Heinz Guderian
Search results
Franz Halder (30 June 1884 – 2 April 1972) was a German general and the chief of staff of the Army High Command (OKH) in Nazi Germany from 1938 until September 1942. During World War II, he directed the planning and implementation of Operation Barbarossa, the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union.
May 7, 2024 · Franz Halder was a German general who, in spite of his personal opposition to the policies of Adolf Hitler, served as chief of the army general staff (1938–42) during the period of Germany’s greatest military victories in the early years of World War II. Halder was born to a military family with.
General Franz Halder, Chief of Staff of the OKH between 1938 and 1942, played a key role in creating the myth of the clean Wehrmacht. The genesis for the myth was the "Generals' Memorandum" created in November 1945 and submitted to the Nuremberg trials.
The Halder Diaries is a collection of diaries written by German Colonel General Franz Halder. He was able to make extensive notes of Hitler’s conversations or closed speeches to generals using shorthand.
Jul 1, 2015 · Franz Halder, the Chief of the Oberkommando des Heeres General Staff in Hitler’s Third Reich Army from 1938-1942 was in the Bavarian Army in the early 20 th Century and had a profound devotion to Germany, but he did not have similar loyalties to the Nazi Party.
Jul 28, 2018 · The Private War Journal of Generaloberst Franz Halder (9 volumes includes footnotes and maps). This is the original U.S. Army translation of the Halder...
Franz Halder was born in Germany in 1884. He joined the German Army and during the First World War he was a member of the staff of the Crown Prince of Bavaria. In 1938, Halder replaced General Ludwig Beck as Chief of General Staff.
Halder, Franz (1884–1972) (1884–1972)German general. As Nazi chief-of-staff from 1938 he was responsible for the planning of the Blitzkrieg campaigns of World War II. He opposed Hitler's decision to strike against Stalingrad in 1942, and was dismissed.
Nov 16, 2009 · Franz Halder, as chief of staff, had been keeping a diary of the day-to-day decision-making process. As Hitler became emboldened by his successes in Russia, Halder recorded that the...
Apr 4, 1972 · ASCHAU, West Germany, April 3 (UPI)—Col.‐Gen. Franz Halder, who as chief of the German Army's general staff masterminded the Nazi blitz victories against neighboring European...
