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German General Staff in WW2 Explained

The German General Staff had quite a reputation and was banned after the First World War. The question is, how did the German General Staff work during the Second World War. What were the major changes? What did its sections and chiefs do? Cover Image: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1971-070-61 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, modified & colorized by vonKickass »» GET BOOKS & VIDEOS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com » Tank Assault - Combat Manual of the Soviet Tank Forces 1944 - http://stm44.com » IS-2 Stalin's Warhammer - http://www.is-2tank.com » StuG: Ausbildung, Einsatz und Führung der StuG Batterie - http://stug-hdv.de » Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de » Panzerkonferenz Video - http://pzkonf.de »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized »» SOURCES «« Bundesarchiv Müller-Hillebrand, Burkhart: Das Heer 1933-1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues. Band I. Das Heer bis zum Kriegsbeginn., E.S. Mittler & Sohn: Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1954. Müller-Hillebrand, Burkhart: Das Heer 1933-1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues. Band II. Die Blitzfeldzüge 1939-1941. Das Heer im Kriege bis zum Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion im Juni 1941., E.S. Mittler & Sohn: Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1956. Müller-Hillebrand, Burkhart: Das Heer 1933-1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues. Band III. Der Zweifrontenkrieg. Das Heer vom Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion bis zum Kriegsende., E.S. Mittler & Sohn: Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1969. Megargee, Geoffrey P.: Hitler und die Generäle: Das Ringen um die Führung der Wehrmacht 1933-1945. übers. von Nicolai, Karl, Ferdinand Schöningh: Paderborn, Germany, 2006. Hoffmann, Hans-Albert: Die deutsche Heeresführung im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Fakten und Momente aus dem Hauptquartier des Oberkommandos des Heeres, 3. erweiterte Auflage, Verlag Dr. Köster: Berlin, 2021 (Forum moderne Militärgeschichte, Bd. 12. 00:00 Intro 00:43 Covert - Truppenamt 1919-1935 01:47 Structure 1935 02:06 Structure 1938 04:24 Structure 1940 06:52 Chiefs, Sections and their Functions (War) 11:27 Major Changes throughout the War 14:14 Structure 1944/45 15:05 Summary #generalstaff #germangeneralstaff #generalstab #ww2 #okh #germanhighcommand