German General Staff in WW2 Explained
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The German General Staff had quite a reputation and was banned after the First World War. The question is, how did the German General Staff work during the Second World War. What were the major changes? What did its sections and chiefs do?
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00:00 Intro
00:43 Covert - Truppenamt 1919-1935
01:47 Structure 1935
02:06 Structure 1938
04:24 Structure 1940
06:52 Chiefs, Sections and their Functions (War)
11:27 Major Changes throughout the War
14:14 Structure 1944/45
15:05 Summary
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