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Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel Commander of the Austro-Prussian army who issued the Brunswick Manifesto Military command 1735–1806
Paul von Hindenburg Paul von Hindenburg German field marshal in World War I and president of the Weimar Republic Military command · Germany state institutions 1847–1934
Hermann von Eichhorn Hermann von Eichhorn German field marshal who governed occupied Ukraine in 1918 and was assassinated in Kiev by a Left SR Military command · Germany state institutions 1848–1918
Alfred von Tirpitz Alfred von Tirpitz German admiral who built the High Seas Fleet to rival the Royal Navy, set off a naval arms race and urged unrestricted U-boat war Military command · Germany state institutions 1849–1930
Erich Ludendorff Erich Ludendorff General who directed Germany’s war with Hindenburg and later joined Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch Military command · Germany state institutions 1865–1937
Rüdiger von der Goltz Rüdiger von der Goltz Freikorps commander who tried to keep Germany's eastern influence in Finland and the Baltic Military command · Germany state institutions 1865–1946
Wilhelm Groener Wilhelm Groener General who struck the 1918 secret pact with Ebert that preserved the officer corps and later served Weimar as defence and interior minister Military command · Germany state institutions 1867–1939
Gustav Noske Gustav Noske SPD defence minister who said “someone has to be the bloodhound” and used the Freikorps to crush the left risings of 1919 Military command · Germany state institutions 1868–1946
Max Hoffmann Max Hoffmann German Eastern Front chief of staff who placed his soldier's boot on the Brest-Litovsk negotiating table Military command · Germany state institutions 1869–1927
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb Wehrmacht field marshal who directed the encirclement of Leningrad Military command · Germany state institutions 1876–1956
Erich Raeder Erich Raeder A Nazi German naval commander who pursued a grand surface fleet Military command · Germany state institutions 1876–1960
Waldemar Pabst Waldemar Pabst Freikorps officer who ordered the murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in January 1919 and joined the Kapp Putsch Military command · Germany state institutions 1880–1970
Henrik Werth Werth Henrik Chief of the Hungarian General Staff who was the strongest advocate of alliance with Germany and of war on the Soviet Union Military command · Hungary 1881–1952
Maximilian von Weichs Maximilian von Weichs German field marshal who commanded the Stalingrad offensive Military command · Germany state institutions 1881–1954
Wilhelm Keitel Wilhelm Keitel German general who headed the Wehrmacht High Command and was complicit in Nazi war crimes. Military command · Germany state institutions 1882–1946
Rudolf Lüters Rudolf Lüters Wehrmacht general who directed anti-Partisan operations Military command · Germany state institutions 1883–1945
Franz Halder Franz Halder Chief of the German Army General Staff who planned Barbarossa and later forged the myth of the "clean Wehrmacht" Military command · Germany state institutions 1884–1972
Albert Kesselring Albert Kesselring Nazi field marshal who built the Luftwaffe and directed the defence of Italy Military command · Germany state institutions 1885–1960
Hermann Hoth Hermann Hoth A German general whose armoured successes were inseparable from crimes on the Eastern Front Military command · Germany state institutions 1885–1971
Gotthard Heinrici Gotthard Heinrici The Wehrmacht's defensive specialist on the Eastern Front Military command · Germany state institutions 1886–1971
Ferenc Szombathelyi Szombathelyi Ferenc Chief of the General Staff who ordered the Bačka intervention behind the Novi Sad massacre and later sought contact with the West Military command · Hungary 1887–1946
Heinrich von Vietinghoff Heinrich von Vietinghoff The general who represented Germany's surrender in Italy Military command · Germany state institutions 1887–1952
Erich von Manstein Erich von Manstein Nazi Germany's finest operational strategist and the apex of the 'clean Wehrmacht' myth Military command · Nazi party and regime 1887–1973
Heinz Guderian Heinz Wilhelm Guderian A leading architect of armoured warfare and a general of Nazi Germany Military command · Germany state institutions 1888–1954
Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch Commander of the Waffen-SS IX Mountain Corps who led the German forces in the siege of Budapest and refused to surrender Military command · Nazi party and regime 1888–1971
Alfred Jodl Alfred Jodl An operational architect of Nazi Germany's war Military command · Germany state institutions 1890–1946
Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner Feketehalmy-Czeydner Ferenc Hungarian general who directed the Novi Sad massacre, fled to Germany after his conviction and joined the SS Military command · Hungary 1890–1946
Friedrich Paulus Friedrich Paulus A field commander undone by the collision of orders and reality Military command · Germany state institutions 1890–1957
Walter Model Walter Model Hitler's "fireman" who rushed from crisis to crisis on the Eastern Front, the Wehrmacht's most tenacious defensive commander Military command · Germany state institutions 1891–1945
Helmuth Weidling Helmuth Weidling The final Berlin commander of a collapsing Reich Military command · Germany state institutions 1891–1955
Karl Dönitz Karl Dönitz German naval commander of the U-boat fleet who briefly became head of state after Hitler's death. Military command · Germany state institutions 1891–1980
Hermann Göring Hermann Göring A Luftwaffe chief who organized Nazi war and plunder Political and party leadership · Nazi party and regime 1893–1946
Wilhelm Zaisser Wilhelm Zaisser First East German Minister for State Security, purged in 1953 after trying to replace Ulbricht Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany 1893–1958
Dietrich von Hugo Hermann Choltitz Dietrich von Choltitz The German general who surrendered Paris rather than destroy it Military command · Nazi party and regime 1894–1966
Oskar Dirlewanger Oskar Dirlewanger SS special-unit commander implicated in the Wola massacre Military command · Nazi party and regime 1895–1945
Ernst Wollweber Ernst Wollweber Communist who ran an anti-fascist sabotage network before the war and headed the Stasi from 1953 to 1957 Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany 1898–1967
Heinrich Rau Heinrich Rau Communist who chaired the German Economic Commission, the forerunner of the GDR government, and led East German economic policy Economy, finance and planning · East Germany 1899–1961
Otto Braun Otto Braun “Li De”, the only Westerner on the Long March and the Comintern military adviser blamed at Zunyi Military command · Comintern 1900–1974
Heinz Reinefarth Heinz Reinefarth The SS general who commanded the repression of the Warsaw Uprising Military command · Nazi party and regime 1903–1979