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by **VJK** on 22 Nov 2002 18:33

Your help is requested to identify the generals standing next to Hitler at this 1939 parade in Warsaw.

Thanks in advance,

VJK

by **Wilfried Abenaschon** on 26 Nov 2002 02:07

Hi !
I've always wondered... The nearest one is the excellent Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz, then in the background the unmistakable Generaloberst Wilhelm Keitel. The ones near the Führer are probably very important but it's difficult to say with their helmets. May be Kleist in the middle ? Hard to say....
Willab

by **Gareth Collins** on 26 Nov 2002 03:52

The Other Two Are Guderian & v. Brauchitsch
Regards
Gareth

by **Michael Miller** on 26 Nov 2002 06:14

Helmeted man on left is Guderian, but man next to him is not von Brauchitsch (who wore his Golden Party Badge in all photos I've seen). It appears to be Generalleutnant (later General der Infanterie) Kurt von Briesen (* 3.05.1883 in Anklam / Pommern; + 20.11.1941 as Kom.Gen. LII.Armee-Korps near Derijewka, Russia), who lost an arm in the fighting for Kutno and was decorated with the Ritterkreuz on 27. Oct. 1939 for his command of 30.Inf.Div.

Best wishes,
~ Mike Miller / ABR

by **Gareth Collins** on 26 Nov 2002 07:03

Michael,
Von Briesen was in hospital for quite some time due to that injury, I don't think he would have been fit so soon to appear in the victory parade. He was injured on the 10th September and didnt get back to service until the 1st July 1940. He never had any luck actuallu just over a year later he was KIA. I've read sources saying its v. Brauchitsh and others saying Jodl and even more saying Reichenau, confusing stuff...
gareth

by **VJK** on 26 Nov 2002 18:27

Thanks to all for your input, I guess we'll never know for certain about the man in the middle.

VJK

by **Gareth Collins** on 26 Nov 2002 19:54

The thing that points me to the v. Brauchitsch answer is the nose. It's very defined, Romanesque almost, Leeb had a similar nose structure but he appears to be carrying too much weight to be Leeb, who was a rather thin man.

by **Peter H** on 09 Jun 2003 09:38

The officer at the bottom left hand corner is said to be Rommel.

by **Peter H** on 09 Jun 2003 10:13

von Briesen

http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.d ... rt-von.jpg

"That is just what I always imagined Prussian generals looked like when I was a child!",comment attributed to Hitler 1939.

by **J.N. Houterman** on 09 Jun 2003 16:16

The von Briesen nose on a not retouched photograph and on another one.

Cheers,

Hans

by **Vienna** on 13 Jun 2004 20:14

Hi!

The general in the middle of the pic (second right Hitler) is GL von Cochenhausen, Cdr. 10th I.D. (mot) an City-Cdr. of Warschau.
Also see at ..houterman..generals..C!
Free of doubt, than Gen. Keitel and Gen. Blaskowitz (Cdr. 8. Armee).
The other one ? I am on the way! (iff I had more time).
This pic is from a book namend "Die Soldaten des Führers im Felde"
Photographie Hugo Jäger, "Parade der Wehrmacht vor Adolf Hitler in Warschau". Raumbild-Verlag, Ott Schönstein K-G, München 1939
DHM, Berlin 1987 ?? (I don`t have the book, please look via GOOGLE)
Regards
Vienna (hurry up because England - France in TV)

by **sylvieK4** on 13 Jun 2004 21:50

A few more photos of the Warsaw Victory Parade. Maybe it will give someone a better angle.

http://www.timelifepictures.com/

by JC on 14 Jun 2004 12:03

The man next to Hitler is surely not Heinz Guderian??

by **Vienna** on 14 Jun 2004 16:10

Hi!

JC: It`s not Guderian (sure)
Next to Keitel is Gen. v. Weichs and behind Blaskowitz Gen. Reichenau.
Please also look to page 36, Stauffenberg II.

Regards
Vienna

by **Dieter Zinke** on 14 Jun 2004 16:55

Vienna is right. Look here

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