Dismissed Wehrmacht generals in 1938?

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Dismissed Wehrmacht generals in 1938?

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Post by Sean Chae » 15 Mar 2005, 15:53

1938 February 4 Hitler announces he is personally taking over command of the German armed forces. Fritsch is forced to resign and Konstantin von Neurath is replaced by Joachim von Ribbentrop as Foreign Minister. Hitler assumes complete control of the Wehrmacht and announces a complete reorganization of the armed forces supreme command (OKW). Sixteen high-ranking generals are dismissed and 44 others are transferred to other posts......
Who were 16 dismissed and 44 transferred generals mentioned above?

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Post by Stauffenberg II » 15 Mar 2005, 17:48

Hi!

I have never managed to find out how this amount of 16 was put together. I think there must have been some Luftwaffe personnel included (Wachenfeld, Halm, Kaupisch, ...). Here is some kind of assistance giving the Army Generals:

retired person:replaced by

retired
GFM Werner von Blomberg (Min.): position striken

GO Werner Freiherr von Fritsch (OB H): Walter von Brauchitsch

GdA Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (Gruppe 2): Wilhelm List, later (01.04.1938): Wilhelm Adam
GdI Kurt Liese (Heeres-Waffenamt): Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karl Becker
GdK Ewald von Kleist (VIII. Korps): Ernst Busch
GdK Franz Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein (XII. Korps): Walter Schroth
GdPz Oswald Lutz (Panzer-Korps): Heinz Guderian
GdK Günter von Pogrell (Insp. d. Kavallerie): Konrad von Goßler
GL Günter von Niebelschütz (Insp. d. Waffenschulen): Friedrich Brand

shifted
GL Viktor von Schwedler (Heeres-Personalamt): Bodewin Keitel
GM Erich von Lewinski genannt von Manstein (Oberquartiermeister I): Franz Halder
O Friedrich Hoßbach (Adjutant OB W): Rudolf Schmundt
O Adolf Kuntzen (P1)
O Friedrich Hoßbach (Zentralabteilung [P3]): Kurt v. der Chevallerie
O Hans Behlendorff (P4): Axel Michelmann


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Post by JPK » 15 Mar 2005, 19:04

Bonsoir

in "Histoire de l'armée allemande " band IV L'expansion 1937-1938 by Benoist-Mechin. Edition 1964
On 04.02.1938 7 generals from the Heer,6 from the Luftwaffe are retired ( à la retraite )
HEER
General Ritter von Leeb: Gruppenkommand II (Cassel)
General Lutz :I nspekteur d. Kraftahrtr. u. Chef der Heeresmotorierungs
General von Kleist: Wehrkreis VIII (Breslau)
General Kress von Kressenstein: Wehrkreis XII (Wiesbaden)
General Pogrell: Inspekteur d. Kavallerie
General Niebelschütz:I nspekteur d. Kriegs Schulen

LUFTWAFFE
General Wachenfeld: General der Luftwaffe z.b.V beim OKH
General Halm: Luftkreis IV (Münster)
General Kaupisch: Luftkreis (Berlin)
General Wilberg:?
General Karlewski:?
General Niehoff:?


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Post by Phil Nix » 16 Mar 2005, 12:39

Here is a list of retired Generals available for duty in 1939 published by Telford Taylor in "Sword and Swastika"
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Thanks!

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Post by Sean Chae » 18 Mar 2005, 06:54

Hi,

How valuable info you provided!
Great thanks to Phil Nix, JPK and Stauffenberg II again!!

Sean Chae

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