Who were heroes in Germany during World War 2?

Answer 1

The main German generals in World War 2, ie, those who exerted the most influence:

Franz Halder: commander-in-chief of OKH, the land army branch, between the all important 1939 and 1942 years. Very able and professional, he was often at odds with Hitler and he lost his job during the Stalingrad debacle (which was none of his fault).

Gerd Von Rundstedt: An old Prussian style officer, one of the main army group commanders during the war. He did not like the growing power of Hitler in military... but was a faithful servant nonetheless.

Alfred Jodl: Chief of staff of OKW, the unified army command organization (land, kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe)... this organization was in fact the personal headquarters of Hitler... he was a professional with a good military mind, but certainly not a genius. And he was fully dedicated to his Furher... as such, Jodl was often in a position to influence Hitler, but usually failed to do so.

Erick Von Manstein: The greatest operational mind of the German army during the war, he was responsible for the Ardennes plan of attack in 1940 and for the reestablishment of the Ukraine front and the salvation of the German army in Russia in 1943 after the Stalingrad defeat.

Hermann Balck: Another great Panzer leader and military mind, probably the equal of Manstein.

Heinz Guderian: renowned Panzer warfare theorist before the war, Panzer leader in the field in Poland, France and Barbarossa and Chief Inspector of the Panzer arm between 1943 and 1945

Erwin Rommel: also the desert fox, a good Panzer leader, and a gambler with flair. But still a gambler who could be beaten as thoroughly through ambition as he could defeat enemies... an example of this is his opposition to the taking of Malta which would have permitted a better supply for his Africa Korps making it a lot stronger in middle term.

Fieldmarshal Walter Model: The favorite troubleshooter of Hitler in the later years of the war, he was often sent were things were bad to reorganize the troops and fronts. Committed suicide in 1945 after his army group was surrounded by the western allies.

Many others have been important:

Field Marshal Gunther Von Kluge, an army group commander not unlike Von Rundstedt, employed during most of the war

Field Marshal Ewald Von Kleist: another important and often employed army group commander

Field Marshal Fedor Von Bock: same as the above, but dismissed in 1941.

Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter Von Leeb: same as the above, dismissed in 1941

Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel: commander of OKW... but with less talent than Jodl his subordinate... a yes man, but still the only German commander-in-chief to retain his post throughout the war.

Answer 2

im pretty sure there were several others but my personal favorite was Oskar Schindler. he was a memeber of the Nazis but he was an industrial worker i think. he was manager of an enamel industry supplying the German military with necessary equipments, he hired around a thousand Jews just to keep them out of death camps and concentration camps, he even had his own camp made so that he could keep an eye on them. currently his one thousand have spread to form over six thousand Jews, which goes to show that someone who saves one life saves a million.

Answer 3

Frederick the Great (1712-1786), who was the King of Prussia (1740-1786) was Hitler's favorite ideal of a military general. Hitler considered Frederick the Great a tactical military genius, who also was an enlightened ruler and a patron of the arts as well as a builder of great architecture. Frederick the Great had beautiful buildings built in his capital, Berlin, and he composed 100 sonatas and 4 symphonies. Frederick frequently led his military forces personally and had six horses shot from under him during battle. Even though his forces were usually outnumbered by his enemies, he was victorious in several wars against Austria, Russia, France, and Sweden, and he was able to unite the Kingdom of Prussia and other Germanic states into what would grow into a German Empire. Hitler desperately wanted to be most like Frederick the Great--a beloved soldier king, who was also a philosopher, artist, and enlightened ruler who wanted to grow his German Empire into a World Empire. Hitler also admired Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), the Emperor of France, who was able to unify Europe under French military rule. Hitler admired Napoleon, but believed Napoleon failed in his disastrous invasion of Russia because he wasn't brutal enough. Napoleon ordered his troops to retreat from Russia after being decimated by the cruel Russian winter. When Hitler invaded Russia, he ordered his troops to never retreat--and shot generals who retreated, thus leading to massive surrenders of German troops as they became surrounded and massacred by Russian troops. Hitler also admired Richard Wagner, the German classical composer (1813-1883), who put to music many of the old Germanic myths and legends glorifying a united mankind under Germanic rule. Hitler was obsessed with Wagner's music, and saw himself as the incarnation of the German spirit as expressed in Wagner's compositions. Wagner was anti-semitic and Hitler identified with those prejudices and biases, and extolled the superiority and virtues of the Germanic Aryan race.

Answer 4

The German leaders, soldiers and citizens were all heroes. The traitors were not.

Answer 5

All soldiers in WW2 could be called heroes, every country fought for their causes.

Answer 6

Germans.

They knew they were going to die in the end but still kept on fighting to save the honour of their Women.

Answer 7

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