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

Commanding officers

Commander-in-Chief

No. CommanderTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
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
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