Commanders

• Generalleutnant Fedor von Bock
  Fedor von Bock
  Fedor von Bock was a German Generalfeldmarshall who served in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. As a leader who lectured his soldiers about the honor of dying for the German Fatherland, he was nicknamed "Der Sterber"...
  
  , creation – April 1935
• General der Infanterie Johannes Blaskowitz
  Johannes Blaskowitz
  Johannes Albrecht Blaskowitz was a German general during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords...
  
  , April 1935 – 10 November 1938
• Generaloberst Adolf Strauß
  Adolf Strauß
  Adolf Strauß was a German Generaloberst . He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
  
  , 10 November 1938 – 30 May 1940
• General der Infanterie Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
  Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
  Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, was a German general and a member of the July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.-Early life:...
  
  , 30 May 1940 – 21 June 1940
• General der Infanterie Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, 21 June 1940 – May 1942
• General der Panzertruppe Otto von Knobelsdorff
  Otto von Knobelsdorff
  Heinrich Otto Ernst von Knobelsdorff was a German general who commanded armored Panzer units and served during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords...
  
  , June 1942 – 1 July 1942
• General der Infanterie Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, 1 July 1942 – 28 November 1942
• General der Infanterie Paul Laux
  Paul Laux
  Paul Laux was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 16. Armee He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
  
  , 28 November 1943 – 1 April 1944
• Generalleutnant Wilhelm Hasse
  Wilhelm Hasse (general)
  Wilhelm Otto Oswald Hasse was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 17. Armee. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
  
  , 1 April 1944 – 5 May 1944
• Generalleutnant Kurt von Tippelskirch
  Kurt von Tippelskirch
  Kurt Oskar Heinrich Ludwig Wilhelm von Tippelskirch was a general in the German Army during World War II.-Personal life:Kurt von Tippelskirch was born on 9 October 1891 in Berlin...
  
  , 5 May 1944 – 11 May 1944
• General der Infanterie Paul Laux, 11 May 1944 – 3 July 1944
• General der Infanterie Wilhelm Hasse, 15 July 1944 – 15 January 1945
• General der Infanterie Dr.Dr. Johannes Mayer
  Johannes Mayer
  Dr. rer. pol. Dr.-Ing. Johannes MayerIn German a Doctorate of Economics is abbreviated as Dr. rer. pol. and a Doctorate in engineering is abbreviated as Dr.-Ing. . was a German General of the Infantry, serving during World War II...
  
  , 15 January 1945 – 1 April 1945
• Generalleutnant Alfred Gause
  Alfred Gause
  Alfred Gause was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...
  
   1 April 1945 – German capitulation

Area of operations

• Poland - September 1939 to May 1940
• France
  Battle of France
  In the Second World War, the Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, which ended the Phoney War. The battle consisted of two main operations. In the first, Fall Gelb , German armoured units pushed through the Ardennes, to cut off and...
  
   - May 1940 to June 1941
• Eastern Front
  Eastern Front (World War II)
  The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...
  
  , Northern Sector - June 1941 to October 1944
• Courland Pocket
  Courland Pocket
  The Courland Pocket referred to the Red Army's blockade or encirclement of Axis forces on the Courland peninsula during the closing months of World War II...
  
  - October 1944 to May 1945

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