German High Command OOB
Head of the Heer |
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Photograph |
Name |
Period of Service |
Notes |
Werner von Fritsch |
1930s to September 1941 |
Was target of a blackmail attempt by Hitler's fringe party over his wife's activities, but the entire affair was quickly put to a stop by Göring. An excellent administrator, is credited widely as being the reason for the German Army's readiness in 1941. After being replaced by von Kressenstein in September 1941, he was given command of an Army Group. |
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Kress von Kressenstein |
September 1941 to June 1943. (Medical Reasons) |
Recalled to frontline service and placed in command of the German Army following the Rape of Rome due to his extensive experience with fighting the Draka as an aide to the Ottoman Forces in World War I. Was forced to leave office in the summer of 1943 due to "medical reasons". |
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Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck |
June 1943 to September 1947. |
Served as the Military Governor of German Africa post-war. He was essentially forced to retire from his post as Reichsheer head in 1947, due to basically office politics; the Draka by 1947, were recognized as being finished; the only thing in contention being when they would finally die, and many ambitious younger generals wanted the top job. |
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Erich von Manstein |
September 1947 to June 1950 |
Got the job through political manuvering. |
Head of the Reichsmarine |
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Photograph |
Name |
Period of Service |
Notes |
Erich Raeder |
1936 - 1946 |
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Otto Cilax |
1946-1950 |
Last of the German Navy's "big ship" heads. |
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Erich Bey |
1950- |
Made his name in small-ship actions in The Drakian War. |
Head of the Luftwaffe |
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NOTE: Göring is going to be meddling like crazy with the Luftwaffe.He is the law in Germany, which means nobody can stop him from doing whatever he wants with the Air Force, so in effect, it's his private sandbox. This is why so many Luftwaffe heads come and go. |
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Photograph |
Name |
Period of Service |
Notes |
Hans Jeschonnek |
1939 - 26 November 1941 (Fired) |
Fired due to near-total failure of Adlertag. |
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Hermann Göring |
26 November 1941 -20 December 1941 |
After firing Jeschonnek, Göring attempted to run the Luftwaffe himself, in addition to his duties as head of state; but he quickly abandoned this idea after less than a month, appointing one of his "old comrades" from World War I, Wolfram von Richthofen, to the job. |
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Wolfram von Richthofen |
20 December 1941-1943 (Died in Office) |
Was the replacement for Jeschonneck; served for two years before dying of a Brain tumor in 1943. NOTE: In OTL, he died of it in a POW camp in 1945; but in this TL, he's constantly fighting with Göring, so the additional stress speeds up the tumor. |
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Adolf Galland |
Early 1943 - Late 1943 (Fired) |
Fired after just six months on the job. |
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Albert Kesselring |
Late 1943-1945 (Resigned) |
Resigned in 1945, for a much easier (and less stressful) front command. |
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Hans-Jürgen Stumpff |
1945-1946 (Resigned) |
Resigned for the same reason that "Smiling Al" did. |
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Günther Korten |
1946-1949 |
Survived relatively long, because by this phase of the war, the allies now had overwhelming aerial superiority, and so he could constantly present victories to Göring, keeping his stress level down. |