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Jan 23, 2014 Generals have a limit to the number of divisions they can command while Field Marshals don't. Generals level up in skill faster then Field Marshals. Generals get more specialized perks while Field Marshal get more general perks. More specifics here http://www.hoi4wiki.com/Commandgroup. Manstein was the very best that the Wehrmacht had to offer. A strategist without equal and a tactician without failure. He would be the deus-ex machina that would save the Wehrmacht and with it Germany, on multiple occasions throughout World War 2. The Field Marshal Edition includes the following items: Heavy Cruiser Pack (cosmetic): Seven heavy cruisers available for both Axis and Allies - Exeter, Prinz Eugen and Mogami amongst others. Soviet Tank Pack (cosmetic): Eight tanks for when playing as Soviet, ranging from light all the way up to Super Heavy.
- 4General Overview
Game Versions
Hearts of Iron 2 has had many versions. The original game is referred to as HoI2, or 'vanilla' and was released in 2005. This game had a series of patches that ended with version 1.3. An expansion pack called Doomsday or 'DD' was released in 2006, and also had a series of patches that ended in version 1.3. Doomsday is a standalone and thus does not require the original HoI2 to be installed. Finally, Armageddon or 'ARMA', is a booster pack for Doomsday that was released in 2007, and has had a series of patches that have ended in version 1.2. Since early 2009, there is a 1.3(beta) patch for Armageddon which fixes all known bugs and introduces a new espionage system. It is being developed by the community but with the blessing of Paradox.
Armageddon is the latest game version and includes all features of the previous two. In the Anthology pack, Armageddon is a standalone (and thus does not require any other game version to be installed) while as a separate game it is an add-on for Doomsday and thus requires Doomsday to be installed.
Choose Game Type
In order to start on the right foot select a game type that makes the most sense for your learning style.
- Tutorials: These are a good starting point for the real basics. Remember that those tutorials have not been adjusted to the expansions and thus may result in errors when playing Doomsday or Armageddon.
- Battle Scenarios: These are good for limiting complexity, and learning the basics. The Spanish Civil War scenario which is a fun, eventful little package that will introduce you to all the fundamentals.
- 1936 campaign:
- For a peaceful, simple game of just the basics, Brazil is a good choice.
- For a start at war, USSR is an excellent choice because it is possible to defeat Germany without much skill.
- As a general rule, trying to reverse history (German or Japanese victory) is more challenging gameplay than a victory with the Allies.
Walk through
Some step by step guides have been created to help new players:
- Germany, 1936:'How the heck do you play this game?!' A simple tutorial AAR
General Overview
Intelligence
Available in HoI2, Doomsday:
- Using the Intelligence system is not essential for gameplay. Beginners should ignore it for simplicity: some advanced players ignore it due to its relatively low impact/benefit.
- Before performing any mission, it is a good idea to set up 10 spies in the target country (which also includes your own), as spy mission success chance depends largely on the number of spies and failed missions make you lose one spy. In Armageddon 1.3beta the espionage system has been changed drastically: there failed missions don't have any negative effect apart from the money lost, so you can happily spy away.
- It helps to remove all AI spies in your nation, as they can disrupt production, etc. (Not possible in Armageddon 1.3beta.)
- The most widely used feature of the spying system is to steal blueprints.
Technology
- Always use as many research slots as possible.
- Avoid researching technologies whose historical year is in the future due to penalties to research time.
- Match the specialties of the selected tech team with whatever you intend to research.
- See the Research guide for more information on how to maximize research.
Production
- Serial runs provide bonuses to time to complete due to the Gearing_Bonus. Thus, a serial run of 10 infantry is much quicker to produce, and is much easier to manage as a player. Since cancelling an ongoing serial yields no negative consequences, it is even feasible to order each build as a 99 serial and simply abort it once you've produced enough. That way you'll get your builds done the quickest.
Diplomacy
- Take a look at the Domestic Policy FAQ for advice on changing your domestic policy sliders. There are definite directions you want to move your nation to accomplish certain goals.
- Examine your resource situation carefully, and if you are tight in anything, scour the world for trades to build up stockpiles in it. Italy and Japan have a particular need for this monitoring. Once war starts your national trade with nations who are non-neighbours will drop sharply in efficiency, so build up stockpiles while the world is at peace.
Military Basics
- Your leaders have a rank which determines how many divisions they can command. To increase the rank, simply press the 'promote' button in the leader selection window. This will cost the leader in question one skill point and it will reset his experience to zero. Keep in mind not to over-stack leaders: which means a Major General should only have 1 division, a Lt. General should only have 3 divisions or less, a General should have no more than 9 divisions and a Field Marshal should be content with commanding no more than 12 divisions.
- Enabling the Auto-promotions option for your leaders will give you 'free' promotions, without those leaders losing skill level.
- Always be mindful of the terrain and weather you are fighting in (hills, plains, swamp forest, mountains, rivers -- mud, winter, rain, etc): it makes a huge difference.
- Units like Marines and Mountaineers exist for a reason: they are masters of certain terrain types and/or mission types such as amphibious assaults.
- Garrisons with MP brigades are useful in order to reduce partisan activities (which lowers your Transport Capacity, or 'TC'). Units that are in good supply fight better.
- Always remember to check your time of day and weather before an attack. Badly timed attacks can wear down even the best prepared attacker.
- Time your offensives on a strategic (long-term) time-scale. For example, attacking the Soviet Union as Germany in winter will wear you down for little gain, and almost eliminate the chance for the all-important encirclements. Winter warfare is no fun, just ask the German general staff.
- Encirclement is the only practical way of 'killing' enemy units. Plan strategic traps such as cutting units off against the coast and try deep striking tank attacks to get the enemy units behind your lines.
- If your attack (or defense) is going badly, or even if it's stalled call it off (or retreat) and think of a new approach. Your units will keep their valuable organisation and strength, and will be ready for the next attack (or counter-attack).
- Use HQ units for any large attacks to prevent over-stacking penalties, and use support attack from other provinces to bring an overwhelming force against the enemy.
- Remember to give your HQ units general or field-marshal leaders, or else the HQ units are effectively useless.
- Don't be afraid of trading land for time or strategic advantage. On defensive fronts consider letting the enemy take a front-line province if your line is attacked by a superior force, and then counter-attack from the flanking provinces using the unit(s) you cunningly withdrew. Then the enemy gets a 20% penalty and things will probably go badly for him.
- Check the detailed combat status of your (and enemy) units by reading the tool-tip on the unit in the detailed battle view. This is a neat summary of the factors affecting the combat and a great way of learning when and why you have the advantage or disadvantage in battle.
Things to ignore
- Don't worry about convoys. Convoys are important for amphibious landings and maintaining overseas supply, but are safe to ignore for a new player.
- Don't worry about leader assignment. Switch on auto-assign and the AI will find suitable leaders to leaderless stacks at midnight every day.
- Air Force and Navy are best ignored for beginning players.
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Choose your favorite World War Two German Field Marshal.The Top Ten
1Erich von MansteinClearly better than Rommel. If it wasn't for Hitler, Manstein would have save the encircled 6th Army. After the Stalingrad disaster he was able to stabilize the front in the south and launched a counter offensive recapturing charkov. The 'Unternehmen Zitadelle' (battle of Kursk) was also his idea, but Hitler ordered them to wait until Summer 1943. So the Red army had enough time to fortify their defense lines. Also important for his status as the best german Feldmarschall is the fact, that von Manstein never gave a order to execute civilians, jews or any other ethnic group. He was no racist or member of the Nazi party.
Feldmarschall Von Manstein was clearly the best line officer in the German Army. Although Germany did field the best trained army the World has ever seen. Officers, NCO's and Schutze were cross trained to such a high degree, that when their leaders fell in battle, each could step in an lead. Hitler reduced the size of Panzer and Infantry Divisions by adding more Divisions but with less brigades and regiments. Therefore, the prior effective force was lost. Von Manstein and his peers fought this change without success. So as the war moved forward, officers had to improvise in order to save their troopers.
Allowed to continue as the Generals did in 1939 & 1940, the Germans would have crushed the Russians. Had the Germans produced the 'Ural' six engine heavy bomber, then they could have massed bombed the Russian factories behind the 'Ural' mountains, bomb Britain more effectively plus bombing the U.S. east Coast. Thanks to Hitler, it was cancelled and the war lost.
Allowed to continue as the Generals did in 1939 & 1940, the Germans would have crushed the Russians. Had the Germans produced the 'Ural' six engine heavy bomber, then they could have massed bombed the Russian factories behind the 'Ural' mountains, bomb Britain more effectively plus bombing the U.S. east Coast. Thanks to Hitler, it was cancelled and the war lost.
Field Marshall Manstein was a brillant tactician who understood how the warfare had to be conducted. It is indeed sad that he was not allowed to do what he had planned and this led to the reversal of the German army.
As said earlier by others if Hitler had allowed his Field Marshalls / Generals to conduct their battles, the history what we see today and what would have been would be different. Manstein counter offensives were brillant and today many of his battle plans are case studies in the military academy worl wide.
As said earlier by others if Hitler had allowed his Field Marshalls / Generals to conduct their battles, the history what we see today and what would have been would be different. Manstein counter offensives were brillant and today many of his battle plans are case studies in the military academy worl wide.
Master of modern Tank warfare, creator of the Manstein Plan, winner of Crimea (world's strongest fortress) that too without support of armour for most of the time, rushed to Leningrad where he performed superbly, only to be rushed towards Stalingrad to rescue 6th Army, a job he almost succeeded in. After the rout, he showed his genius in the'backhand blow' to win Kharkov n stabilise the Eastern front. Even in battle of Kursk, the southern pincer which was under his command performed commendably and almost completed the encirclement but for the Soviet resilience at Prokhorovka.
My all time favourite German Field Marshall, followed by Guderian Model n Rommel.
2Erwin Rommel Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, popularly known as the Desert Fox, was a German field marshal of World War II. He worked under Adolf Hitler's Third Reich as a leading general and gained fame from his battles in North Africa.My all time favourite German Field Marshall, followed by Guderian Model n Rommel.
Erwin Rommel is the best German General because he was against the Nazi regime and his presence on the battlefield always boosted the morale of the soldiers. He was cunning enough to storm the deserts with Blitzkrieg and he strongly stood against the merciless killing of Jews.
He was a brilliant strategist. Many say that he lost in North Africa eventually but we must remember the circumstances. He had neither air or naval superiority and the allies, had lots of compromised intel about his troops and their positions. He was very short on supplies and fought with inferior equipment. Not only that the allies had vastly superior numbers (They had around 3-4 times more), they also had equipment better suited to desert warfare which Rommel simply didn't have access to. Yet, many of his battles led to the Germans inflicting much greater losses on the enemy. Truly a great military tactician. If he had the amount of supplies and troops the allies had, he would be totally untouchable.
If the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine supplied the Afrika korps efficiently, attacked and occupied Malta instead of Crete, and given him 2 more motorized divisions, Rommel would have crossed the Nile, taken the Suez Canal and the oil fields and ports in the middle east. Then a southern pincer into southern Russia would be introduced. Game over in Europe.
Erwin Rommel was even more popular within the the enemy lines than he was within his troops... So frightened by his popularity and tactics were Allies that FieldMarshall Auchinelek Commander of the British Eighth Army Had to issue the orders of zero tolerance for soldiers found indulged in his praise... Perfect soldier... Ordered to present such food and water to prisoners as would be used by his field commanders... Exceptional behaviour with the enemy prisoners... If he would have commanded Normandy... operation Overlord would have been a great failure!
3Heinz GuderianGuderian was brilliant and confident. His confidence and courage was his undoing as he frequently opposed Hitler and wasn't shy about voicing his objections. Hitler was unable to take criticism(s) and thus removed Guderian. To me Guderian was one of the few German Generals who had balls like Patton and Churchill.
The rest of the Generals were running their show constantly looking over their shoulder to not offend the High Command. A Top General has his mind on the battlefield and the victory. He isn't making decisions based on what would please the Fuhrer
The rest of the Generals were running their show constantly looking over their shoulder to not offend the High Command. A Top General has his mind on the battlefield and the victory. He isn't making decisions based on what would please the Fuhrer
Simply the best. Hurry Up Heinz devised tank warfare, and all other Generals with half a brain followed his doctrine. He understood Blitzkrieg best because he wrote the book on Blitzkrieg. Von Manstein was behind the plan for the Battle of France, and it was a good plan, but after consulting with Guderian, it became a great plan. Hitler sacking him was lucky for us, and he was probably never made a Field Marshall due to his courage in telling the truth.
Guderian was removed by Hitler because he protested against his army group center being constantly diverted to support army group South against Russia. He would have clearly made it into and taken Moscow had he been allowed to advance as per the original plan. Instead the southerly diversions gave the Russians precious time to prepare tank defenses and then the coldest winter did the rest.
Heinz Wilhelm Guderian, also known as 'Schneller Heinz' (Fast Heinz) was perhaps the best general Hitler had. Unfortunately, because of Hitler's incompetence, the brilliant General was unable to fullfill his role of defeating the Soviets in Moscow. Perhaps if Germany was run by people like Guderian, Rommel, Manstein, Model, Bock, Leeb, Runstedt, and Kesselring, instead of clowns like Hitler, Goering, Heydrich, Himmler, and Goebbels, Germany would rule the world.
Guderian was the father of modern tank warfare and if he never expressed his ideas we would still be using infantry over tanks. Truly a mastermind, admirable, and best of all: not a nazi.
4Gerd von Rundstedt Guderian was the father of modern tank warfare and if he never expressed his ideas we would still be using infantry over tanks. Truly a mastermind, admirable, and best of all: not a nazi.
Rundstedt was considered the best of the German Field Commanders by both Ike and Monty. Also, according to comments in various post war publications in interviews with German military officials, Von Rundstedt was the most respected officer in all of the German military including the Navy and Luftwaffe, that is why Hitler rehired him several times after firing him.
He was intelligent field marshal and his war tactics were different from all. He was a feared general and most respected in nazi hierarchy. He used clever tactics and bet that it worked by his side.
Brilliant commander of the invasion of Europe in 1939... along with Manstein, responsible for how well it went
The best, he guided Rommal and many others. Under rated and his record speaks for its self. if Hitler listened to him the way may have been very different.
5Albert Kesselring A Luftwaffe field marshal whom was also adept at handling his ground troops, he was a cutting-edge strategist for his time. He once said that he thought generals in the future would have to be adept at managing all aspects of combat on land, sea, and air. His steady defense of central and northern Italy have been dubbed 'flawless,' by several historians.
He had the most thorough grasp of both people and technology. He never stopped learning- learned to fly at 48. He had the creativity, optimism, honesty, and strength of character to accomplish anything and earned the honor and admiration of his Allied enemies, who dubbed him 'Smiling Albert.'
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He saved the city of Rome from allied destruction. Without his actions, Rome would have been another Dresden. A shame that Rome has not erected a monument in his honour.
Bar none the finest defensive field marshall of WWII. Made the allies pay in Italy at the Gothic line after Rommel was pulled.
6Fedor von Bock A Prussian's Prussian. He did well in Poland in 1939. He should have not been replaced by von Rundstedt as the commander of the Army Group that would be the deciding force in the Fall Gelb operation in 1940. He was the most aggressive of the three army group commanders. He was constantly on the move driving his subordinate commanders forward. He would not have hesitated to wipe out the surrounded Dunkirk enemies. He was also highly aggressive against the Russians and should have been allowed to drive on Moscow. Had Moscow fallen in the Fall of 1941. It would have been the greatest catastrophe. Moscow was the greatest political prize, it was the road and railroad center of the country. It also had great industrial value as well and the electric grid was centered there too. Gfm. von Bock burned himself out in this campaign. He could possibly have been rated higher than von Manstein had he been allowed to do what he wanted in 1940 and 1941.
7Walter ModelModel was an exceptionally good field commander but he was a brutal field commander. He sometimes took loses that he could not sustain in order to reach his objective.
Model was like Heinricci known as a master of defense.
One flaw in his character was that he, when the war was lost, left his troops and committed suicide.
Model was like Heinricci known as a master of defense.
One flaw in his character was that he, when the war was lost, left his troops and committed suicide.
Stopping the allied forces at Arnhem. Holding the Americans at Hurtgenwald. Responsible for the longest battle the Americans ever did fight. He is not a wel known fieldmarshal in history, maybe because he gave the allied forces a few bleeding noses. Since the Germans did retreat he made it tough for all allied forces, depending on where he was placed.
Brilliant in defense, through good intelligence, a continuous frontline, and retreating through prepared defenses. The man knew how to use his tanks to slaughter enemies, in spite of the loss of air supremacy.
The youngest Field Marshall was also a brilliant commander for crises. Excelled in the art of orderly retreat while at the same time giving a bloody nose to the attackers.
8Wilhelm Ritter von LeebHe was a man who was very familiar with war tactics and defense so much so that he wrote books about it and was regarded as an authority on defense... And in the use of tactics to wear down the enemy rather than stage a full frontal attack. Hitler's impatience, misguided alterations to field strategy, and arm chair tactics to take Leningrad led to his failure to take leningrad and ultimately cost him the war.
Grossly underrated and one of the most brilliant if not moral of the German senior officers.
I I appreciate his time in the day
9Gunther von KlugeHans von Kluge was born in Poznan, Germany. He was a veteran of WW1, participating in major battles such as the Battle of Verdun in 1918 as a field artillery specialist. He achieved the rank of major general in 1933, then lieutenant general in 1936.
He was a good general
10Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen A clear thinking aristocrat, he showed with simple math that the trapped 6th army at Stalingrad could not be sufficiently supplied from the air.
A master of tactical air support. Should be around #4-6 on the list.
He is the master of modern air war
His name alone makes him riot
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11Ewald von KleistA very brilliant commander and should be ranked amoung the top 5.
He did not bother to hide his hatred of the Nazi regime. He showed brilliant tactics wherever he was sent and was promoted to Fieldmarshall in 1943.
He has been described as warmhearted and caring and thought first and foremost og his men.He despited the activities of SS behind the fronline. He tried to make friendship with the people in the occupied contries and even helped starving people in the occupied terretories as good as he could.
He was arrested by the Americans in 1945 and sent to Yugoslavia where he was going to be tried but he led the forces which took Belgrad and Yugoslavia in just three weeks which was a masterpiec. However the Yugoslavians sent him to U.S.S.R so he could be tried there for war crimes but he had led the forces which were supposed to take Caucasus. No war crimes or ill treatment of the enemy could be proven but he was still sentenced into 20 years imprisoment. He died in prison in ...more
He did not bother to hide his hatred of the Nazi regime. He showed brilliant tactics wherever he was sent and was promoted to Fieldmarshall in 1943.
He has been described as warmhearted and caring and thought first and foremost og his men.He despited the activities of SS behind the fronline. He tried to make friendship with the people in the occupied contries and even helped starving people in the occupied terretories as good as he could.
He was arrested by the Americans in 1945 and sent to Yugoslavia where he was going to be tried but he led the forces which took Belgrad and Yugoslavia in just three weeks which was a masterpiec. However the Yugoslavians sent him to U.S.S.R so he could be tried there for war crimes but he had led the forces which were supposed to take Caucasus. No war crimes or ill treatment of the enemy could be proven but he was still sentenced into 20 years imprisoment. He died in prison in ...more
He os very good man
12Walter von ReichenauWas in command of 6th Army. Had he not died, Paulus would not have succeeded him as commander of this Army. The debacle at Stalingrad would not have to occurred.
13Gotthard HeinriciAn absolute genius, Great at defensive and offensive tactics. One of the (many) tactics he devised included: drawing enemy infantry out of their area of artillery support and then taking them out with heavy machine guns, SPG's, artillery and Anti air guns (Used to attack infantry) afterwards procceding to attack the remaining artillery (which had no idea about the whereabouts of German troops and equipment) with tanks, often encirceling and capturing the soviet guns. If you were to charge an area defended by Gotthard you'd be dead within seconds. He had been part of the German military 1905, he was not a Nazi (He disobeyed Hitler and Göring) and fought purely out of pattriotism. He held important positions within the German military E.G he lead the defense of Moscow (Where he lost 35.000 men and the soviets lost 530.000 men.) and in 1945 he controlled the defense of the Eastern front against the advancing soviets. He also survived poison gas at the battle of Tannenberg and, his ...more
Did the best he could with limited resources and maximized his potential assets to inflict incredible losses on an opponent with overwhelming resources. Unlike other German generals he paid strict attention to logistics and intelligence resulting in superior defensive tactics.
Gen. Heinrici put morals before orders and saved thousands of his men's lives because of his brilliant tactics in a fighting retreat from the Oder river to Berlin. Would have been a Field Marshal but angered Hitler with his religious beliefs. I believe he should be number one on the list.
The best along with Model and Brilliant Hube who never gets the credit he deserves. Brilliant in defense who cared about his men and like Hube and Model was respected and liked by his men.
14Wilhelm ListAn under rated general who wasn't used for most of the war, but had great understanding of large field formations and strong defensive strategies.
15Hermann HottNot a Field Marshal but certainly should have been. Known as 'General don't go there' by his Russian opponents he crushed the last remnants of the Russian Red Army at Vorenezh in the Summer of 1942 opening up all of Southern Russia to German offensive actions and indirectly threatening Moscow.
He was my cousin on my mother's side. He was a career soldier with strong morals.He often disagreed w/Hitler's armchair tactics,but, he dutifully served.His vocal opposition too Hitler's tactics was his roadblock to further promotion in command and was the result of his relief in Barbarossa.Even though Hitler's refusal to re-supply him sealed their fate,he wanted to move forward.A solid Gen. indeed.
A very capable commander, specially with tanks.
17Karl DoenitzHe led Germany after Hitler died, was head of the Navy and Wolfpack. And was an amazing admiral, his skills shown very clear in the Atlantic. Although he isn’t the best german general of Ww2, he is up there. And definitely should be MUCH higher than what he is now on this list. Afterall, he was head of the navy...
When hitler died, who did he pick to leave in charge...
I'm surprised the head of the navy and if the Wolfpack isn't higher on the list.
I am surprised such lists even exist
18Hermann BalckA great commander, shame he was on the wrong side, during the surrounding of Stalingrad, he led a sole division on the flank of Manstein's main thrust to help the trapped 6th army under Paulus. In this engagement he defeated a much larger soviet army ten times bigger than his own division.
In the final closes of the war he was sent to command the army of Hungary and stayed in this post until his surrender to the allies on the 8th may 1945 following the surrender of the German government
In the final closes of the war he was sent to command the army of Hungary and stayed in this post until his surrender to the allies on the 8th may 1945 following the surrender of the German government
Absolute genius. He defeated an enemy force of over ten time of his and still virtually annihilated them. His 11th Panzer Division almost destroyed the Soviet Fifth Tank Army in just three weeks. How is that not genius?
Too bad he was never promoted to Field Marshal, or else his name would probably be as high as Guderian and Manstein.
Too bad he was never promoted to Field Marshal, or else his name would probably be as high as Guderian and Manstein.
Never heard of this Lieutenant General? He wasn't a Field Marshal, but his brilliance was supreme just the same - He was never part off Hitler's inner ass kissing circle! Hitler should have just stayed to running the government, and left the winless war to his 'REAL GENERALS'
Brilliant. I believe him to be the finest divisional commander of the war. Imagine what he could have done if he had the equipment and supplies provided to Allied commanders. He would have been unstoppable.
19Wilhelm Keitel Hoi4 Field Marshal Vs General Court
'The Führer has ordered that the enemy employs in partisan warfare Communist-trained fanatics who do not hesitate to commit any atrocity. It is more than ever a question of life and death. This fight has nothing to do with soldierly gallantry or principles of the Geneva Convention. If the fight against the partisans in the East, as well as in the Balkans, is not waged with the most brutal means, we will shortly reach the point where the available forces are insufficient to control the area. It is therefore not only justified, but it is the duty of the troops to use all means without restriction, even against women and children, so long as it ensures success. Any consideration for the partisans is a crime against the German people.' - Keitel
He masterly managed a huge military force
I ' derr wehrmacht' at the time.
If illegally created monkey court 'IMT of Nuremberg' or any other else consider him a war criminal, then all the allied and Soviet political and military high command and military personnel in millions should be hanged at once.
He was a victim of 'VICTOR, S JUSTICE'
If Keitlel would be in ' Soviet Union'
He would be awarded as 'Hero Of The Soviet Union'.
If Keitlel would be in 'UK' he would be awarded as 'Victoria Cross'.
If Keitlel would be in 'USA'he would be awarded by their highest ' Military
Awarde'.
As all these treacherous ' Great Powers' awarded their brutal war criminal Military persons and Political persons with their 'HIGHEST AWARDES'.
I ' derr wehrmacht' at the time.
If illegally created monkey court 'IMT of Nuremberg' or any other else consider him a war criminal, then all the allied and Soviet political and military high command and military personnel in millions should be hanged at once.
He was a victim of 'VICTOR, S JUSTICE'
If Keitlel would be in ' Soviet Union'
He would be awarded as 'Hero Of The Soviet Union'.
If Keitlel would be in 'UK' he would be awarded as 'Victoria Cross'.
If Keitlel would be in 'USA'he would be awarded by their highest ' Military
Awarde'.
As all these treacherous ' Great Powers' awarded their brutal war criminal Military persons and Political persons with their 'HIGHEST AWARDES'.
'Why did the generals who have been so ready to term me a complaisant and incompetent yes-man fail to secure my removal? Was that all that difficult? No, that wasn't it; the truth was that nobody would have been ready to replace me, because each one knew that he would end up just as much a wreck as I.' - Keitel
'It is tragic to have to realize that the best I had to give as a soldier, obedience, and loyalty, was exploited for purposes which could not be recognized at the time, and that I did not see that there is a limit set even for a soldier's performance to his duty. That is my fate.' - Keitel
20Heinrich HimmlerHeinrich Himmler was a German dictator, and a leading member of the Nazi party. Himmler was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and one of the people most directly responsible for the Holocaust.Should not be on here. Had no military experience or knowledge of tactics and strategy.
He command the SS sturm brigades that were responsible for discipline and acted as a special unit
Was the waffen ss leader and Hitlers number 3
21Erwin von Witzleben He was a Prussian, to the end.
His lasting remark addressed to the Nazi judge, at the end of the farcical trial that condemned him to death... ' You better hurry up and hang me, because it wont be long before they hang the lot of you '... Depicts the courage of the man...haggard, abused, tortured in the Gestapo interrogations, he stood in front of the judge, with no belt to hold up his trousers, with no false teeth to force him to slur his words...they hanged by a piano wire around his throat... The wire attached to a meat hook...and slowly raised him to a slow death...filmed for Hitlers entertainment...
His lasting remark addressed to the Nazi judge, at the end of the farcical trial that condemned him to death... ' You better hurry up and hang me, because it wont be long before they hang the lot of you '... Depicts the courage of the man...haggard, abused, tortured in the Gestapo interrogations, he stood in front of the judge, with no belt to hold up his trousers, with no false teeth to force him to slur his words...they hanged by a piano wire around his throat... The wire attached to a meat hook...and slowly raised him to a slow death...filmed for Hitlers entertainment...
Gen. Witzleben was right person to save in German and remove insane Nazis group. He knew they went too far that cause to destroy in German, and he knew German will fall hand or won't last for long era. If he win in operated Valkyrie then the history will change a lot different in a storied.
Probably not one of the best military minds like Manstein (although competent), but he had the merit of being the only firld marshall to resist Hitler at least from 1938 and support the german resistance unwaveringly since then.
22Sepp DietrichAlways with his men, and from May 1940 onwards his LAH fought in every new theatre.
23Reinhard HeydrichOne of Himmler's Most Loyal men, if I remember correctly he had some knowledge of Tactics but they were not great.
The most feared man in Europe. Organized record keeping and intelligence.
Himmler was affraid from heydrich
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24Joachim PeiperWasn't a field Marshall but did some great things in the Ardennes offensive where he commanded the most effective spearhead of the offensive.
Unbelievable commander
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25Felix SteinerHoi4 Field Marshal General Traits
The rare SS general with moral integrity. He ignored the infamous commissar order. He led an international unit of Dutch, Norwegian and Danish volunteers whose welfare he put before obedience to Hitler's mad orders during His last week in Berlin.
Hoi4 Field Marshal Vs General Form
The rare Waffen SS general with moral integrity. He ignored the infamous commissar order. He commanded an international unit of Dutch, Norwegian, and Danish volunteers and placed their welfare ahead of obedience to Hitlers mad orders during his last week in Berlin.
The Fireman of Berlin. Saved many thousands of civilians from the Red Army
A good officer