Talk:Werner von Fritsch

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[edit] Death

"He bled to death in one minute." Sounds like a mortal wound to me. GrahamBould 13:34, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Death, see also

[edit] Der Tod

Der Tod des Generals auf dem Schlachtfelde in Cechówka bei Warschau (heute pl:Sulejówek), am 15. September 1939 gegen 7 Uhr. (pl) [1]

What is this all about? Its in a foreign language, & this is the English Wikipedia. GrahamBould 07:08, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] von Fritsch's position?

In the Gerd von Rundstedt article it says

"Werner von Fritsch -head commander of Wehrmacht- was framed by the Gestapo"

However if you look at Werner von Fritsch it suggests that he became commander in chief of the army, not the Wehrmacht; then if you look at Wehrmacht (under Command Structure) it says the legal commander in chief was Hitler. Can someone clear this up? Or at least suggest a better term that "head commander." --BrokenSphere 01:05, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I fixed the von Rundstedt article. GrahamBould 09:03, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

There seems to be some confusion here caused by the term Wehrmacht. Technically the term Wehrmacht described the entire German Armed Forces, which comprise the Army (Heer), the Navy (Kriegsmarine), and the Air Force (Luftwaffe). In practice, it is common to use the term Whermacht just to describe the Army. The Supreme Commander in Chief of the German Armed Forces from 1925 until his death in 1934 was the Reich President Paul von Hindenburg. After Hindenburg's death in August 1934, the Chancellor, was was of course Hitler assumped the powers of the presidency and became Supreme Commander in Chief. Reporting to the Supreme Commander in Chief was the Defence Minister (renamed the War Ministry in 1935) Werner von Blomberg, and to Blomberg, the Commander in Chief of the Army (OKH), who in the period 1934-38 was Fritsch. In 1938, Hitler abolished the War Ministry and replaced it with the OKW. As part of the same process, Hitler replaced Fritisch with Walther von Brauchitsch as chief of the OKH. In 1941, Hitler sacked Brauchitsch and appointed himself Commander in Chief of the Army. I hope this clears things up. --A.S. Brown (talk) 16:15, 19 April 2008 (UTC)