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.
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.