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Lt.-Gen. Hans Speidel
HANS SPEIDEL (1897-1984) was a German general during World War II and the Cold War.
The former chief of staff to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, Speidel was an ardent German nationalist and agreed wit...показать большеHANS SPEIDEL (1897-1984) was a German general during World War II and the Cold War.
The former chief of staff to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, Speidel was an ardent German nationalist and agreed with Hitler’s plans to establish a Greater Germany, but strongly disagreed with his racial policies. This led him to participate in the July 20 Plot to assassinate Hitler, after which he was jailed by the Gestapo.
Post-war, he served as Supreme Commander of the NATO ground forces in Central Europe from 1957 to 1963, as the first German NATO commander during the Cold War, and with headquarters at the Palace of Fontainebleau in Paris. He was also a military historian.
TRUMAN SMITH (1893-1970) was a U.S. Army infantry officer, military attaché, and intelligence officer. He collected valuable intelligence on German military capabilities while serving in Berlin before World War II. During the war, he was a personal advisor to General George C. Marshall. He influenced the establishment of the new Bundeswehr to play a role in the Cold War.показать меньше