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Chief of Staff

Germany · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

31Records
1848–1945Date range
22Named people
4Places

Chronological records

1848

Albrecht von Roon1848

Koblenz · Warfare / Military

Appointed chief of the staff of the VIII Corps at Koblenz

1857

Moltke1857

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff by Prince Wihelm

1870

Georg Leo von Caprivi Caprara de Montecuccoli1870

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff to the Tenth Army Corps

1891

Alfred Graf von Schlieffen1891

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff

1916

Paul Ludwig Hans von Hindenburg26 August 1916

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff

Maximilian Hoffman1916

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff on the Eastern Front

Hans von Seeckt1916

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of the General Staff, serves the Austrian Archduke Charles

1917

Hans von Seeckt1917

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of the General Staff for the Turkish Army

1918

Franz von Papen1918

Warfare / Military

Appointedhief-of-Staff with the Turkish 4th Army in Palestine

1919

Heinz Guderain1919

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Iron Division in the Freikorps active in Latvia

1920

Werner von Blomberg1920

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the D”beritz Brigade

1921

Werner von Blomberg1921

Stuttgart · Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Stuttgart Army Area

1931

Heinz Guderain1931

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff, Transport Troops where he works on tank forces

1935

Wilhelm Keitel1935

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff

Erich Marcks1935

Breslau · Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the VIII Army Corps

1938

Otto Moritz Walter Model10 November 1938

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of IV Corps

Hans Oster1938

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Abwehr

1939

Walter Kurt Josef Nehring1 July 1939

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the XIX Motorised Corps

Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich1939

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff for Security by Himmler in Poland

Gunther Korten1939

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Luftflotte IV in Poland

Otto Moritz Walter Model1939

Warfare / Military

Chief of Staff, IV Corps during the invasion of Poland. Appointed Chief of Staff of the Sixthteenth Army

1940

Walter Kurt Josef Nehring9 May 1940

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of XIX Corps

Walter Kurt Josef Nehring20 May 1940

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Panzer Group comprising XIX, XXXIX & XLI Corps

Georg von Sodenstern1940

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff

1941

Gunther Korten1941

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Luftflotte IV in the Balkans

1942

Arthur SchmidtMarch 1942

Kharkov · Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the 6th Army

Guenther BlumentrittAugust 1942

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the OB West

Hans Krebs1942

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Ninth Army

Kurt Zeitzler1942

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the OB West after the British siege of St Nazaire

1943

Gunther Korten1943

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Luftflotte One in Russia

1945

Hans Krebs1945

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of the OKW

Names involved

Albrecht von RoonAlfred Graf von SchlieffenArthur SchmidtErich MarcksFranz von PapenGeorg Leo von Caprivi Caprara de MontecuccoliGeorg von SodensternGuenther BlumentrittGunther KortenHans KrebsHans OsterHans von SeecktHeinz GuderainKurt ZeitzlerMaximilian HoffmanMoltkeOtto Moritz Walter ModelPaul Ludwig Hans von HindenburgReinhard Tristan Eugen HeydrichWalter Kurt Josef NehringWerner von BlombergWilhelm Keitel

Provenance

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