• Friedrich von Mellenthin (30 August 1904 – 28 June 1997) was a German general during World War II. A participant in most of the major campaigns of the...
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  • Reichsfreiherr von Edelsheim (20 Sep 1944 – 31 Mar 1945) Generalleutnant Wolf Hagemann (31 Mar 1945 – 8 May 1945) Oberstleutnant Friedrich von Mellenthin, Chief...
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  • Battles (German: Panzerschlachten) is the English language title of Friedrich von Mellenthin's memoirs of his service as a staff officer in the Panzerwaffe of...
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  • Horst von Mellenthin (31 July 1898 – 8 January 1977) was a German general during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's...
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    never extradited. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Balck and Friedrich von Mellenthin participated in seminars and panel discussions with senior NATO...
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    major assault. Dissenting voices include that of German general Friedrich von Mellenthin, who said: The importance of this incident has been unduly magnified;...
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    when it was strung out between the minefields and Alam Halfa. Friedrich von Mellenthin in Panzer Battles painted a dramatic picture of Panzer divisions...
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    returning afterward to command the same regiment. According to Friedrich von Mellenthin: "It is not generally realized that Zhukov received much of his...
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    better exemplar of military leadership can be found" and quoting Friedrich von Mellenthin on the inexplicable mutual understanding that existed between Rommel...
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    interest by many German officers during their invasion of Russia. Friedrich von Mellenthin made reference to it in his memoir while describing the character...
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  • soccer player Ludwig Meidner, painter cardinal Joachim Meisner Friedrich von Mellenthin, general Erich Mende, German politician of the FDP and CDU Gregor...
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    (in one case, when discussing Manstein's replacement by Model, Friedrich von Mellenthin made resentful remarks about Model's personality and abilities...
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  • turrets above ground level. Glantz records that the German general Friedrich von Mellenthin wrote The horrible counter-attacks, in which huge masses of manpower...
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    world like they are doing right now in Bir-Hakeim! Generalmajor Friedrich von Mellenthin wrote in his mémoirs Panzer Battles, [I]n the whole course of the...
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    troops and their brave General Kœnig". After the war, Generalmajor Friedrich von Mellenthin wrote, "Some British officers have insinuated that French morale...
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  • this, he came to trust and depend on these staff officers, like Friedrich von Mellenthin and Siegfried Westphal, who in turn proved their talent and loyalty...
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    of the Wehrmacht. Friedrich von Mellenthin's memoirs, Panzer Battles, went through six printings between 1956 and 1976. Mellenthin's memoirs use racist...
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    Third Army, as the Third Army had come to a halt. Generalmajor Friedrich von Mellenthin—Chief of Staff of the 5th Panzer Army—summarised the situation:...
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    more notable members of the division at this point in time was Friedrich von Mellenthin, who later went on to command the 9th Panzer Division during the...
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    estimated that only 60 per cent of X Corps got back to El Alamein. Friedrich von Mellenthin, Rommel's intelligence officer during the battle, commented "As...
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  • climatologist. Hildegard Ochse, 61, German photographer, leukemia. Friedrich von Mellenthin, 92, German Wehrmacht general during World War II. Yang Yichen...
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  • Rudolf von Bünau (19 August 1890 – 14 January 1962) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient...
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    and Kesselring's objections. Cavallero's diary and Generalmajor Friedrich von Mellenthin's account in Panzer Battles support this version of events, but...
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  • from 1762 to 1796, the country's longest-ruling female leader Friedrich Leopold Freiherr von Schrötter (1743 in Friedland – 1815 in Berlin) a German Junker...
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  • Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt (6 February 1900 – 6 March 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 9th...
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    first-hand accounts written by S.L.A. Marshall, Erwin Rommel,and Friedrich von Mellenthin. Others were secondary works composed by military historians.)...
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    (1871–1961) Erich Marcks (1891–1944) Robert Martinek (1889–1944) Horst von Mellenthin (1898–1977) Heinrich Meyer-Buerdorf (1888-1971) Willi Moser (1887–1946)...
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    der Infanterie) Rudolf von Bünau, 20 March 1944 – 16 March 1945 Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Horst von Mellenthin, 16 March 1945 – 20 March...
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    (General der Infanterie) Friedrich Wiese, 19 March 1945 - 20 April 1945 Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Horst von Mellenthin, 20 April 1945 - 8 May...
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  • Forssmann, physician and Nobel Prize in Medicine laureate 30 August – Friedrich von Mellenthin, Army general 1 September – Karl Ernst, Sturmabteilung leader 8...
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