Generalleutnant Fedor von Bock, creation – April 1935 General der Infanterie Johannes Blaskowitz, April 1935 – 10 November 1938 Generaloberst Adolf Strauß, 10 November 1938 – 30 May 1940 General der Infanterie Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, 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, June 1942 – 1 July 1942 General der Infanterie Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, 1 July 1942 – 28 November 1942 General der Infanterie Paul Laux, 28 November 1943 – 1 April 1944 Generalleutnant Wilhelm Hasse, 1 April 1944 – 5 May 1944 Generalleutnant Kurt von Tippelskirch, 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, 15 January 1945 – 1 April 1945 Generalleutnant Alfred Gause 1 April 1945 – German capitulation