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25 Cards in this Set
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Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Nazi Germany |
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Ernst Rohm German military officer Founder of SA (Sturmabteilung) Executed by Hitler during the Night of the Long Knives |
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Paul Von Hindenburg President of Weimar Republic Anti- Semetic, Anti marxism Right wing |
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Heinrich Himmler Reichsfuhrer of the Schuzstaffe (SS) Key figure in the extermination of the Jews "Even the child in the cradle must be trampled down like a poisonous toad.... We are living in an epoch of iron, during which it is necessary |
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Wilhelm Keital Supreme commander of German Armed Forces (OKW) |
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Gerd von Rundstedt Commanded Army Group South during Operation Barbarossa |
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Wilhelm von Leeb Leeb commanded Army Group North during Operation Barbarossa |
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Joachim von Ribbentrop foreign minister of Nazi Germany |
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Erich von Manstein German commander of the Wehrmacht convinced Hitler not to resurrect Schlieffen Plan Masterminded Operation Sickestroke (through the Ardennes) |
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Heinz Guderian -Advocate of Blitzkrieg -Successfully led Panzer units during the Invasion of Poland, the Battle of France, and Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union |
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Kurt Student landed on Belgian fortress (Eben Emael) - captured in 24 hours |
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Hermann Goring Commander of German Luftwaffe |
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Erwin Rommel known as the "Desert Fox" Distinguished Panzer |
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Reinhard Heydrich Created the Eisatzgruppen "The Blond Beast" Secret Police (Gestappo) |
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Adolf Eichmann Developed system of mass railway transportation to transport condemned Jew to death camps |
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Theodor Eicke Developed the Concentration Camp |
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Erich Raeder Led the Kriegsmarine |
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Karl Donitz Replaced Raeder as Commander-in-Chief of Imperial German Navy (Kriegsmarine) - formulated the "wolfpack" (U-Boat formation) -enigma code |
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Gunther Prien German U-boat commander Sank Scapa Flow and the HMS Royal Oak - first U-boat commander to receive the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross |
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Reinhard Hardegen U-Boat commander -attacked U.S. coasts during Operation Drumbeat |
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Friedrich Paulus - German general during the Battle of Stalingrad -was promoted to Field Marshall two hours before the surrender of German forces - was expected to commit suicide, but surrendered to Soviets |
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Wolfram von Richthofen -brother of the "Red Baron" - Field Marshal of the Luftwaffe |
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Joseph Goebbels Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany |
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Joachim Peiper Led the German 1st SS Panzer division Massacred 84 American troops known as the "Malmedy Massacre" |
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Claus von Stauffenburg Leading members of failed 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler |
