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List of s ome of t he officers ~~10 fall within t he de finition of t he German St af f . in Appendix B· of t he I n cii c tment .

1 . Kei t e l - J odl- Aar l imont 2 . . Br auchi t s ch - Halder - Zei t zl er 3. riaeder - Doeni t z - Fr i cke - Schni ewi nd - Mei s el 4. Goer i ng - fu i l ch

5. Kes s el r i ng ~ von Vi et i nghof f - Loehr - von ~e i c h s ­ rtun c1 s t ec t ,.. l.io d eL 6. Bal ck - St ude nt - Bl a skowi t z - Gud er i an - Bock ­ Kuchl er - Pa ul us - Li s t - von Manns t ei n - Leeb - von Kl e i ~ t ­ Schoer ner - Fr i es sner - Rendul i c - Haus s er 7. Pf l ug bei l - Sper r l e - St umpf - Ri cht hof en - Sei a emann Fi ebi £; - Eol l e - f)chmi dt , E .- Des s l och - .Christiansen

8 . Von Arni m - Le ck e ris en - :"emelsen - l.~ a n t e u f f e l - Se pp . J i et i i ch - 1 ber ba ch - von Schweppenburg - Di e t l - von Zang en ­ t'al kenhol's t rr hi s' list , c ompiled a way f r om books and a t. shor t notice, is c ertai nly not a complete one . It may also include one or t .wo neop .le who have ai ed or who do not q ual ify on other gr ounds . The f irst f our gr oups ar e r espectively , OKN, Ar my , l'~ a vy and Air St a ff Offi cer s a t t h e centre . Gr oup 5 consists of."Nehr ma cht ­ befehl s haber , i .e . theat r e commande rs a ppointed by OKd with jurisdicti on over a l l a rm ~ of t he f i ght i ng f orces . Gr oup ~ is Army Gr oup Comma no er-s , One or t wo froni t he Russi an f r ont have pr obaol y be en forgotten . Gr oup 7 consists of Air For ce Command er s ­ in-chief i mmedi atel y subordina t e t o t he St aff' in Ber l i n . Again there ma y be one or t v/a omi s sions . Gr oup 8 lists some Army c ommanders . Cl ea r ly "this Gr oup is very much bigger , but I cannot offhand gi vea f ul l list of the s e.veral d ozen officers who conuaanded armi es be t .ween .1 938 and 1 9~·5 . I n additi on there ar e ' a f ew l'JBva l officer s and [; number of Army officers who held s t atic mi l i t ar y cornmands in oc cum ed countri es . / ~ ... Ful l lists 8re being ~ r era r ed .

cc j:/a j or Coogan J To Donovan . Fr om: W i ng - C ~ mm a n d e r Calvocoressi. Dat e : 17 November 1945 .

At tached i s a memora ndum whi ch ma y interest you gi ving a list of the of ficers i n rolved i n the defi ni t i on i n t he indictment of t he High Command and General St aff.

Pet er Calvocores si Vli ng- Commander ','

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" The German General Staff and High ~p~~~~

" " !l Herewith are the names of all officers who h el~ any of

the positions designated in Ap:ge7'.d :~x B cf t ho I~.'lj ctrnerrt ,

Officers who have since dd ed are LncLudc d with a x a gainst ".t ' their names . The tot al number of officer s ~nv ol'r e d is 12;14 f- of whom 10j are believe d to be living " By s ervt.c es t he figures are: Total Li ving Staff Officers OKW 3 OKH 6 OKM 5 OKL 6

"2- Commanders in Chief 7)t Navy 15 Air Force 11 10

Army Commanders in Chief inclu.de one or t wo officers drawn f r om the Air Force or SS• Hitler , C-in··C of the Army from December 1941 is excluded. Ranks given are the highest achieved during the war .

High Command of the Armed Forces

" ! Chief Fiel d Iifar sha l KEITEL, 5 .2.38 ­ Wi l hel n . . May 45 Chief of the Operations C o l ~G eneral JODL , Aug.39 .. Staff Alfr ed . May 45 Deputy Chief of the Lt oGen . v . WARL I MONT, April 41 Operations Staff Wal t her . Sept .44 '

High Command of the Army

C-in-C Field 1Aar sha l v .BRAUCHITSCH 41 Wal t her . Feb . 38- DeCl. " Chief of the General x Col . General BECK ? 34-Sept3t Staff Col . General HALDER Sept .38 .. Franz . Sept.42,· ,,-< Col. General ZEITZLER, Sept .42 ­ Kurt . JUly 44 1- -- -

Col . General GUDERIAN , Jul ;y ~ 4·­ He inz . Feb. ':: :; G~n e r a l KREBS , Hans . Feb . 4 ~ . '''= May I; ~

High Command of the Navy

C-in-C Admiral of the Fleet May 35·· RAEDEi{ , Er i ch . 31.1 r 4 ~ Admi r a l of the Fleet 1 .2 . 43·· DONITZ, kar l . May 45 Chief of Staff of the Admiral SCHNIEWI ND, ? 38 ­ Naval War :'Staff Ot t o. 12. 6041 Admiral FRICKE, 12.6; 41­ Kur t. Jan. 43 Admi r al ME I SEL, :F'eb .43·­ Wi l hel m. May 45

High Command of the Air Force

C,.in-C Reichsmarschall GORI NG, Mar ch 35­ Hermann . April 4 j x Field Mar shal Ritter Ap r i l 4: ­ v . GREIM, Robert . May 45 Chief of the Gener a l x General JESCHONNEK . - Nov . 4·3 Staff x General KORTEN . Nov .43 ­ 20 . '7. 4-4 General KREIPE, Werner . Aug.44­ Oct . 44 Gener al KO LLER, Karl. Oct . 4/+­ May 45

Commanders in Groups and Armies Appointments Dates Army Army Theatre Ge n . ALL~lliND INGER , Ka r l . 17 East (:en .ANGELI S, Maxi mil i an . 2 Pz . Balkans Oct . 44-Apr . 45 Col . Gen . v . ARNIM,JUr gen . 5 Pz . Africa Dec .42- May 43 Gen . BALCK, Hermann . 4 Pz . East JUl . 44-Aug . 44 G West Oct . 44-Dec . (L~

Co l .Gen .BLASKOWITZ , J ohannes . 2 Oct . 39 9 West Ma y40-June4C 1 West Oct .40- May44 G West May44- Sept . 4 · ~ Dec. 44-Jan . 45 H West Jan .45-Apr . 45 ] en . BLUME NTRI TT, GUnther . 25 West Jan. 45-Mar. 45 F. M. v . BOCK , Fedor . B Poland Sept . 39-Dec . 41 France Sout h East Jan .42-Jul . 42

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Ge n . Name Army G~oup Army Theatre Dates Gen . BOEGE,Ehrenfried. 18 East Sept ..' .44-May45 Gen, I BOEHME,. 2 pz. Balkans June44-Jul .44 20 Mt n . Nor way Jan.45-May 4~ : Gen~BRANDENBERGER,Erich . 7 West Aug. 4~ 19 West Mar . 45-May45: x F.M .BUSCH,Ernst. 16 East · Oct .39-0ct.43 Gen. BUSSE,Theodor ~ . 9 East Jan. 45-May45: Gen.v,der CHEVALLERIE,~rt ~ 1 Pz . East Apr .44-May 4~ x Col . Gen. DIETL , EdwarG. 20 M Dh t n . Finland Jan.42-Juhe44 C1"J.lf - '"3>.1'£7..Jl rc H, J6fC./. 6 ss /,z. . w~r.. EP-:i/" de/: 4-~ - A?nZ ~.r -x Col .Gen. DOLLMANN , Frj.edrfch . 7 West Sept .39-June4l Ge n ~ FOERTSCH , He rma ~n . I 1 West Mar .4 5-Uay 45 Gen.FRETTER-PICO , Maximilian. 6 East JUl .44-Dec . 44 .' Col .Gen.FRIESSNER S .tkrain~ , J ohanne s. East JUl .44-Dec .44 . (renamed South) Col,•.Gen. GUDERIAN ,1-:Ieinz . ;? pz East Oct . 41 -Jan. 44", , . Gen . GRASER , Fritz. 4 Pz . East Sept . 44-Nay45 xCol ,Gen. HAASE t:ur t~ , 15 West Jan.41-Jan.43 Gen ~ : HA USEN , Ch.istian. 16 East Oct .43-Jul.44 .CoL , Gen . HfUU'E. Josef. 9 East Nov " 43 4· pz East May44-June44 Ii. East June44-Jan.45 (renamed Nor t h ) 5 Pz . West Mar .45-Apr.4~ Gen. HASSE , Wilhelm. 'of;, !:jm 17 East Apr ~ 45-May45 ; J. JI/JP5JE.I1, Yau! ~r J"1 r,o l .Gen ~~IURICI ,Gotthard. 7 -~ · ~~ 4 East Jan.42-Jul .44 1 J?z . East Aug. 44-Mar.45 Vistula East Mar.45-Apr.45 Gen . HILPERT , Karl . 16 East Sept .44-Jan.45 Jan.45-Apr.45 x RFSS HI W~LER , Heinrich. Upper Rhine Late 44 Vistula Early 45 Yo: Col .Gen .. HOEPNER ,Erich . ,4 P ~~ East Oct .. 41 -Jan.42 Gol .Gen'!HOLLIDT ,Karl . 6 East Mar.43-Apr,44 ; Ge n. HOSSBACH , Friedrich ,! 4 East Jul .44-Jan.45 Col .Ge n ~ HOTH , Hermann . 17 East Oct .41 -Jan.42 4 Pz " East Feb .42-Dec .43 -: Col . Ge n . RUBE , Hans ~ 1 Pz . East Oct .43-Feb .44 8ol•.Gen ~JAENECKE , . Erwin. 17 East .June43 - May44 T .M. KESSELRING ,Albe:J:t , South Italy June43 ~Oct (renamed .4 4 C) Jan •.45-Mar . 45 . ,

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Name Army Group Arr:J.~! Theatx·e Gen . KLEFFEL ,Philipp . 25 West F.M:. v , KLEIST , Ewald ... 1 pz·. Balkans Nov .40 - Nov . ~~ &' Ea st A East Nov . 42- Mar o 4+ x F. M. v . KLUGE , GUnther 4 Poland, Sept .39-DecJ 4\ ~ West &Ea st

.Gen..v . KNOBELSDORFF , ot to •. 1 West Sept . 44-Dec c +-1 Gen. KREYSING , Hans . 8 East Dec. 4f;· -May L~5 .. . F. M.v. KUCHLER , Georg. 18 West/Ea st Nov . 39- Sept .4 ? Nor t h East Jan. 42-Jan. 44 F •.M. Ritter v .LEEB , C West Sept .39- ? Wi l hel m. North East Jul . 41 -Jan" ,;·2 Gen.LEMELSEN , Joachim. 1 West May 44 14 Italy June 44 10 Italy Oct . 44 14 Italy Feb . 45- Haytr5

Co l . Gen. LINDEMANN, Georg. 18 East Jan. 42- Mar . 4'~ Nor t h East Mar .44- Jul .44 f .M . LIST, Wi l hel m. 12 West Sept . 39 - Jun e .~ 2 A East June42-Dec • .";·2

pen. LOCH , Herbert . 18 East Mar. 44- Sep t T l; . ' ~ 901 .Gen.LOHR ,Alexander . 12 Balkans Ju1 . 42-Dec . 42 E Balkans Dec. 42-? 44 'Gen . LUCHT ,Wa l t er. 11 East Mar .45-May45

Col . Gen.v. MACKENSEN ,Eberhard. 1 Pz . East Nov. 42 - ~,11a r . 43 14 Italy Nov . 4 3 - Jun e'-t ~- Y.M . v . LEWI NSKI , genannt 1 1 East Sept . 41 - lJov. 42 v . !,-lANHSTEI N, Fritz. Don East Nov .42- Jan . 43 South East Jan. 43- I-:1ar • I,,,:.

Ge n . v . MAHTEUFFEL , Hasso . 5 Pz . West Sept . 4.:'r -J a n . ~5 3 Pz . East Mar . tt5-Ma y -"1-5 YO' . M. MODE L, Via l t er . 9 Ea st Jan. 42- Nov. 43 Nor t h Ea st Jan . 4 ·~ - I-:;ay !-;--+ Hor t h Ukraine Ea 9t Ma y 4/;- - June4'-\ Centre East June44- Sept . ,~ .\. B West Sept . 44-Apr • .:'r5 J Gn . MULLER, Friedrich. East Jan. 45- May 45

Gen . NEHR ING, \1 a l t er , 1 Pz . East Mar .45-Apr .45

Ge n . v . OBSTFELDER ,Hans . 1 West Dec . 4 ,~ 19 Vi e st Mar ch 45 7 West Mar .. 4 5 -t~aY /i- 5 F.M . PAULUS, Fr i edr i ch . 6 East Feb . 42-Feb . !~ 3 Gp n . RASP , Siegfried. 19 West Dec . 44-Mar . :;.5 to

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Name Army Group Arrr:ty Tb eatr e Dat es c ci, Gen .RAUS ,Erhard. 4 Pz. East Dec. 43 1 West May 4tr 3 Pz . East Aug. 44- I'!iar . - x F .M . v . REICHENAU ,Walter . 10 Poland Sept . 39 6 West / East Ma y40 - J a n . ~2 Col . Gen. REINHARDT , Hans. 3 Pz. East . Oct .41 - Aug. 44 Centre East Aug. 44-Jan. 45 Col . Gen. RENDULI C , Dr. Lot har . 2 Pz . Balkans Aug, 43- June i;.~ 20 Mt n . Finland June44-Jan. 4 5 Kurland East Jan. 45 Nor t h East Jan. 45- Mar. !~ 5 Kurland East Mar .45- Apr . 45 South East Apr . /t5- May45 F •Iv1 . v . RUIJDSTEDT , Gerd . South Poland Sept . 39 ­ A West Apr . 40- Ju ne<'r 1 South East June tr1-Dec . ij. 1 D West Mar .42- Jul .44 Sept . 44- May :;· 5 Co l . Gen. RUOFF, Ri char d . 4 Pz . East Jan. 42 17 East May42-June43 Col . Gen .v.SAL hIDTH ,Hans . 2 East July42-Feb . /~ 3 15 West Aug. 43-Aug • 4tr Gen . v . SAUCKE N, Dietrich r 2 East Mar. t1r5 - MaY ' ~5 Col . Gen. SCHM I DT,Rudol f . 2 Pz. East Jan.42-Jul . 43 Gen . SCHLEMM ,Al f r ed • 1 Para West Nov . 44- May .• :. ~ • .~ ' E- l ~ • :-: ~ . ~ ... 1': ::: .~ " .- . :~ ... '._ 45 x Col .Gen.Ritter v. SCHOBERT, Eugen. 11 East June41 - Sept . !;. 1 F.M. SCHOERlffiR ,Fe rdinand. A East Mar. 4!r- May 4·t S.Ukraine East May /t 4- Jul .4/;. Kur land East Jul . 44 -Jan . L~5 Centre East Jan. 45- May45 (. cn . SCHULZ ,Friedrich. 17 East Jul . 44- Apr . 45 Gen . v , SODENSTERN '; Georg . 19 West Aug. 43- Ju ne4!t Csr uf . STEINER, Fel i x . 11 East ? 45 n 0 l . Gen. STUDENT, Kurt . 1 Para West Feb .44-No V. 4";' H Fi est Dec. 44- Jan O' <'1-5 ( Gen . v . STULPNAGEL , Hei nr i ch . 17 East Feb . 41-0ct . 41 Ge n . v .VI ETI NGHOFF, genannt 15 West SC: HEEL, Hei n r i ch Feb . 42-Aug O' l~ 3 . 10 Italy Aug.43-0ct O' 44 C Italy Oct .44 Kurland -Jan. 45 East Jan. 45-Mar . '~ 5 C Italy Mar .45-May 45 F.M . Fr h r . v .WEICHS,Maxi mi l i an . 2 Poland Oct . 39-Jul . 1r2 France Balkans East B East Jul .42-Jul .~3 F Balkans Aug. 43- May 45

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..'; Name Army Group Ar my Theatre Dates Col~Gen. WEISS , Walter . · 2 East Feb .. 43- Mar . 45 North Ea st Ma r _.45-A:pt _45 WENCK, Wal t er . 12 East Apr .. 45-May Gen•.,. 45 Gen. WIESE ) Friedrich .. 19 West June4-4 -Dec .44 x F. M.v. WITZLEBEN,Erwin. 1 West Apr . 40-0ct . 40 Gen. WOHLER,Otto . 8 East Nov.43- Dec . 44 Gen.v.ZANGEN ,Gustav. 15 \":J est Aug.44- May 45

Commanders in Chief in the Navy

Admiral of the Fleet BOEIDvr , Naval Chief Command Feb . 43-Mar .43 Herman Nor way Admiral of the Fleet CARLS , Nava l Group Command JUly40- Feb . 43 . Rolf . Nor t h Admiral CILIAX ,Otto. Naval Chief Command Ma r .43-May 45 Norway Admiral D~NSCH ,Hermann. C-in-C N . S e ~ Station Feb . 43­ Admiral FORSTE ,Erich . C-in-C N.Sea Station Mar.43- May 45 , 'Admi r al FRICKE ,Kurt . Nava l Group Command Mar .43- Dec .44 South Admiral GUSE ,Gtinther . C-ln-C Baltic Station Feb .43-Ma r . 43 ' Admi r a l KRANCKE ,Theodor . Nava l Group Command Apr . 43-0ct . 44 West Nava l Chief Command Oct . 44-May 45 West .Admi r al of the Fleet KU~W~TZ , C-in-C Baltic St ation Mar .44- Dec .44 Oskar. 'Vi ce-Admi r al LOWISCH ,Werner . Nava l Chief Command Jan . 45-May 45 South Pdmi r al of the Fleet LffiR SCHALL, Nava l Gr oup Cownand Sept~ 42 -Apr . 43 "Jil hel m. West 'Admi r a l of the Fleet Naval Group Command Aug.39-Sept .42 SAALWACHTER,Alfr~d. West Admiral SCHMUNDT ;Hube rt . C-in-C Baltic Station Mar . 43- Mar . 44 Admiral SCHNIEWIND ;Otto. Naval Group Command Feb. ,~3 -Apr 0 44 North/Fleet Admiral SCHUSTER ,Karl Geo rg. Naval Group Cowliand Jul . 41- Mar,, 43 ~ South

Commanders in Chief in the Air Force

.Col . Gen . DESSLOCH, Ot t o. Ma r .43-Sept .44 Sept . t1r 4- 0ct .. 44 Luftflotte 4 Oct . 44-May 45 .F. M. Ri t t er v. GRE I M, Robert. Mar. 43-May 45 .cea, Ge n ~KELLER ,Alfred . Apr .40- ? 43 · ~ . M . KE S S E LR I N G , A l b e r t .. Luftflotte 1 Sept .39-Apr. 40 Apr . 40- Mar .43 ·Cbl . Gen . LOHR ,Al exander . Luftflotte 4 Sept .39-Jul.42 Gen. PFLUGBEIL ,Kurt . Luftflotte 1 ? !r 3 - hla y 45 ~ .M .v .RICHTHOFEN Luftflotte 4­ Jul . 42- Mar . 43 Luftflotte 2 Ma r . !r 3-Aug. 44 Gen. SEIDEL Luftflotte 10 Oct . 44- May 45 F.M. SPERRLE ,Hugo . Luftflotte 3 Sept .39-Aug . 44 C ~l. Ge n. STUMPFF, Han s Jtirgen. Apr . 40-Feb . 44 Feb . 44- May 45 · ..

Note

In 1933 von Blomberg as. Reich Defence ~1ni s t e r (Reichswehrminister) had under him a Chief of Ar my Staff and a Chief of Nava l Staff (Chef Heer esl ei t ung , Chef Ma rine l e i t ung ) ~ von Fritsch and Raeder respectively. In Ma y 1935 von Blomberg became ReicDMj r-i st er for War and C-in-C Armed Forces (Reichskriegsminister uud Oberbefehls= .

haber der Wehrma cht ) . The Army and Navy Staffs became Hf.gh Commands (Ob erkommando des Heeres - OKH - and Oberkommando

der KrLeg.smaz-Lne " 0 OKM) , their Chiefs being upgraded. t o

Commanders ·in Chief (Oberbefehlshaber) . Von Fritsch an d Raeder remai~e d in their ~osi~ i o ns , The Air Ministry (Reichsministerium der. Luftfahrt) was a

separate institution; G~ring ~as at once Air Mi ni st ex and Commander' in Chief of the Air .For ce (Reichsminister der

Luftfahrt und Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaff'e-; R.d.L~ u , Ob.d.L.)

v;~ s It was ·not tj..ll .; 944 that the Air set e up n omt.na l.Ly b r ought into line with the ot her S€ :i.~ , ! . l_ t ~ ~ G and r-enamed Hf.gh Comman d of the Air Force (Oberkommando der - OKL) . In both the Reichswehrministerium and Reichskriegsminist= eriuro there was an interservice department called the Wehr macht . , From this developed in February 1938 the High Command of the Armed Forces (Oberkommando der Wehr macht OKW) ,

which superseded the ~a r Ministry. Keitel .became Chief of the OKW (Chef OK(1) and von Blomberg re.tired. The OKW contained an Operations Dept . ... (Wehrmachtflihrungsamt) - later Operations Staff (Wehrmachtftihrungsstab) whose Chief (Chef OKW WFSt ) was JodI . War l i mont got the title of Deputy Chief in 1941 . Von Brauchitsch replaced von Fritsch in Feb . 1938 as Commander in Chief of the Army and was in turn replaced by Hitler in Dec. 19 41 . D~nitz succeeded Raeder as Commander in Chief of the Navy in Jan.1943 . For the last month of the war von Greim was Commander in Chief of the Air Force in the place

of G~ring . , )

• The commonest terms with their normal German abbreviation ..:; and English equivalents are :

Chef Chief Flihrungstab (Ftist) Operations) Staff Generalstab (Genstab) General Staff /. . ,~ . ) Heeresleitung Marineleitung Naval Staff Marineoberkommando ( MOK) Naval Chief Command

Militarbefehlshaber Military Comm~nder Oberbefehlshaber (OB) Commander-in-Chief Oberkommando High Command Oberster Befehlshaber Supreme Commander Seekriegsleitung (SKL) Naval Wa r Staff Stellvertretender Chef (Stv.Chef) Deputy Chief Wehr macht Armed Forces Wehrmachtbefehlshaber (WB) Armed Forces Commander