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Adolf
Hitler |
1889-1945 |
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Dictator
of Nazi Germany, Supreme Commander and Commander-in-Chief
of German armed forces. His refusal to heed
the advice of his Generals was a large factor
in the demise of German military fortunes.
He committed suicide in his Berlin bunker in April
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Hermann
Goering |
1893-1946 |
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Chief
of the Luftwaffe and one of the most powerful
men in Germany. Vain, greedy and incompetent at
his appointed task, he spent most of the war enriching
his personal wealth. Sentenced to death after
the Nuremburg Trials, he committed suicide before
he could be hanged. |
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Joseph
Goebbels |
1897-1945 |
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Minister
for Propaganda, he had total control of the German
press and radio. He was doggedly loyal to his
Fuhrer, and was once named by Hitler as his possible
successor. |
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Heinrich
Himmler |
1900-1945 |
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Head
of the SS, the Waffen SS and Gestapo and Minister
of the Interior. By the end of the War, Himmler
had become the second most powerful man in Germany.
He Committed suicide in 1945 after being captured
by the Allies. |
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Field
Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch |
1881-1948 |
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Commander
-in-Chief of the German Army from 1938 until he
resigned at the end of 1941. His resignation
was due to a combination of ill-health,
the failure of the German army at Moscow and Hitler's
refusal to heed any of his advice. After Brauchitsch's
resignation, the title of Commander-in-Chief
of the Army was assumed by Hitler himself. |
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Field
Marshal Wilhelm Keitel |
1882-1946 |
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Chief
of the High Command of the Armed Forces (OKW)
from 1938 until the end of the War. This meant
that his position was as Hitler's chief of staff
and his job was to offer advice to Hitler when
it was asked for. He was known as a lackey and
never questioned Hitler's orders or decisions.
At the Nuremburg Trials,Keitel was found guilty
of war crimes and hanged. |
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General
Alfried Jodl |
1890-1946 |
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Deputy
to Keitel and head of the Operations Section of
OKW. Jodl is considered to have been the brains
behind virtually all of Hitler's campaigns except
for the invasion of Russia. As with Keitel at
Nuremburg, he was found guilty of War Crimes and
hanged. |
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Admiral
Erich Raeder |
1876-1960 |
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Commander
in Chief of German Naval Forces until January
1943. Raeder was head of the Navy when Hitler
came to power. He built up German Naval strength
during the pre-war years. Raeder frequently disagreed
with Hitler during the war and was replaced in
1943 by Admiral Doenitz. After the war Raeder
was sentenced to ten years in prison for war crimes. |
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Admiral
Karl Doenitz |
1891-1980 |
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Commander
of the German Navy's U-boats until 1943 then subsequently
Commander in Chief of the Navy. Doenitz was respected
and trusted by Hitler and became Head of State
after Hitler's death in 1945. Following the Nuremburg
trials he was sentenced to ten years in prison
for war crimes. |
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