Heeresgruppe Weichsel
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- Published: 19 March 2011 19 March 2011
- Last Updated: 07 April 2012 07 April 2012
Commanders
Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler (28 Jan 1945 - 20 Mar 1945)Generaloberst Gotthard Heinrici (20 Mar 1945 - 28 Apr 1945)
General der Infanterie Kurt von Tippelskirch (28 Apr 1945 - 29 Apr 1945)
Generaloberst Kurt Student (29 Apr 1945 - 8 May 1945)
Adolf Hitler visits the HQ of Heeresgruppe Weichsel in March 1945

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Sources used
Roger James Bender & Hugh Page Taylor - Uniforms, Organization and History of the Waffen-SS, vol 2Georg Tessin - Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht 1933-1945
Reference material on this unit
Hans-Georg Eismann – Under Himmler’s Command: The Personal Recollections of Oberst Hans-Georg Eismann, Operations Officer, Army Group Vistula, Eastern Front 1945A. Stephan Hamilton - Oder Front 1945: Generaloberst Gotthard Heinrici, Heeresgruppe Weichsel and Germany's Final Defense in the East, 20 March-4 May 1945