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    Thomas Ludwig Werner Freiherr von Fritsch (4 August 1880 – 22 September 1939) was a member of the German High Command. He was Commander-in-Chief of the...
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    with the two high-ranking military officials concerned, Werner von Blomberg and Werner von Fritsch, regarding them as too hesitant with the war preparations...
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    Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg (2 September 1878 – 13 March 1946) was a German General Staff officer and the first Minister of War in Adolf Hitler's...
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    general of artillery in 1936. When the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Werner von Fritsch, was accused of homosexuality, Hitler promoted Brauchitsch to colonel...
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  • Waldemar Fritsch (1909–1978), German porcelain sculptor and ceramist Walter Fritsch (1911-date of death unknown), Chilean hurdler Werner von Fritsch (1880–1939)...
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    the Heer in 1934, but was overruled by President von Hindenburg who put in General Werner von Fritsch instead. Reflecting Reichenau's preference for assignments...
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    publication of his tactical manual, Truppenführung. Both Beck and General Werner von Fritsch commanded the 1st Cavalry Division, in Frankfurt an der Oder prior...
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  • Reichsmarks. Brauchitsch had been promoted to army commander to replace Werner von Fritsch, who had resigned following false allegations of homosexuality, and...
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    War Minister Generalfeldmarschall Werner von Blomberg and Army Commander-in-Chief, Generaloberst Werner von Fritsch. They all believed that any German...
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    Willi Lehmann, a Gestapo official and NKVD spy. On 25 June, General Werner von Fritsch placed the Reichswehr on the highest level of alert. On 27 June, Hitler...
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    led the unit in maneuvers that impressed Army Commander-in-Chief Werner von Fritsch. Weichs' aristocratic and cavalry credentials demonstrated the continuing...
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  • Baron Konstantin von Neurath; Reich War Minister, Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg; Army Commander-in-Chief, General Werner von Fritsch; Kriegsmarine Commander-in-Chief...
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  • homosexuality made against the Commander-in-Chief of the Army Colonel General Werner von Fritsch. A file was prepared and Heydrich passed the information on to Hitler...
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    became effective on 31 January 1934. He was succeeded by General Werner von Fritsch. From 30 June 1934, Hitler implemented a program of large-scale arrests...
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    new commander of the 3rd Infantry Division. He succeeded General Werner von Fritsch as commander of Wehrkreis III (Berlin (HQ), Brandenburg, parts of...
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    Werner von Fritsch and Werner von Blomberg, whom Hammerstein had shamed into joining his campaign, pressured Hitler into rehabilitating General von Schleicher...
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    Hitler's more radical followers. In late 1934–early 1935, Werner von Fritsch and Werner von Blomberg, who had been shamed into joining Hammerstein and...
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    Hitler and Blomberg backed down and General Werner Freiherr von Fritsch was appointed instead. When Fritsch was forced to resign in 1938, Rundstedt again...
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    1938 Küchler supported Adolf Hitler in his removal of Werner von Blomberg and Werner von Fritsch from power. At this stage of his career, Küchler was a...
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    Krebs, Werner von Fritsch, Erich Ludendorff, Walter Model, Walter von Reichenau, Dietrich von Saucken, Wilhelm Keitel, Dietrich von Choltiz, Hans von Seeckt...
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    back to 1928, when Werner von Fritsch started working on it. Fall Weiss was developed primarily by Günther Blumentritt and Erich von Manstein while the...
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  • September. Subsequently, the next German general to die was Generaloberst Werner von Fritsch, who was killed on 22 September. Two days after his death, German...
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    War. Werner von Blomberg retains the office. July 1935: Kerrl takes a portfolio as Reich Minister of Church Affairs. April 1936: Werner von Fritsch, Commander-in-Chief...
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    1938 – Rochus Schmidt 1939 – Oskar von Watter 1939 – Werner von Fritsch 1940 – Wolff von Stutterheim 1941 – Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière 1941 – Friedrich-Carl...
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    Ministeramt was renamed the Wehrmachtsamt. As a result of the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair in 1938, the Reichskriegsminister and Wehrmachtsamt were abolished...
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    Blomberg–Fritsch Affair, which led to the resignations of the War Minister, Generalfeldmarschall Werner von Blomberg, and the army commander, General Werner von...
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    Command Army Commanders-in-Chief Colonel General Werner von Fritsch (1935 to 1938) Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch (1938 to 1941) Führer and Reich Chancellor...
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    worked in close contact with Generals Ludwig Beck, Werner von Fritsch, Adolf Heusinger and Erich von Manstein. Later in 1939 and into 1940, he served as...
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    The Blomberg–Fritsch Affair of January–February 1938 that ended with the dismissals of Werner von Fritsch as Army commander and Werner von Blomberg as...
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    1930 by Kurt Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord, who tendered his resignation on 27 December 1933. He was succeeded by Werner von Fritsch. Given the limited...
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