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- Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:37 pm
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: Erich Hoepner
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2430
Hoepner was a member of the established conspiracy network even before the war. He was supposed to use his command at the time (the 1st Light Division) to block off Berlin from loyalist troops if the meetings between Hitler and Chamberlain in Munich led to war with Great Britain and France. His late...
- Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:57 am
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: Seeking Info On Oberstleutnant von der Decken (( 2 PzDv ))
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3540
I only have information on the Grafen v. der Decken and other non-titled members of that particular line of the family. No Klaus v. der Decken listed there, I'm afraid. If it's of any interest, however, here's some information of another family member serving in the Heer: Georg Ernst v. der Decken ,...
- Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:41 pm
- Forum: Soldatenheim
- Topic: 62nd Anniversary of Stauffenberg
- Replies: 50
- Views: 14629
Col. Graf Stauffenberg and Capt. Klausing were involved in a fire fight with some officers of the Replacement Army and General Army Office staff, if I remember correctly Lt.Col. von der Heyde , Lt.Col. Herber and Maj. Fliessbach . Apparently Klausing was the first one to fire. The fire fight ended w...
- Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:01 pm
- Forum: Soldatenheim
- Topic: 62nd Anniversary of Stauffenberg
- Replies: 50
- Views: 14629
For your information: After the executions took place the bodies of the five conspirators - Gen. Olbricht , Col. Graf Stauffenberg , Col. Mertz , Lieut. von Haeften and Col.Gen. (Ret.) Beck - is delivered by truck to the nearby Matthäikirche, where the bodies are buried so quickly that not even thei...
- Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:28 am
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: The Awards of the conspirators of July 20, 1944
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4820
- Sat Jul 09, 2005 12:46 am
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: Your Pick-5 Bravest German officers-any war
- Replies: 35
- Views: 13954
You're making the critical error in assuming, like most others do, that killing Hitler was the final goal of the conspirators. It was not. The final goal was to take Germany out of the war, save lives and put an end to the crimes committed in the name of the German people. Killing Hitler was not the...
- Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:54 am
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: Your Pick-5 Bravest German officers-any war
- Replies: 35
- Views: 13954
max painless: 1. Graf Stauffenberg did in no way act badly. Circumstances outside his control is what made the assassination unsuccesful, by example I could mention these things: 1a. When arming the bomb charges they - Graf Stauffenberg and Lieutenant (Res.) von Haeften - got interrupted by a specia...
- Mon Jul 04, 2005 5:07 am
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: Your Pick-5 Bravest German officers-any war
- Replies: 35
- Views: 13954
1. I probably would not mention him if it wasn't for his attempt to blow up Hitler , even though he showed bravery on every front he fought at, particularly in Tunisia. But I consider his bravery of a higher level than most else, because in battle, if someone tries to kill you or yours, it's natural...
- Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:20 pm
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: Your Pick-5 Bravest German officers-any war
- Replies: 35
- Views: 13954
I agree on Colonel (GS) Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg . I would also nominate Major Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst , who apart from volunteering to kill Hitler by the means of suicide, was shot through the chest on three separate occasions and finally lost his left leg to a mortar sh...
- Tue Apr 05, 2005 8:33 am
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: Clemens-Heinrich Graf von Kageneck has died
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9831
- Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:09 pm
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: Rommel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3927
While Speidel has allegedly changed his statements concerning the conspiracy several times, no one have ever said the same of von Tresckow . My knowledge about the conspiracy is, however, centered around Graf Stauffenberg , and therefore I'm not going into any details here. Claiming that Rommel supp...
- Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:51 pm
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: Rommel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3927
The question regarding Rommel's interactions with the anti-Hitler conspiracy seems endless. This might provide you with some interesting reading:
Did von Rundstedt encourage Rommel to act against Hitler
Regards
Alecci
Did von Rundstedt encourage Rommel to act against Hitler
Regards
Alecci
- Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:53 am
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: What woman, besides Hanna Reitsch, won the EKI?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14603
- Sun Feb 20, 2005 4:34 am
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: Henning Von Witzleben
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2299
- Sat Feb 19, 2005 3:11 am
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: Henning Von Witzleben
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2299
He was most probably a relative of Fieldmarshal von Witzleben, since they bear the same name of a German noble family, and noble names were more often than not considered to be subject of patents. Their family relationship, however, might date several generations back if the family 'von Witzleben' i...