 10. Radfahr-Jäger-Brigade
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