Paul Conrath
Paul Conrath, Luftwaffe Lieutenant General, born November 21, 1896 in Berlin, commander of the Hermann Göring Panzer Division, Inspector-General of Parachute Troops, winner of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, died January 15, 1979 in Hamburg, on attacking the Allies in Sicily in July 1943 with Conrath’s division: “If you mean to go for them Field Marshal [Kesselring], then I’m your man.” (2,000 Quotes From Hitler’s 1,000-Year Reich)
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Heinz Guderian
Heinz Wilhelm Guderian, Army Colonel General, born June 17, 1888 in Kulm (West Prussia), creator of Germany’s panzer forces, author of Achtung! Panzer!, Commander of the 2nd Panzer Army, Chief of Staff of the General Staff, winner of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, died May 14, 1954 in Schwangau bei Füssen, said of the Russian Front: “The icy cold, the lack of shelter, the shortage of clothing, the heavy losses of men and equipment, the wretched state of our fuel supplies, all this makes the duties of a commander a misery and the longer it goes on the more I am crushed by the enormous responsibility I have to bear…” (November 21, 1941) (2,000 Quotes From Hitler’s 1,000-Year Reich)