Army East Prussia (Wehrmacht)

Armee Ostpreußen Army East Prussia
Active	7 April 1945 – 9 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Type	Army
Engagements	World War II East Prussian Offensive
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

General der Panzertruppe Dietrich von Saucken

Chief of the General Staff

Generalmajor Robert Macher

1st Operations officer

Oberstleutnant i.G. Wolfgang Brennecke

References

External links

Lexikon der Wehrmacht

Armies of the German Army

Armies	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 24th 25th Norway East Prussia

Panzer	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Africa

Parachute	1st

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