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Armee</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:4._Armee_Kennzeichen_(Wehrmacht)_1941.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/4._Armee_Kennzeichen_%28Wehrmacht%29_1941.svg/220px-4._Armee_Kennzeichen_%28Wehrmacht%29_1941.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/4._Armee_Kennzeichen_%28Wehrmacht%29_1941.svg/330px-4._Armee_Kennzeichen_%28Wehrmacht%29_1941.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/4._Armee_Kennzeichen_%28Wehrmacht%29_1941.svg/440px-4._Armee_Kennzeichen_%28Wehrmacht%29_1941.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1213" data-file-height="1050" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">4th Army Insignia</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1939–45</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Heer_-_decal_for_helmet_1942.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Heer_-_decal_for_helmet_1942.svg/16px-Heer_-_decal_for_helmet_1942.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Heer_-_decal_for_helmet_1942.svg/24px-Heer_-_decal_for_helmet_1942.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Heer_-_decal_for_helmet_1942.svg/32px-Heer_-_decal_for_helmet_1942.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="348" data-file-height="439" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army (Wehrmacht)">German army</a> (<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Balkenkreuz.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Balkenkreuz.svg/16px-Balkenkreuz.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Balkenkreuz.svg/24px-Balkenkreuz.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Balkenkreuz.svg/32px-Balkenkreuz.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Field_army" title="Field army">Field army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">165,000 (June 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002325_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002325-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />60,000 (March 1945)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002461_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002461-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data">World War II<br /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bia%C5%82ystok%E2%80%93Minsk" title="Battle of Białystok–Minsk">Battle of Białystok–Minsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Smolensk_(1941)" title="Battle of Smolensk (1941)">Battle of Smolensk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_B%C3%BCffel" title="Operation Büffel">Operation Büffel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Prussian_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="East Prussian Offensive">East Prussian Offensive</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>4th Army</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de"><b>4. Armee</b></i>) was a field army of the <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Invasions_of_Poland_and_France">Invasions of Poland and France</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Army_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Invasions of Poland and France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 4th Army was activated on 1 August 1939 with General <a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_von_Kluge" title="Günther von Kluge">Günther von Kluge</a> in command. It took part in the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a> of September 1939 as part of <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_North" title="Army Group North">Army Group North</a>, which was under Field Marshal <a href="/wiki/Fedor_von_Bock" title="Fedor von Bock">Fedor von Bock</a>. The 4th Army contained the <a href="/wiki/II_Army_Corps_(Wehrmacht)" title="II Army Corps (Wehrmacht)">II Corps</a> and <a href="/wiki/III_Army_Corps_(Wehrmacht)" title="III Army Corps (Wehrmacht)">III Corps</a>, each with two infantry divisions, the <a href="/wiki/19th_Army_Corps_(German)" class="mw-redirect" title="19th Army Corps (German)">XIX Corps</a> with two motorized and one panzer divisions, and three other divisions, including two in reserve. Its objective was to capture the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Corridor" title="Polish Corridor">Polish Corridor</a>, thus linking mainland Germany with <a href="/wiki/East_Prussia" title="East Prussia">East Prussia</a>. </p><p>During the attack on the <a href="/wiki/Low_Countries" title="Low Countries">Low Countries</a> and France, the 4th Army, as part of Field Marshal <a href="/wiki/Gerd_von_Rundstedt" title="Gerd von Rundstedt">Gerd von Rundstedt</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_A" title="Army Group A">Army Group A</a>, invaded Belgium from the <a href="/wiki/Rhineland" title="Rhineland">Rhineland</a>. Along with other German armies, the 4th Army penetrated the <a href="/wiki/KW-line" class="mw-redirect" title="KW-line">Dyle Line</a> and completed the trapping of the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> forces in France. </p><p>During the Western Campaign, the 4th Army was at the center of an organizational dispute between Army Group A, <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_B" title="Army Group B">Army Group B</a>, the Army High Command (<a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_des_Heeres" title="Oberkommando des Heeres">OKH</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a>. The commander-in-chief of the army, <a href="/wiki/Walther_von_Brauchitsch" title="Walther von Brauchitsch">Walther von Brauchitsch</a>, was dissatisfied with the size and leadership style of Army Group A, especially its commander Rundstedt; on May 23, 1940, the OKH ordered that the 4th Army should be subordinated to Army Group B from 20:00 on the following day. As a result of this order, Rundstedt would have lost all the armored units (<a href="/wiki/Panzergruppe_Kleist" class="mw-redirect" title="Panzergruppe Kleist"><i>Panzer Group Kleist</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Panzergruppe_Guderian" class="mw-redirect" title="Panzergruppe Guderian"><i>Panzer Group Guderian</i></a>) of his army group. According to the OKH's concept, Army Group B was subsequently to be utilized for the reduction of the Dunkirk sector of the front and Army Group A merely for flank security. When Hitler arrived at the headquarters of Army Group A near Charleville on the morning of May 24 and learned of the OKH's order, he immediately suspended it. The 4th Army remained with Army Group A, followed at 12:45 by the famous <i>halting order</i>, according to which the attack on the encircled Allied troops at Dunkirk was to be delayed until the infantry units (<a href="/wiki/II_Army_Corps_(Wehrmacht)" title="II Army Corps (Wehrmacht)">II Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/VIII_Army_Corps_(Wehrmacht)" title="VIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)">VIII Corps</a>) had caught up.<sup id="cite_ref-Frieser_2021_Legende_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frieser_2021_Legende-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The then Major-General <a href="/wiki/Erwin_Rommel" title="Erwin Rommel">Erwin Rommel</a>, who was under Kluge, contributed immensely to the victory of 4th Army. Kluge, who had been <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Artillery_(Germany)" title="General of the Artillery (Germany)">General of the Artillery</a>, was promoted to Field Marshal along with many others on 19 July 1940. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operation_Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Army_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Operation Barbarossa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 4th Army took part in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a> in 1941 as part of <a href="/wiki/Fedor_von_Bock" title="Fedor von Bock">Fedor von Bock</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Group Center">Army Group Center</a> and took part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bia%C5%82ystok%E2%80%93Minsk" title="Battle of Białystok–Minsk">Battle of Minsk</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Smolensk_(1941)" title="Battle of Smolensk (1941)">Battle of Smolensk</a>. In the aftermath of the German failure in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fedor_von_Bock" title="Fedor von Bock">Fedor von Bock</a> was relieved of his command of <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Group Center">Army Group Center</a> on 18 December. Kluge was promoted to replace him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGlantzHouse2015111_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGlantzHouse2015111-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> General <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_K%C3%BCbler" title="Ludwig Kübler">Ludwig Kübler</a> assumed command of the 4th Army. </p> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"> <div style="position:relative; background-color:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #CCCCCC;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OperationBarbarossa.PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="Position of 4. Armee (Kluge) at the opening phase of Operation Barbarossa"><img alt="Position of 4. Armee (Kluge) at the opening phase of Operation Barbarossa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/OperationBarbarossa.PNG/300px-OperationBarbarossa.PNG" decoding="async" width="300" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/OperationBarbarossa.PNG/450px-OperationBarbarossa.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/OperationBarbarossa.PNG/600px-OperationBarbarossa.PNG 2x" data-file-width="3711" data-file-height="2873" /></a></span><div style="position: absolute; z-index: 2; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; top: 47%; left: 32%;"> <div style="position: relative; z-index: 3; line-height: 0; text-align: center; width: 5px; left: -2.5px; top: -2.5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/5px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="5" height="5" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span></div><div style="position: relative; z-index: 4; font-size: 90%; line-height: 111%; width: 6em; top: -1.5em; left: 0.5em; text-align: left;"><span style="padding: 1px;"></span></div> </div></div><div class="thumbcaption">Position of <i>4. Armee</i> (Kluge) at the opening phase of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a></div> </div> </div> <p>After the launching of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Blue" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Blue">Operation Blue</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke200218_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke200218-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 4th Army and the entire <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Group Center">Army Group Center</a> did not see much action, as troops were concentrated to the south.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002191_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002191-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1943 on, the 4th Army was in retreat along with other formations of Army Group Center.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002164–170_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002164–170-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Red Army's campaign of autumn 1943, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Suvorov" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Suvorov">Operation Suvorov</a> (also known as the "battle of the highways"), saw the 4th Army pushed back towards <a href="/wiki/Orsha" title="Orsha">Orsha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002164–170_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002164–170-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between October and the first week of December, Western Front had tried four times to <a href="/wiki/Orsha_offensives_(1943)" title="Orsha offensives (1943)">take Orsha</a> and had been beaten off in furious battles by Fourth Army.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002206_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002206-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1944, the 4th Army was holding defensive positions east of <a href="/wiki/Orsha" title="Orsha">Orsha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mogilev" title="Mogilev">Mogilev</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Belorussian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Belorussian SSR">Belorussian SSR</a>, occupying a bulging, 25- by 80-mile bridgehead east of the <a href="/wiki/Dnieper" title="Dnieper">Dnepr</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002319_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002319-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Soviet summer offensive of that year, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration">Operation Bagration</a>, commencing on 22 June,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002319_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002319-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> proved disastrous for the Wehrmacht, including the 4th Army. It was encircled east of <a href="/wiki/Minsk" title="Minsk">Minsk</a> and lost 130,000 men in 12 days since the start of Bagration.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002323-325_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002323-325-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Few units were able to escape westwards;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002325_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002325-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after the battles in the rest of the summer, the army required complete rebuilding. During late 1944–45 the 4th Army, now under the command of <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Ho%C3%9Fbach" class="mw-redirect" title="Friedrich Hoßbach">Friedrich Hoßbach</a>, was tasked with holding the borders of <a href="/wiki/East_Prussia" title="East Prussia">East Prussia</a>. On the first week in November in <a href="/wiki/Gumbinnen_Operation" title="Gumbinnen Operation">Gumbinnen Operation</a>, the 4th Army pushed back the Soviet forces in the Gumbinnen sector off all but a fifteen-mile by fifty-mile strip of East Prussian territory.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002416_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002416-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="East_Prussian_Offensive">East Prussian Offensive</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Army_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: East Prussian Offensive"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Soviet <a href="/wiki/East_Prussian_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="East Prussian Offensive">East Prussian Offensive</a>, commencing on 13 January, saw the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="2nd Army (Wehrmacht)">2nd Army</a> driven steadily backwards towards the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic</a> coast over a period of two weeks and 4th Army threatened with encirclement.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002429–430_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002429–430-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hoßbach, with the Army Group Centre's commander <a href="/wiki/Georg-Hans_Reinhardt" title="Georg-Hans Reinhardt">Georg-Hans Reinhardt</a>'s concurrence, attempted to break out of East Prussia by attacking towards <a href="/wiki/Elbl%C4%85g" title="Elbląg">Elbing</a>; but the attack was driven back and the 4th Army was again encircled in what became known as the <a href="/wiki/Heiligenbeil_pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Heiligenbeil pocket">Heiligenbeil pocket</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002432,_445_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002432,_445-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For defying their orders, both Hoßbach and Reinhardt were relieved of command.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002432_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002432-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 13 February, <a href="/wiki/3rd_Belorussian_Front" title="3rd Belorussian Front">3rd Belorussian Front</a> had pushed 4th Army out of the <a href="/wiki/Lidzbark_Warmi%C5%84ski" title="Lidzbark Warmiński">Heilsberg</a> triangle.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002445_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002445-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After 13 March <a href="/wiki/3rd_Belorussian_Front" title="3rd Belorussian Front">3rd Belorussian Front</a> had pushed 4th Army into a ten by two mile <a href="/wiki/Beachhead" title="Beachhead">beachhead</a> west of <a href="/wiki/Mamonovo" title="Mamonovo">Heiligenbeil</a> before Hitler finally allowed the army to retreat across the <a href="/wiki/Frisches_Haff" class="mw-redirect" title="Frisches Haff">Frisches Haff</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Frische_Nehrung" class="mw-redirect" title="Frische Nehrung">Frische Nehrung</a> on 29 March.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002461_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002461-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_K%C3%B6nigsberg" title="Battle of Königsberg">Königsberg fell</a>, Hitler sent Headquarters, 4th Army, out of East Prussia and merged its units with 2nd Army to form the <a href="/wiki/Army_East_Prussia_(Wehrmacht)" title="Army East Prussia (Wehrmacht)">East Prussian Army Group</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002470_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002470-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> commanded by <a href="/wiki/Dietrich_von_Saucken" title="Dietrich von Saucken">Dietrich von Saucken</a>, which surrendered to the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> at the end of the war in May. Meanwhile, the Headquarters, 4th Army became Headquarters, <a href="/wiki/21st_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="21st Army (Wehrmacht)">21st Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002485_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZiemke2002485-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Army_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th>Commander</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Took office</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Left office</th> <th>Time in office </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-139-14,_G%C3%BCnther_v._Kluge.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Günther von Kluge"><img alt="Günther von Kluge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-139-14%2C_G%C3%BCnther_v._Kluge.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-139-14%2C_G%C3%BCnther_v._Kluge.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-139-14%2C_G%C3%BCnther_v._Kluge.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-139-14%2C_G%C3%BCnther_v._Kluge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-139-14%2C_G%C3%BCnther_v._Kluge.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-139-14%2C_G%C3%BCnther_v._Kluge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="528" data-file-height="798" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Kluge, Günther</span><i>Generalfeldmarschall</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_von_Kluge" title="Günther von Kluge">Günther von Kluge</a></b><br /><small>(1882–1944)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 August 1939</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 December 1941</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002871000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 140 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ludwig_Kubler.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ludwig Kübler"><img alt="Ludwig Kübler" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Ludwig_Kubler.jpg/100px-Ludwig_Kubler.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Ludwig_Kubler.jpg/150px-Ludwig_Kubler.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Ludwig_Kubler.jpg/200px-Ludwig_Kubler.jpg 2x" data-file-width="651" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Kübler, Ludwig</span><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">General der Gebirgstruppe</i></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_K%C3%BCbler" title="Ludwig Kübler">Ludwig Kübler</a></b><br /><small>(1889–1947)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 December 1941</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 January 1942</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001320000000000000♠"></span>32 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gotthard Heinrici"><img alt="Gotthard Heinrici" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg/100px-Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg/150px-Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg/200px-Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Heinrici, Gotthard</span><i>General der Infanterie</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Gotthard_Heinrici" title="Gotthard Heinrici">Gotthard Heinrici</a></b><br /><small>(1886–1971)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 January 1942</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 June 1942</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002137000000000000♠"></span>137 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hans_von_Salmuth.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hans von Salmuth"><img alt="Hans von Salmuth" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Hans_von_Salmuth.jpg/100px-Hans_von_Salmuth.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Hans_von_Salmuth.jpg/150px-Hans_von_Salmuth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Hans_von_Salmuth.jpg/200px-Hans_von_Salmuth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1632" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Salmuth, Hans</span><i>Generaloberst</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Hans_von_Salmuth" title="Hans von Salmuth">Hans von Salmuth</a></b><br /><small>(1888–1962)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 June 1942</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 July 1942</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001390000000000000♠"></span>39 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">(3)</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gotthard Heinrici"><img alt="Gotthard Heinrici" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg/100px-Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg/150px-Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg/200px-Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Heinrici, Gotthard</span><i>Generaloberst</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Gotthard_Heinrici" title="Gotthard Heinrici">Gotthard Heinrici</a></b><br /><small>(1886–1971)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 July 1942</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">? June 1943</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 months</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">(4)</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hans_von_Salmuth.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hans von Salmuth"><img alt="Hans von Salmuth" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Hans_von_Salmuth.jpg/100px-Hans_von_Salmuth.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Hans_von_Salmuth.jpg/150px-Hans_von_Salmuth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Hans_von_Salmuth.jpg/200px-Hans_von_Salmuth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1632" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Salmuth, Hans</span><i>Generaloberst</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Hans_von_Salmuth" title="Hans von Salmuth">Hans von Salmuth</a></b><br /><small>(1888–1962)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">? June 1943</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">31 July 1943</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 month</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">(3)</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gotthard Heinrici"><img alt="Gotthard Heinrici" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg/100px-Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg/150px-Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg/200px-Gotthard_Heinrici.jpg 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Heinrici, Gotthard</span><i>Generaloberst</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Gotthard_Heinrici" title="Gotthard Heinrici">Gotthard Heinrici</a></b><br /><small>(1886–1971)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">31 July 1943</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 June 1944</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002309000000000000♠"></span>309 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Kurt von Tippelskirch"><img alt="Kurt von Tippelskirch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Tippelskirch, Kurt</span><i>General der Infanterie</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Kurt_von_Tippelskirch" title="Kurt von Tippelskirch">Kurt von Tippelskirch</a></b><br /><small>(1891–1957)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 June 1944</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 June 1944</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001260000000000000♠"></span>26 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0002166_001_Portrait_Vincenz_M%C3%BCllers_auf_der_Friedenskundgebung_am_22._Juni_1950_Crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vincenz Müller"><img alt="Vincenz Müller" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0002166_001_Portrait_Vincenz_M%C3%BCllers_auf_der_Friedenskundgebung_am_22._Juni_1950_Crop.jpg/100px-Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0002166_001_Portrait_Vincenz_M%C3%BCllers_auf_der_Friedenskundgebung_am_22._Juni_1950_Crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0002166_001_Portrait_Vincenz_M%C3%BCllers_auf_der_Friedenskundgebung_am_22._Juni_1950_Crop.jpg/150px-Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0002166_001_Portrait_Vincenz_M%C3%BCllers_auf_der_Friedenskundgebung_am_22._Juni_1950_Crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0002166_001_Portrait_Vincenz_M%C3%BCllers_auf_der_Friedenskundgebung_am_22._Juni_1950_Crop.jpg/200px-Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0002166_001_Portrait_Vincenz_M%C3%BCllers_auf_der_Friedenskundgebung_am_22._Juni_1950_Crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Müller, Vincenz</span><i>Generalleutnant</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Vincenz_M%C3%BCller" title="Vincenz Müller">Vincenz Müller</a></b><br /><small>(1894–1961)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 June 1944</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 July 1944</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7000700000000000000♠"></span>7 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">(5)</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Kurt von Tippelskirch"><img alt="Kurt von Tippelskirch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Tippelskirch, Kurt</span><i>General der Infanterie</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Kurt_von_Tippelskirch" title="Kurt von Tippelskirch">Kurt von Tippelskirch</a></b><br /><small>(1891–1957)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 July 1944</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18 July 1944</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001110000000000000♠"></span>11 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Major_Friedrich_Ho%C3%9Fbach_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Friedrich Hossbach"><img alt="Friedrich Hossbach" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Major_Friedrich_Ho%C3%9Fbach_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Major_Friedrich_Ho%C3%9Fbach_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Major_Friedrich_Ho%C3%9Fbach_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="148" data-file-height="205" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Hossbach, Friedrich</span><i>General der Infanterie</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Hossbach" title="Friedrich Hossbach">Friedrich Hossbach</a></b><br /><small>(1894–1980)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18 July 1944</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 January 1945</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002195000000000000♠"></span>195 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller"><img alt="Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Müller, Friedrich</span><i>General der Infanterie</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Friedrich-Wilhelm_M%C3%BCller" title="Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller">Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller</a></b><br /><small>(1897–1947)</small></td><td 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