There was another in the Fuhrer School, Field Marshal Keitel, an old and loyal friend of Himmler’s, who was also seconded to the Fuehrer’s headquarters.†He was and had been for years. “Several of his former generals were still commanding armies. “Hitler had not been in the army long enough to be considered an officer,†wrote Lucas. xvi.To the officers in the Bendlerstrasse, Hitler was just another aide. It was the first time the officer caste had seen an up-to-date symbol of Nazi Party propaganda.Įdwards, 1990, p. The blue and red triangular military police badge on his chest was in the shape of a swastika. 7 The appearance of Adolf Hitler in the Bendlerstrasse on April 11th, 1941, at the age of 35, in the clothes of a domestic servant, shocked the Bismarck-era officers. If the German armies in the west could be speeded up, the war could be brought to a swift and a final conclusion by the Allies.Įdwards, 1990, p. The speed at which the German offensive in the west was being terminated was striking to the Allies.
Instead, they were concentrating on resuming the war in the east. 3.Why have the return to the cities so rapidly after the War? In spite of the fact that the Germans were reported to be evacuating the war zone in Breslau and in the advance, they were not evacuating their military units.
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