Qualify these officers.

Well, OK, Erich.

You like brave men in dirty uniforms who use a gun in a trencher.

I like brave men in clean uniforms who use a pen and maps behind a desk. (Well, not all of them, because many liked to be at the front)...

 

I thinks it's fair to say that the upper echelons have my interest, but the lower echelons have my profound admiration . . .

 

Hey people! Over here! Carl!

 

Unfortunately I dont know much about about the German Army High Command. The only one I have ever read about was Albert Spier of whom I am very impressed with. Rommel has always impressed me with the Africa Campaign, unfortunately Hitler liked to be to involved.

 

On a scale of 1-10.

Goring. 3
v.Bock. 9
v. Brauchitsch. 10
Keitel. 1
v. Leeb. 8
v. Rundstedt 10
v. Kluge. 9
v. Reichenau 8
List 8
v. Witzleben. 9
Busch. 10
v. Kuchler 7
Paulus. 5
Rommel. 10
v. Manstein 10.
Model. 10
v. Weichs. 9
v. Kleist. 10
Schorner. 9
Sperrle. 9
Kesselring. 10
Milch. 8
v. Greim. 9
v. Richthofen. 9
Himmler = ZAV = Zero Added Value.
Donitz. 10
Raeder. 10
Hoth. 10
Halder. 8
Zeitzler. 6
Jodl. 7
Guderian. 10
Dietl. 10
Heinrici. 10.
Reinhardt. 8
"Papa" Ringel. 10 (Sorry, I had to include him)
v. Arnim. 10
Dollmann. 9
Dietrich. 8
Hoeppner. 8
v. Mantueffel. 10

Not necessarily in order but.....

 

Thanks Carl! I had been expecting this moment!

 

Quite welcome and sorry I had to be so blunt--it was for lack of time.

 

For Martin: I would give Bittrich a 10. I knew a Waffen SS vet who visited him in the late 1980s or maybe early 1990s, and Bittrich according th this vet/ was the kind of man who would give you the shirt off his back--if it were to help you.