Best German Generals? (feat. Alex Richie)
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At WHW Fest, I had a talk with Prof. Dr. Alexandra Richie (Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland) about German Generals and around the question of the "Best German Generals". We talk about various topics like what would be the criteria according to the German generals themselves and German historians nowadays, the lack of data, etc. Filmed at We Have Ways Fest 2022: https://wehavewaysfest.co.uk/ Cover design by vonKickass. »» GET OUR BOOKS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized »» SOURCES «« our brains 00:00 Intro by Al Murray 01:08 Intro by Alex Richie 02:18 "Best" Criteria WW2 vs now 03:15 Wehrmacht as a System 06:00 Individuals: Blaskowitz 10:25 Power of Writing 13:25 Crafting the Myth of the "Clean Wehrmacht" 18:53 Rommel 25:12 Why the Lack of Knowledge? 30:02 Eastern vs Western Front 32:31 Faking Numbers? 38:17 Importance of Generals? #bestgenerals #germangenerals #rommel
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