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Manstein's was a battle for Germany, her government, her army. It was also a battle for his caste-the Junkers-who were the army's heart, mind and will power. By a subterfuge, the caste escaped the ignominy of defeat in World War I ("We were stabbed...
The Junkers are more than a caste. To the Junkers their Ostelbien (east of the Elbe) is the heart of Germany; and Germany was the world's heart. They are a social system, a way of life, a thought pattern, a cancer on Europe's uneasy breast. Century...
The Enemy. Not only the rulers but the people of the Axis nations are our enemies. "We cannot overthrow the Japanese military caste short of complete defeat of the Japanese people such as will compel them to submit to our discipline."
"To fight this war to a decision means . . . Japan must be so beaten . . . that she will not dare to entertain an aggressive thought for 100 years. This can be done only if a fundamental revolution . . . sweeps away the military caste ... the emperor and the cult of emperor worship.
In 1933 he 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...