Ladislas Farago - The Axis Grand Strategy: Blueprints for the Total War

Unless otherwise indicated, rank and title are those at the time of original writing.

Major General Wilhelm Adam, commandant of the War Academy of Berlin.

Major Joseph Allmendinger, instructor in the Armored Force School.

Colonel Friedrich Altrichter, an expert on military morale, now commandant of the Military College of Dresden.

Hans Wilhelm Aust, publicist specializing in economic subjects.

Colonel Alfred Baentsch, staff officer attached to the infantry command.

Colonel Werner Bartz, officer attached to the Air Staff, a representative of the anti-Douhet faction, a minority within the German Air Ministry.

Dr. Hans Baumgarten, acting editor in chief of Der deutsche Volkswirt , Germanys leading economic periodical, once close to Hjalmar Schacht.

Colonel Erich von Belli, a writer on the problems of the modern war, author of Der Krieg der Zukunft in der Meinung des Auslandes.

Colonel Wilhelm Berlin, staff officer attached to the artillery command.

Major Friedrich Bertkau, Ph.D., a prominent military writer, member of the German Society of Military Politics and Military Sciences.

Colonel Friedrich Beutler, economic expert, attached to the organization section of the army command and a staff officer of the Economic Division of the High Command of the Armed Forces.

Colonel Albrecht Blau, a doctor of engineering, now an army psychologist, in charge of psychological campaigns conducted against enemy and neutral nations, author of the secret text-book, Propaganda as a Weapon.

Colonel Eugen Bircher, famous Swiss physician, now commanding a division of the mobilized Swiss army.

Captain Reimar von Bonin, formerly attached to the Naval Intelligence Office at Kiel, now said to be in charge of the whole German naval intelligence.

Colonel Braun, attached to the staff of the Inspector of the Arm-Schools (Waffenschulen).

Colonel Hans von Buelow, officer attached to the Air Staff.

Lieutenant General Ernst Busch, commander of an infantry division, a judge on the terroristic Peoples Court.

General Karl von Clausewitz, Germanys greatest military theorist, born at Burg near Magdeburg, on June 1 , 1780, died at Breslau, on November 16, 1831. An aide of Scharnhorst and representative of the progressive military ideas centering around a peoples army, he was persecuted by the Junkers who forced him to leave Prussia and accept employment as a military adviser in Russia. Upon his return, in 1815, he became chief of staff of the Third Army Corps, and was later made chief of the High Commands general staff. In 1818, he was eliminated from active service through his appointment as an administrative director of the General War School, stripped of all influence on military policy, curriculum or educational principles. His teachings were revived by the Elder Moltke and Schlieffen, but were later falsified by Ludendorff and the Nazis.

Colonel Conrad, chief of staff of the Salzburg Army Corps.

Constantin F. C. Dietze, professor of economics at Berlin University.

Colonel Kurt Dittmar, commandant of Engineer School Number One at Berlin.

Arthur Dix, publicist.

General Ludwig Ritter von Eimannsberger, officer in the defunct Austrian army, an early proponent of mechanization and motorization.

General Erfurth, retired, famous for his historical review on the role of the element of surprise in warfare.

Major General Erich Fellgiebel, officer commanding the Signal Corps.

Colonel Hermann Foertsch, chief of the press section of the High Command.

Colonel Wolfgang Foerster, military historian, chief of the Secret War Archives of Potsdam.

Professor Heinrich D. Forsthoff, acting head of the Evangelical Bishopry of Cologne.

Major General Hermann Franke, editorial head of the German Society of Military Politics and Military Sciences, editor of the authoritative Manual of the Modern Military Sciences.

Rear Admiral Reinhold Gadow, retired, prominent writer on naval matters, an expert on the Royal Navy.

General Hermann Geyer, officer commanding an army corps, served on Ludendorffs staff and was responsible for the tactical plans prepared for the futile spring offensives of 1918.

Lieutenant Paul Goeldner, an expert on modern fortifications, attached to the High Command of the Armed Forces.

Reich Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, Prime Minister of Prussia, Minister of Aviation, Commander in Chief of the Air Force, President of the Reichstag, Chief Forester of the Reich.

Admiral Otto Groos, honorary doctor of several German universities, a writer on military politics and naval strategy.

Colonel General Heinz Guderian, organizer of Germanys Panzer divisions, commanding a tank army on the Central front in Russia, a man of Armenian origin.

Eugen Hadamovsky, head of the German broadcasting system, a professor of the Propaganda Ministrys Academy of Politics, chief adviser of Propaganda Minister Goebbels on the theories of modern propaganda.

Admiral Hansen, retired, a writer on naval affairs.

Karl Albert Rudolf Hanslian, Ph.D., chemist and military scientist, editor of the leading German periodical devoted to air raid precautions.

Major General Karl Haushofer, professor of geography at Munich University, president of the German Academy, editor of the Zeitschrift fuer Geopolitik. The 73-years-old retired officer of the Bavarian army was military observer in Japan and is now considered the outstanding German authority on Pacific problems.

Dr. Arthur Heichen, an editor of Der deutsche Volkswirt, economist.

Captain Heinz, officer attached to the legal department of the High Command, specializing in counter espionage.

Rudolf Hess, former Minister of the Reich, former deputy leader of the Nazi Party, former head of the Liaison Staff of the Fuehrer, now a prisoner of war in the United Kingdom.

Colonel Kurt Hesse, Ph.D., a first lieutenant in the last war, was the first German officer to publish a volume on the psychological impacts of warfare. Because his failing eyesight prevented him from active military participation, he turned his attention toward war economy. Is now a member of the Propaganda Company, representing a leading Berlin daily as special correspondent on Germanys various fronts.

Colonel Constantin Hierl, Secretary of State, chief of the compulsory Labor Service, one of the most influential advisers of Hitler.

Heinrich Himmler, son of a Bavarian school teacher, himself an agronomist by training, is now leader of the Schutzstaffel (SS, Black Guard), and head of the German police system, including the Secret State Police.

Adolf Hitler, Fuehrer and Chancellor of Greater Germany, commander in chief of the armed forces.

Lieutenant von Hobe, a young artillery officer.

General Adolf Janssen, cavalry expert i n the German Society of Military Politics and Military Sciences.

Ernst Juenger, leader of a shock battalion in the last war, then a writer of powerful books in which he glorified war and advocated the realization of a Prussian state socialism. His latest book showed signs of his developing opposition to the Nazis when he said: It is better to die as a free man than to triumph as a slave.

Colonel Leyers, a doctor of engineering, in charge of the gun production within the High Command, outstanding artillery expert.

Karl Linnebach, governmental counselor, an officer of the Secret Reich Archives of Potsdam, a writer of military history.