Army East Prussia (Wehrmacht)
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.
| Armee Ostpreußen Army East Prussia | |
|---|---|
| Active | 7 April – 9 May 1945 |
| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Army |
| Engagements | World War II |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Dietrich von Saucken |
Commanding officers
Commander-in-Chief
| No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General der Panzertruppe Dietrich von Saucken (1892–1980) | 7 April 1945 | 9 May 1945 | 32 days |
Chief of the General Staff
- Generalmajor Robert Macher
1st Operations officer
- Oberstleutnant i.G. Wolfgang Brennecke
Composition
- 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
References
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