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Ja – yes; Jawohl – a German term that connotes an emphatic yes – "Yes, indeed!" in English. It is often equated to "yes, sir" in Anglo-American military films, since it is also a term typically used as an acknowledgement for military commands in the German military. Schnell! – "Quick!" or "Quickly!"
KdE – abbreviation for the Kommandeur der Erprobungsstellen, the commander of all German military aviation test facilities in World War II, an office held by Colonel (Oberst) Edgar Petersen late in the war. Kesselschlacht – lit. "cauldron battle" encirclement often shortened to Kessel e.g. "Kessel von Stalingrad"
for men (broadly equivalent to Mr., Lord and Sir in English). This word also means "master, owner, ruler, gentleman" and is also a form of address for the Christian God (English equivalent: Lord). If the surname is not used or known, e. g. when addressing a stranger in the street, the correct form is der Herr ("sir" or "gentleman").
Prussian army commander 1915: Otto von Marchtaler: 1854: 1920: War Minister of Württemberg: 1917: Günther Graf von Kirchbach: 1850: 1925: Prussian army group commander 1918: Felix Graf von Bothmer: 1852: 1937: Bavarian army commander 1918: Karl Ludwig d'Elsa: 1849: 1922: Saxonian army commander 1918: Hans von Kirchbach: 1849: 1928: Saxonian ...
Note: Superiorship according to this paragraph - somewhat confusingly called "immediate" - is the entire chain of command known from other armies, and usually consists of a team (Trupp) leader, a squad (Gruppe) leader, a platoon (Zug) leader, a company "chief", a bataillon or regimental commander, a brigade commander, a division commander, a ...
Sir Charles August von Alten GCB, GCH (21 October 1764 – 20 April 1840), better known as Charles, Count Alten, was a German army officer and politician who led the Light Division during the last two years of the Peninsular War. At the Battle of Waterloo, he commanded a division in the front line, where he was wounded.
The Reichswehr's visual acknowledgement of the new National Socialist reality came on 17 February 1934, when the Commander-in-Chief, Werner von Blomberg, ordered the Nazi Party eagle-and-swastika, then Germany's National Emblem, to be worn on uniform blouses and headgear effective 1 May. [1]
When conscription was reintroduced in 1935, Hitler created the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, a post held by the Minister of War. He retained the title of Supreme Commander for himself. Soldiers had to swear allegiance to Hitler as "Führer des deutschen Reiches und Volkes" (Leader of the German Reich and Nation).