Technically he was 3rd in command at the OKH from August 1940 to 1943 when he became second in command and finally head of the OKH when Kurt Zeitzler had a mental breakdown in June 1944.
After the war he testified at Nuremburg and became an advisor for the new West German government in 1950, officially getting a military advisor position in 1955.
Yeah, Heusinger was Hitler’s chief of staff temporarily when the actual chief of staff got sick. This became a significant event, because Hitler’s assassination attempt happened during that time. Heusinger was suspected of being part of the plot, but no evidence was found. After that, he didn’t have a senior post in the Nazi German Army.
Also he was appointed chair of NATO in 1960s, so significantly later than WW2.
Also he was apparently never a member of the nazi party nor did he take part in nazi atrocities.
I don’t understand what you’re trying to imply here. He was a senior military leader prior to Hitler’s assassination attempt, of course he participated in planning military operations.
A declassified CIA document about the general – which was made public in 2006 thanks to the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act – assures that he could have been involved in war crimes, since some of the orders he signed sealed the fate of several Russian political prisoners and allied commanders. Source
Nobody’s disagreeing that he worked for the military, they’re just saying he wasn’t the leader of the nazis.
Who’s spreading disinformation, when you’re making up new titles like “Hitler’s chief of staff” and “Chairman of NATO” about a person who’s been dead for 40 years?
Heusinger served as inspector general until 1961, when appointed chairman of NATO’s Military Committee—the organization’s senior military officer and chief military adviser to the secretary general. Source
I think people are mostly criticising your choice of words, The chairman of the NATO military committee does not equate to the chief of NATO. And simply labeling him as “chief of staff” implies that he was part of the executive, and not a military commander.
I could more accurately claim that Hitlers “chief of staff” Vincenz Müller became the Commander of the Soviet East German military. At least half of that statement is actually true.
There is no reason to participate in historical revisionism. We are still fighting against the"clean Wehrmacht" theory. Misrepresenting the white washing that’s already occurred just gives ammunition to those perpetuating it.
Welp. Although true, and he was an effective military nazi leader, he was chief oft the military for weeks…
Technically he was 3rd in command at the OKH from August 1940 to 1943 when he became second in command and finally head of the OKH when Kurt Zeitzler had a mental breakdown in June 1944.
After the war he testified at Nuremburg and became an advisor for the new West German government in 1950, officially getting a military advisor position in 1955.
So, longer than two weeks.
Yeah, Heusinger was Hitler’s chief of staff temporarily when the actual chief of staff got sick. This became a significant event, because Hitler’s assassination attempt happened during that time. Heusinger was suspected of being part of the plot, but no evidence was found. After that, he didn’t have a senior post in the Nazi German Army.
Also he was appointed chair of NATO in 1960s, so significantly later than WW2.
Also he was apparently never a member of the nazi party nor did he take part in nazi atrocities.
But hey, nice example of disinformation.
But hey, nice example of disinformation.
I don’t understand what you’re trying to imply here. He was a senior military leader prior to Hitler’s assassination attempt, of course he participated in planning military operations.
But hey, nice example of disinformation.
That he did have allegiance to the nazi party and he did take part in nazi atrocities.
I think neither your quote nor the text under the link show that. Can you elaborate?
Sure.
Nobody’s disagreeing that he worked for the military, they’re just saying he wasn’t the leader of the nazis.
Who’s spreading disinformation, when you’re making up new titles like “Hitler’s chief of staff” and “Chairman of NATO” about a person who’s been dead for 40 years?
Provide links. I did!
I think people are mostly criticising your choice of words, The chairman of the NATO military committee does not equate to the chief of NATO. And simply labeling him as “chief of staff” implies that he was part of the executive, and not a military commander.
I could more accurately claim that Hitlers “chief of staff” Vincenz Müller became the Commander of the Soviet East German military. At least half of that statement is actually true.
There is no reason to participate in historical revisionism. We are still fighting against the"clean Wehrmacht" theory. Misrepresenting the white washing that’s already occurred just gives ammunition to those perpetuating it.
Why even link the articles when the man in question is not mentioned in any of them?
Wikipedia apparently does that by default now. Sorry. I’ll edit it.