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Originally Posted by Falcon Jun
... As for Rommel, I've read somewhere that he was bumped up and because of the hectic pace of the war, didn't had the time to attend or complete the German equivalent of advanced staff school.
Could anyone give more info on this. Their some sites on the web about it but with the conflicting info, I don't know which of the "facts" are really facts.
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Yes, there were in theory opportunitys for Rommel to attend the the General Staff school in the 1930s after it was revived. the pop historys usually remark on Rommel advancing to Generals rank and divsion command due to Hitlers favor rather than the Wehrmachts promotion system. The literature I have covers WWI & WWII, but the 1920s & 30s are rather thin.
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Originally Posted by Falcon Jun
Ike would be a good example of the US emphasis on planning.
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Clark was another example. Like Eisenhower he fell under the gaze of a extremly demanding general and spent more than a few years as the mans key staff officer. MacAurthur in the case of Ike, Bowser for Clark. Bowser like Mac & many other had seen the US Armys incompetence at staff work its most serious defect in WWI. They appear to have been determined to raise a generation of officers who could at least be skilled at getting a army organized and ready. Reading though the biographys of Collins, Ridgeway, Patton, Krueger, & others this repeatedly stands out. No one got promoted to field grade ranks in the 1930s without proving multiple times their ability to organize efficiently any task they were handed.