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	German General Staff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chiefs of the Prussian General Staff (1808 - 1871)
		Chiefs of the German General Staff (1871 - 1919)
		Chiefs of the General Staff (1933 - 1945)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_General_Staff (815 words)

	Alfred Graf von Schlieffen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Quickly moving to the general staff, he participated in the Austro-Prussian War in 1866, and in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.
		As General Walter Bedell Smith, chief of staff to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in World War II, pointed out, General Eisenhower and many of his staff officers, products of these academies, "were imbued with the idea of this type of wide, bold maneuver for decisive results.".
		Long after his death, the German General Staff officers of the Interwar and World War II period, particularly General Hans von Seeckt, acknowledged an intellectual debt to Schlieffen theories during the development of the blitzkrieg doctrine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alfred_Graf_von_Schlieffen (621 words)

	Elihu Root on the formation of the General Staff System in 1903
		The General Staff Corps, created in conformity to the act of Congress approved February 14, 1903, is composed of officers of the grades and number specified in said act, detailed for service in said corps for a period of four years unless sooner relieved, under rules of selection prescribed by the President.
		The law establishes the General Staff Corps as a separate and distinct staff organization, with supervision, under superior authority, over all branches of the military service, line and staff, except such as are exempted therefrom by law or regulations, with a view to their coordination and harmonious cooperation in the execution of authorized military policies.
		The general staff of a command consists of general staff officers of such number and grades as may be assigned to it on the recommendation of the Chief of Staff.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/RootGS.html (4097 words)

	General Staff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A General Staff is a group of military officers who act in a staff or administrative role under the command of a general officer.
		Prior to the late 1700s, there was generally no organizational support for staff functions such as military intelligence, logistics, planning or personnel.
		The first modern use of a General Staff was in the French Revolutionary Wars, when General Louis Berthier was assigned as Chief of Staff to the French Army of Italy in 1795.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/General_Staff (513 words)

	Commentary Magazine - The Myth of the German General Staff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		...Halder was chief of the German General Staff from 1938 to 1942...
		...German liberals and Russian Bolsheviks, American specialists and British patriots, the man in the street and the scholar in the closet, have agreed to acknowledge the superlative competence of that General Staff...
		...For a brief year, in 1813, he was chief of staff of one of the army corps, and for another brief year before his death in 1831 he was chief of staff of an army on the Prussian-Polish border...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V18I3P15-1.htm (5508 words)

	The Case of the Prussian General Staff
		After their academic studies, officers chosen for the General Staff spent several years with Moltke at his headquarters and rode with him through a series of field maneuvers in which real troops participated.
		Between wars, the Prussian General Staff spent time looking ahead, planning in minute detail for future wars, and agreeing on proper tactics and strategies for various circumstances, When war came, each military problem was solved according to the overall plan and the approved methods.
		But the French General Staff was only a group of messengers and clerks serving the commander, and the French commander could not control his far-flung armies.
	www.willamette.edu /~fthompso/MgmtCon/Generalstab.htm (945 words)

	Avalon Project : Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression - Volume 2 Chapter XV Part 7
		These four staffs did not have uniform designations; in the case of OKH, the staff was known as the Generalstab (General Staff); in the case of OKW, it was known as the Fuehrungstab (Operations Staff); but in all cases the functions were those of a General Staff in military parlance.
		Halder was chief of the General Staff of OKH from September 1938 to September 1942 and is, accordingly, a member of the group.
		General plans were made by the top staff officers and their assistants at OKW, OKH, OKL, and OKM, in collaboration with the field generals or admirals who were entrusted with the execution of the plans.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/imt/document/nca_vol2/chap15_part07.htm (21954 words)

	Trials of German Major War Criminals: Volume 22
		The Hitlerite war machine, headed by the High Command of the Armed Forces and the German General Staff, proved to be the decisive force, with whose aid were plotted and carried out all the criminal plans of aggression of the Hitlerite Government, all the War Crimes and all the Crimes Against Humanity.
		The German High Command and the German General Staff were therefore one of the most important organizations for the execution of the criminal conspiracy of the Hitlerite clique, while the higher military authorities of the German armed forces were.
		Pursuant to "the basic principle of German law on civil officials" of 26th January, 1937, "the moral bond between the civil servant and the Party is a prerequisite to his being appointed...
	www.nizkor.org /hweb/imt/tgmwc/tgmwc-22/tgmwc-22-215-14.shtml (2214 words)

	The Rise of Hitler - Nov. 11, 1918 World War 1 Ends with German Defeat
		Under the terms of the armistice, the German Army was allowed to remain intact and was not forced to admit defeat by surrendering.
		The German General Staff also would support the false idea that the army had not been defeated on the battlefield, but could have fought on to victory, except for being betrayed at home, the infamous 'Stab in the Back' theory.
		The leaders of the new German democracy had made a deal with the German General Staff which allowed the generals to maintain rank and privilege in return for the Army's support of the young republic and a pledge to put down Marxism and help restore order.
	www.historyplace.com /worldwar2/riseofhitler/ends.htm (990 words)

	General Staff and High Command Nuremberg Charges, Part 5
		Although in general the special tasks of the SD units were well known and appeared to be carried out with the knowledge of the highest military authorities, we opposed these methods as far as possible, because of the danger which existed for our troops.
		Soon after the invasion of the Soviet Union, German troops were told by the OKW that "a human life in unsettled countries frequently counts for nothing" and were encouraged to observe a punitive ratio of 50 to 100 Communists for one German soldier.
		The German General Staff and High Command is indicted not now at the bar of history, but on specific charges of crimes against International Law and the dictates of the conscience of mankind as embodied in the Charter.
	www.ess.uwe.ac.uk /genocide/highcmnd5.htm (3971 words)

	Reader's Companion to Military History - - General Staff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This linking of the General Staff in Berlin with the staffs of the fighting formations greatly facilitated the process of creating a nervous system for an army of citizen conscripts.
		Under Adolf Hitler the German General Staff was similarly and systematically limited in its functions.
		For all the praise heaped on the German system, in short, the Napoleonic model of a General Staff, with limited military functions and under strict political control, appears to have had a longer and more successful life.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/mil/html/mh_019900_generalstaff.htm (764 words)

	Helmuth von Moltke -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		chief of the German General Staff at the outbreak of World War I. His modification of the German attack plan in the west and his inability to retain control of his rapidly advancing armies significantly contributed to the halt of the German offensive on the Marne in September 1914 and the frustration of German efforts…
		Prussian field marshal and chief of staff Helmuth von Moltke was known among his colleagues as “the Golden Man,” and so he seemed to be with his brilliant military leadership, his skill as a writer, and his reputation for honesty and decency.
		His changes in the original plan of attack in the West—the Schlieffen Plan—contributed significantly to stalling the German offensive and bogging the war in a four-year stalemate of trench warfare.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9053281 (571 words)

	Affidavit of Generaloberst Franz Halder, Nuremberg
		General Beck strongly objected to the policy of waging war against Czechoslovakia for, he said, such a policy would cause Germany to become involved in conflict on two fronts.
		For the German soldiers who are guilty in this fight of breaking international law, provided that breaking of civil law, such as murder, rape or robbery are not involved, then their breach of international law shall be excused.
		I, therefore, declared that the German General Staff of OKH was not in a position to solve the Russian prisoner of war problem, for OKH then had close to a million of such prisoners of war.
	www.ess.uwe.ac.uk /genocide/Halder.htm (1589 words)

	Falkenhayn, Erich von -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Until Aug. 29, 1916, Erich von Falkenhayn served as chief of the Imperial German General Staff.
		Differences of class, religion, and politics seemed to disappear as Germans flocked to their city centres to show their enthusiastic support for the impending conflict.
		German field marshal who was perhaps the most talented German field commander in World War II.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9311210 (621 words)

	Trials of German Major War Criminals: Volume 5
		This document is an official document issued by the General Staff of the High Command of the Army.
		In the case of France, the general orders of Keitel were adopted by Stulpnagel in his order of September 30th, 1941, better known in France under the name of "Code of Hostages," which repeats and specifies in detail the previous orders, namely that of 23 August, 1941.
		All Frenchmen held in custody of whatever kind by the German authorities, or on behalf of German authorities in France, are to be considered as hostages as from 23 August.
	www.nizkor.org /hweb/imt/tgmwc/tgmwc-05/tgmwc-05-42-03.shtml (2222 words)

	Eric von Falkenhayn German General Falkenhayn WWI History of World War I
		During the Chinese Boxer Rebellion he was a member of the German General staff, seeing action when the Allies marched to relieve besieged Peking.
		Upon his return to Germany, Falkenhayn continued to serve on the German General staff, and was appointed Prussian Minister of War in 1913.
		However, with the declaration of war in August 1914 and the German setback at the Marne, the Kaiser, Wilhelm II, dismissed Moltke and replaced him with Falkenhayn on 14 September 1914.
	tbone.8m.com (544 words)

	UWS German Department Staff: Professor Rhys W. Williams
		Professor Williams is primarily a specialist in twentieth-century literature and has published extensively on German Expressionism and on post-war West German literature.
		'German Literature and its Discontents: Jurek Becker's Warnung vor dem Schriftsteller', in Jurek Becker, ed.
		Professor Williams has been President of the Conference of University Teachers of German in Great Britain and Ireland (2002-5) and a Member of the Board of the Alfred-Andersch-Gesellschaft since 1997.
	www.swan.ac.uk /german/staff/williams.htm (1761 words)

	Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2005923123 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The A. Halts the German Marne Offensive, by General Walther Rein- hardt, Former Chief of the General Staff, German Seventh Army 92 IV.
		The Americans in the St. Mihiel Salient, by General Eugene Savatier, Former Assistant Chief of the General Staff and Commander of the 34th Division, French Army 213 Part Five: The Meuse-Argonne Battles in the Fall of 19I8 I.
		The A. in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, by General Eugene Savatier, Former Assistant Chief of the General Staff and Commander of the 34th Division, French Army 288 Appendix: PREPARED BY A. Introductory Note 3II II.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/fy055/2005923123.html (317 words)

	August 1914 Chronology - Background
		May.--- > A German General Staff intelligence report warns that in a war with France, a quick and decisive victory is unlikely
		Aug.--- > General Foch assumes command of the French XX Corps on the German frontier near Nancy
		Feb.--- > General Gallieni retires, and is replaced by Lanrezac as commander of the 5th Army on the French left flank
	cnparm.home.texas.net /Wars/Marne/Marne01.htm (2224 words)

	The July (1914) Crisis
		This summary of the political situation was submitted to the Chancellor, von Bethmann-Hollweg, as the European powers hovered on the brink of war in the wake of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Bosnian Serbs.
		In these circumstances, it is to be assumed that the German military leaders would cast suspicions on Russian troop movements during the crisis, though there had been no formal orders for mobilization and no evidence to suggest that Russia desired war, despite the resolve of that government not to let Serbia in the lurch.
		With a patience approaching weakness, Austria has up to the present borne the continuous provocations and the political machinations [of Serbia] aimed at the disruption of her own national stability by [the Serbian people].
	web.jjay.cuny.edu /~jobrien/reference/ob91.html (908 words)

	Chapter III: LENIN AND GERMAN ASSISTANCE FOR THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION
		At the highest level the German political officer who approved Lenin's journey to Russia was Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, a descendant of the Frankfurt banking family Bethmann, which achieved great prosperity in the nineteenth century.
		The German Foreign Ministry assessed Lenin's probable actions in Russia as being consistent with their own objectives in the dissolution of the existing power structure in Russia.
		The German text was strewn with terms verging on the ridiculous: for example, Bureau instead of the German word Büro; Central for the German Zentral; etc.
	reformed-theology.org /html/books/bolshevik_revolution/chapter_03.htm (2495 words)

	German Waterloo Sources
		Wellington, his German Allies and the Battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras, I was unable to include a bibliographical essay on the relative merits and value of German source material on the Waterloo Campaign.
		The third useful work produced by the German General Staff, authored by Schwertfeger, covered the history of the Prussian army in 1815.
		The German General Staff published it in Berlin in 1885 in the "Kriegsgeschichtliche Einzelschriften" series under the title Das Tagebuch des Generals der Kavallerie Grafen von Nostitz.
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/organization/c_1815sources.html (2001 words)

	Christian Media Network - Last Days Overview - Page 2
		Because the lion, the bear, and the Leopard/Panther are all beasts of prey, the connotation intrinsic in the imagery of these beasts is clearly militaristic.
		A Russian general controlled the Eastern zone, a British general ran the Northwestern zone, a French general ran the Southwestern zone, and an American general administered the western zone.
		The "four notable ones" were the four key generals that had served under Alexander, and they divided up the empire between them.
	www.christianmedianetwork.com /lastdays2.html (1891 words)

	eBay - german general staff, Nonfiction Books, Militaria items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A genius for war: The German army and general staff,...
		THE GERMAN GENERAL STAFF Walter Goerlitz 1957 HCDJ
		History of the German general Staff 1657-1945 Goerlitz
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	war crimes
		The court did not convict Nazi organizations or the German general staff.
		A defendant was generally found guilty only if he had been involved in developing the policy, but not if he had simply carried it out.
		In 1998 the UN General Assembly voted in favor of a treaty authorizing a permanent international court for war crimes.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/society/A0851450.html (1000 words)

	Did General Eisenhower want to murder the German General Staff?
		Those whose screens are not clouded by coffee spray after reading Bellinger's various distortions have noticed that he is frequently, ah, coy about giving references for his various claims.
		These wars of Germany's have been, from the standpoint of the General Staff, merely campaigns -- merely incidents.
		Now, how are you going to destroy the German General Staff is something else again, because many of them have the excuse they did their duty as honorable soldiers.
	www.vex.net /~nizkor/hweb/people/e/eisenhower-dwight/eisenhower-003.html (481 words)

	Foreign Military Studies Office Publications - Does Russia Need a General Staff
		7. The General Staff is headed by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (hereafter, the Chief of the General Staff).
		8. The Chief of the General Staff is subordinate to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, serves as his first deputy and is personally responsible for carrying out tasks assigned to the General Staff.
		The Chief of the General Staff also exercises other powers according to federal constitutional laws, federal laws, and other normative-legal documents of the Russian Federation, orders and directives of the Supreme Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.
	fmso.leavenworth.army.mil /documents/shlykovtrans.HTM (7474 words)

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