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Pages in category "German Army generals of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 504 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Erich Marcks (6 June 1891 – 12 June 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II.He authored the first draft of the operational plan, Operation Draft East, for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, advocating what was later known as A-A line as the goal for the Wehrmacht to achieve, within nine to seventeen weeks.
Panzer Group Guderian - 2nd Panzer Army-Chief of the German General Staff: 19 July 1940: Curt Haase: 1881: 1943: 15th Army (Wehrmacht) 19 July 1940: Franz Halder: 1884: 1972: Chief of the German General Staff: 19 July 1940: Hermann Hoth: 1885: 1971: 17th Army (Wehrmacht) - 4th Panzer Army - Panzer Group Hoth: 19 July 1940: Erich Hoepner: 1886: ...
Walther Wenck (German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈvɛŋk]; 18 September 1900 – 1 May 1982) was a German officer and industrialist. He was the youngest General of the branch [1] (General der Truppengattung) in the German Army and a staff officer during World War II. At the end of the war, he commanded the German Twelfth Army that took part in the Battle of ...
1st Panzer Division crossing a pontoon bridge on the Meuse near Sedan, 1940. Balck in command vehicle in Greece, April 1941. At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Balck was serving in the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) as a staff officer in the Inspectorate of Motorized Troops, which was in charge of refitting and reorganizing the growing panzer forces.
Colonel Shrapnel – Alan Brooke, British World War II general & CIGS "Shy" – Edward C. Meyer, former United States Army Chief of Staff "Silent Otto" – Otto Kretschmer, World War II German ace submarine commander [59] "Skinny" – Francis W. Rockwell, U.S. Navy admiral [4] "Sky Samurai" – Saburō Sakai, World War II Japanese Navy fighter ace
Pages in category "German military personnel of World War II" The following 199 pages are in this category, out of 199 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
German Army generals of World War II (504 P) German Army officers of World War II (2 C, 273 P) F. Five-star officers of Nazi Germany (3 C, 2 P) Four-star officers of ...