Siegfried Carl Theodor Westphal (18 March 1902 – 2 July 1982) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Upon the outbreak of the war...
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German classical scholar Siegfried Westphal (1902–1982), German general Søren Westphal (born 1986), Danish handballer Wilhelm Westphal (1882–1978), German...
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von Manteuffel, General André Beaufre, Lawrence Durrell, General Siegfried Westphal, Gordon Waterfield, General Walter Warlimont and Major General Edward...
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held completely inactive against the 23 German divisions." General Siegfried Westphal stated that if the French had attacked in full force in September...
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stopped even before reaching Germany's unfinished Siegfried Line. According to General Siegfried Westphal, a German staff officer on the Western Front, if...
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at face value self-serving claims by generals such as Manstein and Siegfried Westphal in their memoirs that the Wehrmacht was a professional, apolitical...
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over his grave. His former chief of staff, General der Kavallerie Siegfried Westphal, spoke for the veterans of North Africa and Italy, describing Kesselring...
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German military screen, not a real defense." According to General Siegfried Westphal, if the French had attacked in force in September 1939, the German...
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Unable to reach Rommel for several days, Rommel's Chief of Staff, Siegfried Westphal, ordered the 21st Panzer Division to withdraw to support the siege...
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document, written largely by Manstein, along with General of Cavalry Siegfried Westphal. Manstein's oral testimony included material about the Einsatzgruppen...
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Gauleiters (Political Leaders) Corps of Political Leaders Kavallerie Siegfried Westphal Chief of Staff in Italy from 1943 to 1944 General Staff and High Command...
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document, written largely by Manstein, along with General of Cavalry Siegfried Westphal. He also gave oral testimony about the Einsatzgruppen, the treatment...
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(1898–1981) 25 August 1942 12 June 1943 291 days 3 Westphal, SiegfriedGeneralmajor Siegfried Westphal (1902–1982) 15 June 1943 16 November 1943 154 days...
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attribute this comment to Rommel's former chief of staff, General Siegfried Westphal, who met with the former Māori Battalion chaplain, Reverend Canon...
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headquarters near Koblenz. His chief of staff was now the capable General Siegfried Westphal. Under Rundstedt was Model, commanding Army Group B and facing the...
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Kesselring promised Rommel that supplies would arrive in time but Siegfried Westphal pointed out that such an expectation would be unrealistic and the...
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senior operations officers in Frascati (Central Italy) chaired by Siegfried Westphal, Kesselring's chief of staff, who gave the operational details about...
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stopped even before reaching Germany's unfinished Siegfried Line. According to General Siegfried Westphal, a German staff officer on the Western Front, if...
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Rommel's Kasserine HQ on February 23, Kesselring and his Chief of Staff Siegfried Westphal tried to change Rommel's mind, arguing that there were still possibilities...
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Model and then the restored Rundstedt, the German army fell back to the Siegfried Line. Corps Group Blumentritt held almost 22 mi (35 km) of front northwest...
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Papen, Grossadmiral Karl Dönitz, Ferdinand Schörner, Otto Remer, Siegfried Westphal, and Josef Kammhuber, former SS officers Sepp Dietrich and Joachim...
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Treptow 6 Hermann Vallendor 6 Hans Waldhausen 6 Heinrich Wessels 6 Siegfried Westphal 6 Ernst Wiehle 6 Hans Auer 5 Bernard Bartels 5 Joachim von Bertrab...
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reached the center of Rome in the morning of 10 September. General Siegfried Westphal, Chief of Staff of Army Group C, had started negotiations with Colonel...
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Maximilian von Weichs (1881–1954) (Later promoted to Generalfeldmarschall) Siegfried Westphal (1902–1982) Christian von Zweibrücken (1782–1859) General (Germany)...
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Oberbefehlshaber Süd (German Army Command in the South), General der Kavillerie Siegfried Westphal, to the 1 May 1945. The German Federal Archives holds a copy of the...
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Heinrich-Hermann von Hülsen (1895–1982), Wehrmacht generalmajor, died locally Siegfried Westphal (1902–1982), Wehrmacht officer, general of cavalry, died locally Ernst...
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self-serving claims made by generals like Erich von Manstein and Siegfried Westphal whose memoirs promoted the myth of the clean Wehrmacht, the notion...
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ability during their sensational advance which Lieutenant General Siegfried Westphal, the chief of staff to Kesselring, later described as a major surprise...
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19-HGeneralleutnant Commander of the 3. Panzer-Division 25 October 1943 — — Siegfried Westphal Heer 17-HOberst im Generalstab (in the General Staff) Ia (operations...
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August – 30 November 1942; 30 December 1942 – 14 January 1943; Oberst Siegfried Westphal, 1–29 December 1942; Generalmajor Kurt Freiherr von Liebenstein, 15...
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