1. Generals of World War II
In the list below you will find the generals categorized by each nation and then ... This section covers German army generals between 1939-1945. It does not ...
Biographical encyclopedia of the generals of World War Two
2. List of German colonel generals | Military Wiki - Fandom
List · German Empire · German Democratic Republic...
Insignias colonel general Heer (Army) The following is an incomplete list of German colonel generals. See also: ⇒ de: List of the German Empire's colonel generals Generals later promoted to General Field Marshall (GFM) are not included. 1926 – Hans von Seeckt (1866–1936), Chef of the Oberste Heeresleitung 1930 – Wilhelm Heye (1869–1946), Chef of the Oberste Heeresleitung 1934 – Kurt Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord (1878–1943), Chef of the Oberste Heeresleitung See also: ⇒ World War II German Arm
3. Danger Zone | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
Sep 20, 2018 · Consider this list: General Wilhelm Falley of the 91st Air-Landing Division; General Erich Marcks, commander of the LXXXIV Corps; General Fritz ...
German generals died in droves in World War II.
4. Wilhelm List | German general | Britannica
Battle of Stalingrad · role in World War II.
Other articles where Wilhelm List is discussed: Battle of Stalingrad: …Group A (under Field Marshal Wilhelm List) and Army Group B (under Bock). Within days, Bock was replaced at the head of Army Group B by Field Marshal Maximilian von Weichs. The division of forces placed tremendous pressure on an already-strained logistical support system. It also caused a gap between…
5. List of German Commanders - World War II Wiki - Fandom
This page contains all senior commanders who served under Germany during World War II. Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Gerd von Rundstedt Günther von Kluge Erwin ...
This page contains all senior commanders who served under Germany during World War II. Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Gerd von Rundstedt Günther von Kluge Erwin Rommel Erich von Manstein Walter Model Friedrich Paulus Wilhelm Keitel Walther von Brauchitsch Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist Fedor von Bock Wilhelm List Ferdinand Schörner Georg von Küchler Maximilian von Weichs Erwin von Witzleben Generaloberst (Colonel general) Heinz Guderian Gotthard Heinrici General der Panzertruppe (General of the Armoured
6. Erich von Manstein | World War II, Blitzkrieg, Prussia | Britannica
Jun 7, 2024 · was perhaps the most talented German field commander in World War II. ... The Allies prepared an initial list of about 900 suspected war criminals ...
Erich von Manstein was perhaps the most talented German field commander in World War II. The son of an artillery general, he was adopted by General Georg von Manstein after the untimely death of his parents. Manstein began his active career as an officer in 1906 and served in World War I on both
7. German Armed Forces High Command | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Hitler occupied the top of the hierarchy. He was not just the Führer (Leader) of Germany, but also Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces (after February 1938) ...
The German Armed Forces High Command, headed by Hitler, directed Germany’s armed forces before and during WWII. It was deeply complicit in the Holocaust and other crimes of the Third Reich.
8. Battle of the Bulge | The U.S. Army
British veterans waited nervously to see how the Americans would react to a full-scale German offensive, and British generals quietly acted to safeguard the ...
The U.S. Army Battle of the Bulge
9. List of German generals during WWII - Feldgrau.net
Jan 27, 2003 · If you go to the search page on Feldgrau for German Heer Generals, you can see lists of over 3000 individual officers along with biographical ...
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10. The Nuremberg Trials | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
List of Judges. Francis Biddle (American); John J Parker (American) ... those German officers and men and members of the Nazi party who ...
After the war, Allied powers—United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union—came together to form the International Military Tribunal (IMT). From 1945 to 1946, Nazi Germany leaders stood trial for crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing crimes.
11. Surrender of Germany (1945) - National Archives
Jan 10, 2023 · Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, SHAEF chief of staff, led the Allied delegation as the representative of General Eisenhower. Eisenhower refused to ...
EnlargeDownload Link Citation: Act of Military Surrender; 5/7/1945; Instruments of German Surrender, 5/4/1945 - 5/10/1945; Records of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Record Group 218; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. View All Pages in the National Archives Catalog View Transcript This instrument of surrender was signed on May 7, 1945, at Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters in Reims by Gen. Alfred Jodl, Chief of Staff of the German Army.
12. The Commanders of WW2 | The main military leaders - Normandy1944.info
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 - 30 April 1945) was a German politician and lead... Read the biography · Andrew McNaughton. Chief of the General Staff.
Discover the key figures who led nations and armies during World War 2. Explore the strategic commanders who shaped the course of history.
13. Wehrmacht generals - FamousFix.com list
1. Walter Braemer. German Nazi war criminal. Walter Braemer · 2. Heinz Guderian. German general (1888–1956) · 3. Hermann Hoth. German military officer · 4. Alfred ...
14. The Army and the occupation of Germany | National Army Museum
They also kept many German officers in prisoner-of-war camps for longer to ... The most famous Nazi caught by the British was Heinrich Himmler, chief of the ...
Following their victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, the Allies were faced with administering a country in ruins. British soldiers had a leading role in this, helping to hunt war criminals, rebuild industry and help displaced persons.
15. The German Response to D-Day | Imperial War Museums
All German armed forces in the West came under Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, as Commander-in-Chief West (Oberbefehlshaber West or OB West). He had two Army ...
By the spring of 1944 Germany had been dominant in western Europe for four years. After defeat in France in 1940 Britain had been too weak to intervene in Europe. In 1942 and 1943 Anglo-American forces concentrated on offensives in North Africa and the Mediterranean, which ruled out a return to northern Europe
16. D-Day: German Forces - Naval History and Heritage Command
The German forces were led by Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt and Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. The German army at Omaha Beach, 352nd, Infantry Division, was ...
German Forces The German forces were led by Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt and Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. The German army at Omaha Beach, 352nd, Infantry Division, was under the command of Generalleutnant Dietrich Kraiss. The German Army at Utah Beach, 709th Static Infantry Division, was under the command of Generalleutnant Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben. The images in this section are mainly after the invasion and with the Germans as Prisoners of War. Image: 26-G-2359: Normany Invasion, German Prisoners, June 1944. Their faces reveal the dismay after being captured at the French Coast. U.S. Coast Guard Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
17. Military documents - Bundesarchiv Internet
If you are looking for person-related information on German military ... Army Lists & Service Regulations · Military Maps · Military Plans and Technical Drawings ...
At our branch in Freiburg we keep more than 50 km of files of German armed forces going back to the time of the founding of the Reich. Among them are archival documents from the Prussian Army, the imperial navy, the imperial protection forces and Freikorps, the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht, the National People’s Army and the Bundeswehr (Federal Defense). Numerous private papers of military personnel complement the official records. Extensive personal documents on members of military formations or associations resembling military formations are also located at the Federal Archives’ branch in Berlin-Reinickendorf.
18. Erwin Rommel - Biography, Facts & Death - The HISTORY Channel
Jan 7, 2022 · Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) was a German army officer who rose to the rank of field marshal and earned fame at home and abroad for his ...
Erwin Rommel was a German army officer who rose to the rank of field marshal and earned fame at home and abroad for his leadership of Germany’s Afrika Korps in North Africa during World War II. Nicknamed “the Desert Fox,” Rommel also commanded German defenses against the Allied invasion of northern France.
19. Germany's former Chiefs of Defence - Bundesministerium der Verteidigung
Germany's Chiefs of Defence since 1957 · Official portrait of the Bundeswehr Chief of Defence, General Eberhard Zorn · Volker Wieker · Portrait of General Wolfgang ...
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20. Number of German Generals in WWII.
Nov 21, 2007 · Anyone here ever wonder at how many German Generals there were during WWII? Well, I have a decent answer. According to Samuel Mitcham Jr. in ...
Anyone here ever wonder at how many German Generals there were during WWII? Well, I have a decent answer. According to Samuel Mitcham Jr. in his fine...
