Word: brauchitsch
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...German people. "The leaders . . . were myself, General Erwin von Witzleben, commander of the Berlin garrison; Colonel General Ludwig Beck, my predecessor; Count von Helldorf, police president of Berlin; General von Brockdorf, head of the Potsdam garrison, and General Edwin von Stülpnagel. The commander in chief, von Brauchitsch, had been informed of the conspiracy...
...must also state that the defeat in White Russia is not the only example of Hitler's ineptitude as a commander. When Field Marshals von Leeb, List, von Rundstedt, von Bock and von Brauchitsch, Colonel General Haider and many others attempted to point out these mistakes Hitler dismissed them from their posts. . . . The newer generals, however, such as Rommel, Dietl, Schorner, Keitel and others who had not gone through a long military schooling failed to perceive these mistakes...
...took command of the First Army District, became a pillar of conservatism in the East Prussian Junker milieu, a loyal follower of archconservative General Werner von Fritsch. General von Brauchitsch did not oppose the Nazis; he snubbed them as upstarts. But to appease the old-line Army caste, Hitler made him Commander in Chief with Cabinet Minister rank...
When Fritsch was killed in Poland, probably shot in the back by the Gestapo, Brauchitsch made the funeral speech: "The unshakable loyalty with which this best soldier of the German Army served his unbreakable principles of honor, in good and in bad times, make him an example, the only example for every German soldier...
...Brauchitsch opposed the Russian campaign unless Great Britain and the U.S. supported Germany. In 1941, reports said, he argued against Hitler's strategy of striking simultaneously at Moscow and the Ukraine. By 1942, Brauchitsch was so much at odds with Hitler's intuitive strategy that he either resigned or was booted into retirement. In 1943, Field Marshal General Walther von Brauchitsch was said to be the candidate of Wehrmacht leaders to replace Hitler, seemed to have excellent chances of becoming the German Badoglio. In late August, Russia's Tass news agency, quoting "Berlin military circles," reported Brauchitsch...