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	Hermann Balck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the outbreak of war in 1939 Balck was in the OKH (Army High Command of the German Army) and was transferred to the command of Schützenregiment 1 (motorised rifle regiment 1) in 1.
		Balck was closely involved in the failed defense, and the unsuccessful attempt to relieve the encircled XIII.
		Balck was a prime example of a class of German officers who rose rapidly through the ranks during the war, together with e.g.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hermann_Balck (624 words)

	Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 11
		Balck was born in Danzig-Langfuhr, Prussia, in 1893—long after his Finnish ancestors had migrated to Germany in 1120.
		Balck's army group, in fact, was a ragged assortment of under-strength, poorly equipped and hastily trained units cobbled together from Germany's rapidly deteriorating forces.
		Late in December 1944, Balck was relieved of his command, the victim of political intrigues by SS Chief Heinrich Himmler and Hitler's periodic witch hunts.
	www.11thpanzer.com /dsp_balck.htm (3366 words)

	Hermann Balck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Balck was a firm believer in 'saddle-orders', taking his place with whichever of his groups was to make the main effort and visiting the regiments involved several times a day.
		In November 1943, Balck's task as defined by Colonel-General Erich Rauss, the commander of the Fourth Panzer Army, was the recapture of Zhitomir and the stabilization of the front west of Kiev.
		Balck abandoned his attempt at encirclement and went onto the defensive, after having destroyed two Russian armies, mauled a third and captured or destroyed 700 tanks and 668 guns.
	www.wargamer.com /Hosted/Panzer/balck.html (973 words)

	Add new comment \| All Empires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Balck and von Scwerin had promised him this, and it was vital that they did so without fail.
		Balck's crossing was a peaceful stroll across the river compared to that of the Gross Deutschland Regiment.
		The French were incapable of contesting Balck, as their guns were destroyed, somehow silenced or clogged by dust while the defenders were too stunned to give effective resistance.
	www.allempires.com /article/index.php?q=comment/reply/153 (5001 words)

	Hermann Balck
		Balck entered the Hanover Military College in February 1914 and during the First World War served in the German Army on the Western Front.
		Balck served under Heinz Guderian in France and was awarded the Knight's Cross for seizing and holding a bridge north of Sedan on 13th May 1940.
		Hermann Balck, described by one military historian, as Germany's greatest field commander, died in 1982.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /GERbalck.htm (294 words)

	Hermann Balck - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		December 7, 1893 - November 29, 1982) was a military commander in the German Reich's Wehrmacht during World War II.
		Unlike other German commanders Balck did not author an autobiography.
		Hermann Balck, Biography, WW I, Inter-war, early war, Greece, Eastern Front, Western Front, Hungary, Late War, Post-war, Career Assessment, References, 1893 births, 1982 deaths and German generals.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Hermann_Balck (703 words)

	Brave Balck
		Balck, though not widely known, was I quote Chester Wilmot "an experienced tank commander and a notorious optimist with a reputation for fearless aggression.
		Balck specialised in attacks from the flank and rear and did not believe in leaving even one tank to support infantry defence.
		Balck must have been pleased with his promotion to Army Group G in the west as Army Group Centre was virtually destroyed in Operation Bagration and over half of the generals were either killed or captured.
	www.warfarehq.com /articles/cs_articles/brave_balck.shtml (3115 words)

	Dynamics of doctrine: the change in German tactical doctrine during the first world war
		As the famous tactician, Wilhelm Balck,* noted, altering tactical procedures in the middle of such a desperate struggle, was a very serious undertaking, especially for the German Army.
		His son, Hermann Balck, was a company-grade officer in the First World War, and became an outstanding field commander in the Second World War.
		Balck records that General Joseph Joffre, the French Commander in Chief, had cautioned the French against crowding the forward line as early as 5 January 1915, but commanders were reluctant to weaken their forward positions for fear of losing ground:
	cgsc.leavenworth.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/Lupfer/lupfer.asp (19652 words)

	The Question of Values, November 13, 1999
		Balck was Germany's most highly decorated general officer in WWII and was considered by many German officers to be one of the finest armored commanders in history.
		Napoleon's experience was in pre-industrial war (1st Generation War), Clarke and Balck fought in technology-intensive maneuver warfare (3rd Generation War), yet despite their temporal and cultural differences, they held similar values..
		Moreover, when Balck said he didn't know anything about tanks, when Clarke laid out his values, when Napoleon emphasized moral effects, they were expounding unchanging soldierly virtues that go back to the time of Alexander the Great and Sun Tzu.
	www.d-n-i.net /fcs/comments/c332.htm (946 words)

	Boyd's Observations on Moral Conflict
		Second: Balck emphasizes the importance of trust—not mistrust—for cohesion.
		Now, recognizing that both Balck and guerilla commanders work in a hostile environment (of menace and uncertainty) that naturally breeds mistrust, it is clear that moral effects must include this factor.
		Finally, by stripping away and recombining essentials—from these notions as well as from the ideas and contributions of Clausewitz, Balck, and Falls—we can evolve the essence of moral conflict.
	www.belisarius.com /modern_business_strategy/boyd/patterns/moral_observations.htm (775 words)

	German Sixth Army - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Command passed to Tank General Hermann Balck in December 1944.
		After the failure of Konrad III, the Sixth Army (now known as Armeegruppe Balck) fell back to the area near Lake Balaton, and several Army units, including the III.Panzerkorps was involved in Operation Frühlingserwachen, while the rest of the Army provided defence for the left flank of the offensive, in the region near Stuhlweissenburg.
		General Hermann Balck (December 23 1944 - May 8 1945)de:Deutsche 6.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/German_Sixth_Army (832 words)

	Reinhard Heydrich - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		From this position, he worked tirelessly both to coordinate various initiatives that were forwarded for the Final Solution, and to assert SS dominance over Jewish policy.
		Lina Heydrich later stated that she believed Heydrich had expected an early death, saying that she saw his frequent unnecessary risk-taking (such as his valiant adventures in his Luftwaffe Me 109) as an attempt to ensure that, should he die, his would be a dramatic death.
		Heydrich's eventual replacements were Ernst Kaltenbrunner as the chief of RSHA and Karl Hermann Frank 27 - 28 May 1942 and Kurt Daluege as 28 May 1942 - 14 October 1943 the new acting Reichsprotektors.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Reinhard_Heydrich (2579 words)

	STALINGRAD FORUM: Re: State Farm 79 and hill 161 December 9-12, 1942
		As general Hermann Balck has received Oak leaves to Ritterkreuzes on December, 20, 1942, hence, it has received this award for a victory over battle for state farm 79 (area of the bottom watercourse Chir River).
		And here it is told about enormous successes of general Hermann Balck and him 11th Panzer Division in battle for state farm 79.
		On this Japanese map the course of battle for state farm 79 in that kind as this battle was described by German generals Hermann Balck and von Mellenthin is reflected.
	members.boardhost.com /stalingrad/msg/1146000396.html (1315 words)

	General Hermann Balck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In Seotember 1944 he was given command of Army Group G in the West, in succession to Blaskowitz.
		His failure, against overwhelming odds, to prevent Patton's advance into Lorraine displeased Hitler however, and he finished the war commanding a mere sub-army, Armeegruppe Balck, opposite the Russians in Hungary.
		'If Manstein was Germany's greatest strategist during World War II', wrote General Mellenthin, 'Balck has strong claims to be regarded as our finest field commander.
	www.expage.com /wwiigen87 (188 words)

	Erich Hartmann - ExplodingProduce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In July 1943, he was made captain of his squadron, and shot down seven planes in a single day during the Battle of Kursk.
		After reaching 250 victories he was grounded by Luftwaffe chief of staff Hermann Göring, who was fearful of the possibility the hero might die in combat.
		However, Hartmann successfully lobbied to be reinstated as a combat pilot.
	www.explodingproduce.com /wiki/index.php/Erich_Hartmann (474 words)

	Amazon.com: Drama Between Budapest and Vienna, The Final Fighting of the 6. Panzer-Armee: Books: Georg Maier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The dominant theme running through the book is the internal conflict between primarily General Hermann Balck and a variety of SS leaders, most specifically Gille, commander of the IV SS Panzer Corps and Dietrich, commander of the 6th Panzer Army.
		This was not the Hermann Balck who successfully commanded on the Eastern Front in 1943.
		The author's contention is that this had become Balck's prime concern and he sought to turn the spot light from himself to the SS formations and leadership as success became elusive.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0921991789?v=glance (1756 words)

	A DUBIOUS HERITAGE: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Increasingly, Schörner's and Model's campaigns and the battles of von Senger und Etterlin and Hermann Balck were refought in war games and at cocktail parties from Carlisle to Leavenworth.
		While no one was confusing a map room with a battlefield, Balck, Mellenthin, and their counterparts did much to establish a concrete case for initiative, flexibility, and mobility as vital elements of a successful forward defense of the NATO central front.
		Their points were reinforced by the publication of memoirs and biographies of several of the eastern front's most successful operational commanders, until now relatively unknown outside of Germany, whose careers seemed to prove the overriding importance of spirit and confidence in fighting the Russians.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1985/mar-apr/showalter.html (8422 words)

	Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck: 12 January 1979 and Brief Biographical Sketch and 13 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck: 12 January 1979 and Brief Biographical Sketch and 13 April 1979 (Military Reference Library L64)
		This title in the Military Reference Library series is available only as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file on CD-ROM disk (it is not available in printed format from the Merriam Press).
		These two booklets provide an interesting view of German as well as enemy operations, tactics, strategies, equipment, weapons, and more, through an interview with a little-known but highly capable panzer general of the Wehrmacht, who saw considerable service in Europe and the Eastern Front during the war.
	www.merriam-press.com /mrl_000/mrl_0100/mrl_0064.htm (182 words)

	German Fourth Panzer Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Generaloberst Hermann Hoth (31 May 1942 - 26 Nov 1943)
		General der Panzertruppen Hermann Balck (5 Aug 1944 - 21 Sep 1944)
		General der Panzertruppen Fritz-Hubert Gräser (21 Sep 1944 - 8 May 1945)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_4th_Panzer_Army (203 words)

	Rising Sun Far East project
		Wyatt and Hermann Balck have started up this project and we could use others who want to commit some time to doing work on Nomonhan or some of the other scenarios or campaigns that are possible with the addition of Russians, KMT Nationalist Chinese, Chinese Communists, Thai, Vichy French(opponents of the Thai and Japanese),and Dutch.
		If anyone has information on the OOB of a Soviet Machinegun Brigade that would be helpful for some of the later scenarios of Nomonhan I intend to do.
		If you think you would like to get involved in the project contact : "Hermann Balck" who is coordinating the effort.
	redarrowproductions.com /_CSBoard/000001a3.htm (657 words)

	Sichelschnitt
		Guderian's memoirs, Panzer Leader, were a big influence on me when I read them as a kid, and he was at his best in the 1940 campaign against France.
		To follow in his footsteps (and Hermann Balck's) was a rare honor.
		This was also the best staff ride I have ever been on.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,79080,00.html (1049 words)

	German Sixth Army - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Field Marshal Maximilian Fretter-Pico (July 17 1944 - December 22 1944)
		General Hermann Balck (December 23 1944 - May 8 1945)
		This page was last modified 05:57, 12 May 2005.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/German_Sixth_Army (448 words)

	Face to Face
		Richard Siebert III (The great Hermann Balck) and Herb Fair (H) organized a meeting for a few members of The Blitz at Aberdeen, Maryland.
		The Proving Grounds were a most perfect meeting place, all kinds of Armor, guns, and equipment directly related to wars from WWI all the way to the 1990's.
		Richard Siebert III (Herman Balck), Herb Fair (H), Mitch Trent (Mitch), Harry Curley Jr (Panzercurl), George Buzby(Gbuzby), Tony Alexander (Tony), My son, Jacob and myself, Randy Plume (RedDevil) all met around 10am at the Jagdtiger..
	members.myactv.net /~rplume/Field_Ops/face_to_face.htm (790 words)

	Amazon.com: Knights of the Reich: The Twenty-Seven Most Highly Decorated Soldiers of the Wehrmacht in World War II: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		All 27 are covered in Knights: Panzer commanders, U-boat captains, combat generals, Hans Rudel (the Stuka pilot), and fighter pilots.
		Fighter pilots included Adolf Galland, Werner Mlders, Gordon Gollob, Hermann Graf (200 kills in 13 months), Erich Hartmann (353 kills in 30 months), and Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer.
		Called the "Night Ghost" by the British bomber crews, Schnaufer shot down 4 bombers a night for 5 consecutive nights and once destroyed 5 bombers in 14 minutes.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0887405800?v=glance (1005 words)

	GERMAN MILITARY, POLITICAL & CULTURAL HISTORY IN COLOR
		Also featured are color photos illustrating staff conferences, parades and award ceremonies, as well as color candid shots of many of the Oakleaf-wearers at their front-line duty stations.
		Using the unpublished diaries of the principal actors - the judges, lawyers and even the defendants themselves - David Irving sheds new and disturbing light on what has been called the “trial of the century”.
		Includes incisive and frank discussions of confessions extracted under torture, the doctoring and suppression of evidence, witness intimidation and the tribunal’s conscious harassment of defense counsel, PLUS fascinating new material unraveling the mystery behind Hermann Göring’s eleventh-hour suicide.
	www.brandenburghistorica.com /books.html (6759 words)

	Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums - View Single Post - KNIGHTS CROSS DOCUMENTS
		The diamonds was unfinished and some jerk forged Hitler's Signature after the war.
		It was being made up for General Hermann Balck and a photo can be seen in Angolia's FOR FUHRER AND FATHERLAND, Vol.
		If they were being produced, stored and not being given out, then when did this practice begin?
	www.wehrmacht-awards.com /forums/showpost.php?p=23697&postcount=4 (196 words)

	Member of Blitzkrieg wargaming club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Hermann is tenacious opponent and for all that loss all games against me, he is trying it again...
		One small AAR again - from WF battle against Hermann Balck:
		Hermann Göring IQ was in Norimberk dealt as 138 ?
	www.mujweb.cz /Zabava/matto/Member.html (1575 words)

	August 2004, Part 3 - Jim Miller on Politics
		Hermann Balck, a Panzer general in World War II, once quipped cynically that he hated it when a subordinate was transferred away from him, because, over time, he was able to learn how much each of his subordinate lied in his reports.
		All of them lied, thought Balck, but it was important to know how much each did, so that he could get closer to the true picture.
		Samuel Eliot Morison, author of the History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, didn't put it that cynically when he described some German records he analyzed after the war, but he made the same point about the biases.
	www.seanet.com /~jimxc/Politics/August2004_3.html (10795 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- "What Are You Doing?" -- Feb. 5, 1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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		One ingenious explanation, offered by some U.S. Seventh Army officers, was that Nazi General Hermann Balck had hastily committed his best units to action in order to keep the German High Command from taking them away.
		Balck had two or more Panzer or Panzer grenadier divisions, one of...
	www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,797038,00.html (103 words)

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