Despite his extensive knowledge and participation in war crimes, he later became a general for West Germany and served as head of the West German military from 1957 to 1961 as well as …

Hans Speidel (28 October 1897, Metzingen – 28 November 1984) was a World War II German general and the first German NATO Commander during the Cold War. Speidel joined the …

On this occasion, Eisenhower singled out Heusinger and Speidel to explain his 1945 views on German generals and to assure them of his high regard for the German professional soldier …

Jul 22, 2022 · Manfred Wörner, Reserveoffizier und Verteidigungsminister, war von 1988 bis zu seinem Tod 1994 erster und einziger deutscher NATO-Generalsekretär.

On 18 September 1963, General Speidel (on the left), Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Land Forces Central Europe for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) since April 1957, …

Jun 14, 2019 · General Adolf Heusinger (August 4, 1897 – November 30, 1982) was a German general officer who briefly served as Adolf Hitler’s Chief of the General Staff of the Army …

Between Jun 1957 and Mar 1961, he served as the first Inspector General of the Bundeswehr at the rank of General. In Apr 1961, he was appointed the Chairman of the NATO Military …

Jens Stoltenberg was succeeded by Mark Rutte of Netherland in October 2024. Each member state (currently 30 in total) agrees to defend any other member who comes under attack. This …

Apr 5, 2024 · Gen. Adolf Heusinger was chief of army operations in the Nazi army and briefly filled in for Gen. Kurt Zeitzler, the chief of the German army's High Command. In 1961 he became …

Jun 29, 2022 · Heusinger, the man who became head of the North Atlantic Organization (NATO), was born on August 4, 1897 in Holzminden, a small town in central Germany that was then …