Wehrmacht Generals Who Became Bundeswehr Officers

[Gotthard Heinrici]

Does anyone know which, if any of the Wehrmacht Generals became officers in the Bundeswehr?

Spidge very kindly e-mailed me a link about Bridgend POW Camp in Wales which held most of the Wehrmacht High command after the War. One of the pictures has Field Marshal Von Manstein standing in 1971 with Walther Wenck who appears to have a Bundeswehr uniform on. I know Rommel's Deputy Hans Speidel became a Bundeswehr Commander and it seems that Walther Wenck also became one. any others????

[Kiwiwriter]

Adolf Heusinger, who was wounded in the Attentat on July 20, 1944, became a general in the Bundeswehr. And Adm. Bernhard Rogge, who commanded the disguised merchant raider Atlantis, became an Admiral in the Bundesmarine.

[Brownag]

Didn't Adolf Galland serve as a senior officer in the W. German Air force? I'd be surprised if there were any generals / admirals in both East and West German armies in the 1950s-1970s (perhaps even the 1980s given how young some of the soldiers were in 1945) who hadn't served in the German armed forces during the war.
A U-Boat commander, whose name I can't recall right now, was an admiral post-war so I'm guessing anyone who wasn't a Nazi or SS was eligible serve after the war.

Cheers

Adam

[Kiwiwriter]

I forgot about fighter ace "Macky" Steinhoff. I believe he finished WW2 as a general (and suffered horrendous burns in an air crash), and became a general in the postwar Luftwaffe.

[Gotthard Heinrici]

Originally posted by Kiwiwriter@Aug 31 2005, 03:00 PM
I forgot about fighter ace "Macky" Steinhoff. I believe he finished WW2 as a general (and suffered horrendous burns in an air crash), and became a general in the postwar Luftwaffe.

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Indeed Kiwiwriter and I had also forgotten about him. He was injured in a Crash in March 1945 when his Me262 was jumped by Mustangs, he was either landing or taking off when it happened. I cant remember the Squadron number but it was set up by himself and Galland and comprised solely of Luftwaffe Aces, was it JG 52? Anyway he survived and became a post war General in the Luftwaffe.

[Kiwiwriter]

Originally posted by Gotthard Heinrici+Sep 1 2005, 06:35 AM-->

Indeed Kiwiwriter and I had also forgotten about him. He was injured in a Crash in March 1945 when his Me262 was jumped by Mustangs, he was either landing or taking off when it happened. I cant remember the Squadron number but it was set up by himself and Galland and comprised solely of Luftwaffe Aces, was it JG 52? Anyway he survived and became a post war General in the Luftwaffe.

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The elite Jet unit was "Jagdverband 44," or "JV 44." All a bunch of generals.

[von Poop]

My favourite longserving German officer: Oberleutnant Rudolf Witzig: falshirmjaeger-pionierezug, at Eben Emael he and 85 men captured 1200 for the loss of 6, got knights cross for that (along with iron cross first and second on same day), crete, north Africa, eastern front (oak leaves), stayed in, Oberst in Bundeswehr until retiring in 1974.
Not a general but an impressive record nonetheless.
Witzigweb.jpg

[von Poop]

Not a General again but I see another Ritterkrueztrager, Erich Topp had a distinguised postwar militar career:
uboat.net - The Men - U-boat Commanders - Fregattenkapitän Erich Topp

[Ollie Garchy]

Originally Posted by Gotthard Heinrici

Does anyone know which, if any of the Wehrmacht Generals became officers in the Bundeswehr?

Spidge very kindly e-mailed me a link about Bridgend POW Camp in Wales which held most of the Wehrmacht High command after the War. One of the pictures has Field Marshal Von Manstein standing in 1971 with Walther Wenck who appears to have a Bundeswehr uniform on. I know Rommel's Deputy Hans Speidel became a Bundeswehr Commander and it seems that Walther Wenck also became one. any others????

The list is rather long: A host of former Wehrmacht officers found new posts in Adenauer’s government and the emerging military. In May 1950, General Gerhard von Schwerin had already started planning for the creation of a federal police force -- a force to be equipped with heavy mortars and other weapons not normally associated with such organizations. Three other retired generals, later joined by a long list of others, closed ranks in a small organization in the “Zentrale für Heimatdienst”. These men -- Johann Adolf Graf von Kielmansegg, Axel von dem Bussche and Achim Oster -- had already worked on defence concepts for several years.

[screamingeagle]

think von manstein either adviced or served in the w german army too...