Feodor August Gotthard Heinrici, a general in the German army during World War II, acquired a reputation as the premier defensive expert of the Wehrmacht. His final command, Army Group Vistula, formed
4th Army (Wehrmacht)
…December 1941 2 years, 140 days 2 General der Gebirgstruppe Ludwig Kübler (1889–1947) 19 December 1941 20 January 1942 32 days 3 General der Infanterie Gotthard Heinrici (1886–1971) 20 January 1942 6 June 1942 137 days 4 Generaloberst Hans von Salmuth (1888–1962) 6 June 1942 15 July 1942 39 days (3) Generaloberst Gotthard…
Heinrici in 1943
Field Marshal Günther von Kluge (left) and Heinrici, mid-1943