Ferdinand Heim
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Ferdinand Heim was a World War II German general. He is particularly noted as being the scapegoat of Stalingrad. Heim, who was a Lieutenant General (Field Marshall Paulus's higher rank), was blamed for not breaking the German Sixth Army out of Stalingrad. If Paulus had defied orders from Hitler, Heim would have not gone through with making a counter-offensive in the south-western border with the Romanian Army in Operation Winter Storm. Heim did not make an effective move mainly because of the Russian's greater strength in numbers holding opposing forces in position and the approaching winter weather (winter fog, blizzards, frost) grounding supplies. Heim and Hitler were on opposite ends and Heim has told his most trustworthy soldiers that he was Jewish. Although this was true, many scholars believe that the state of the army was too weak for any counter-offensive.
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- Stalingrad (1999) by Antony Beevor.
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Werner von Blomberg | Fedor von Bock | Walther von Brauchitsch | Ernst Busch | Hermann Göring | Robert Ritter von Greim | Wilhelm Keitel | Albert Kesselring | Ewald von Kleist | Günther von Kluge | Georg von Küchler | Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb | Wilhelm List | Erich von Manstein |Erhard Milch | Walter Model | Friedrich Paulus | Walther von Reichenau | Wolfram von Richthofen | Erwin Rommel | Gerd von Rundstedt | Ferdinand Schörner | Hugo Sperrle | Maximilian von Weichs | Erwin von Witzleben |
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Honorary: Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli |
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