A wata daya daga baya, Saucken ya umurci rundunar soja ta 2 a Prussia kuma ya ba da tallafin kayan aiki ga
Fitar da Gabashin Prussia. A watan Afrilu, an sake sunan sojojinsa zuwa Sojojin Gabashin Prussia. A ranar 8 ga Mayu, Saucken ya sami sanarwar cewa an ba shi lambar yabo ta Knight's Cross tare da ganyen Oak, Swords, da Diamonds, wanda ya sa ya zama na karshe na jami'ai 27 da suka karbi wannan lambar yabo. Kodayake jirgin sama ya tsaya don kwashe shi, ya ƙi barin sojojinsa lokacin da suka mika wuya ga Red Army a ranar 9 ga Mayu, 1945.