The German Leaders

[Robert Jackson]

Hi everyone,

Can anyone help me start a list of the German leaders and what job they did in Nazi Germany. Here are a few I have already:

HITLER - Leader of Germany (1933-1945)

HIMMLER - Chief of the SS and Gestapo

GOERING - Commander of the German Air Force

GOEBBELS - Propaganda and Culture Minister

RIBBENTROP - Foreign Minister

HESS - Deputy Leader and Hitler's Secretary

HEYDRICH - Deputy Chief of the SS

ROMMEL - Commander of the Africa Corps

BORMANN - Hitler's Deputy No. 3


Can anyone suggest some more please?

Thanks in advance for all help. We can make this a really good topic of all Hitler's henchman I think and the jobs they had in Nazi Germany. Maybe someone can also post photos of all the men.

Robert

[Dieter Zinke]

Robert,

please see my befriending advice at
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=101762

D. Zinke

[Robert Jackson]

Thanks Dieter, I will try to have more info now of my own before I ask a question.

Here are some other Nazi leaders I have heard of but what jobs did they do:

ROSENBERG

SPEER (Hitler's architect I know)

VON PAPEN (an old man but Hitler needed him for some reason I think - maybe he was respected by older Germans)


Also, I am confused.

Who was commander of the German navy? I did some research and they seemed to have 2 commanders Admiral Doenitz and Admiral Radar. Which one was the real leader of the navy?

I know already from the SS section that Germany had trouble keeping all these different groups together - SS, Gestapo, SD, Waffen SS, Hitler Youth etc. It must have been pretty confusing I think knowing who was in charge of what if you see what I am saying.

Thanks for all help.

Robert

[philipp0408]

Who was commander of the German navy? I did some research and they seemed to have 2 commanders Admiral Doenitz and Admiral Radar. Which one was the real leader of the navy?

Both were. Raeder was reliefed by Dönitz in 1943.

[Robert Jackson]

Thanks.

Admiral Radar 1939-1943
Admiral Doenitz 1943-1945

[philipp0408]

Thanks.

Admiral Radar 1939-1943
Admiral Doenitz 1943-1945

Yes and no.

Heres the complete list from Wikipedia.

* 1928 bis 30. Januar 1943 Großadmiral Erich Raeder (als Kriegsverbrecher zu Haft im Kriegsverbrechergefängnis Spandau verurteilt)
* 30. Januar 1943 bis 30. April 1945 Großadmiral Karl Dönitz (als Kriegsverbrecher zu Haft im Kriegsverbrechergefängnis Spandau verurteilt)
* 1. Mai - 23. Mai 1945 Generaladmiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (Freitod)
* 23. Mai - 22. Juli 1945 Generaladmiral Walter Warzecha (von den Alliierten mit der Wahrnehmung beauftragt)

[Jeremy Dixon]

Albert Speer - Head of Armaments and War Production - Official rank was Reichsminister from 1943-1945, he succeeded Reichsminister Fritz Todt who was killed in a plane crash. So Speer took over his ministry called "Organisation Todt".

[Robert Jackson]

Why was Admiral Radar sacked?

Maybe cause Bismarck was sunk and the Germans lost a lot of submarines too I think.

In fact, Germany didn't win any big navy battles in WW2

Robert

[Walter Model]

RAEDER, not Radar!!!
A series of failed operations, combined with the outstanding success of Dönitz' U-boats led to his resignation.

[maxxx]

Robert, young friend,

if you have more of such very basic questions and are either not willing or not able to google, wiki or simple browse this forum for an answer-
for gods sake send me a pm and I will do my best to answer them instead of starting so many new themes and challenging the patience of members and moderators.

maxxx

[Michael Miller]

This topic is locked. A forum search, a Google search, a few trips to the library should answer these questions.

~ Mike