This one´s great!

From Williamson Murray "Luftwaffe":

In 1933 on the occasion of founding the Air Ministry, not only personnel with flying experience moved to the Ministry but also highly trained officers from the army´s general staff. Blomberg offered Göring a choice between Walter Wehrer and....wait a sec...Erich von Manstein (!) for the position of Chief of Staff of the Luftwaffe. You know who was chosen...

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