Did Hitler's paranoid behavior hurt any of his close associates or generals?

Question

I remember reading or watching this on TV. I don't remember who it is and what it was about, do anybody remember who that is and what happened to him?
I am writing a short essay about Hitler's paranoid behaviors so I'd appreciate it, if someone could give me the article related to this too. Thank you.

Answer 1

Field Marshall Erwin Rommel committed suicide to preempt this mad man from murdering his entire family.
Although, Rommel professionally and competently designing the defensive emplacements along the French coast and fighting superior British forces to a standstill (along with Italy), in North Africa, was suspect, by Hitler , of participating in one of the many plots to kill him.
History tells us that this was not at all true: Although Rommel new that Germany could not prevail and urged a conditional resolution/conclusion to WWII, he remained faithfull to his Country and ultimately, took his own life to preclude harm to his family.
If one could draw the conclusion that there are honorable and ethical professional soldiers fighting bad political wars: Erwin Rommel was the last of Hitler's field Marshall's to come to such ends. Because he was so dedicated to his Country, he held the potential to benefit Germany in post war recovery and minimizing the Soviet Unions influence in Eastern Europe.

Answer 2

If people are really trying to kill you, is it still paranoid behavior?
Pretty much every revolutionary group has factional fighting once it grabs power, the Nazis are no different. The Nazis had the Night of the Long Knives a.k.a. Operation Hummingbird or the Blood Purge, during which they arrested and killed members of the SA. During this purge Hitler did away with his rivals in the party, solidifying his total control over the Nazis, while eliminating many of the socialist elements of the party, which made the party a lot more attractive to the wealthier Germans.

Answer 3

Hitler's first move against the army was the dismissal of Von Papen in the 1930s, using that old fascist standby of fake homosexuality charges. This was mainly to get closer Nazi control over the army.
The next move was after the defeat of the German army outside Moscow in December 1941- Hitler's first significant defeat. The engineers of his earlier victories including Guderian were dismissed (though not punished otherwise- and Guderian was later recalled to high office). He later dismissed Halder as Chief of the General Staff, taking over the supreme planning position himself.

Hitler then began years of fairly capricious dismissals and appointments, surrounding himself with cronies and yes-men such as Zeitzler and Jodl. Many officers were rapidly promoted, only to find themselves dismissed when they failed to produce victories from tired, depleted or non-existent units. These included Manstein, Model and Hoth.

After the July 1944 assassination attempt, carried out by senior army figures, Hitler had a purge and many were killed or forced to commit suicide. These included Rommel, Kluge, and Zeitzler himself: Zeitzler was among those actually tried before being executed.

It is worth noting that Hitler was never able to control the German Army as closely as he could control the rest of German society: it represented a body that couldn;t be pushed around as easily as the courts, the civil service, the police etc. He gradually took away more and more of its power, for instance by setting up the Waffen SS in competition, but always it had some independence.

There are several books under the title 'Hitler's Field Marshals' that give short bios of the main characters. Operation Valkyrie was the name of the plot to kill Hitler, or even 'July 20' and Hitler as search terms should get you answers. Guderian's autobiography, Panzer Leader, is also useful for an indication of the feelings in the army.

Answer 4

the truth is when Hitler rise to power with his Nazi ideology, many general from the wermacht (army) doesn't have the same ideology as him. Some of the general even dislike his racist ideology. That's why Hitler don't trust his Generals. But tragically he need the wermacht to conquer the Europe... That's why from the beginning of world war 2, there's many conspiracy in the army to kill Hitler. the relationship between Hitler and his generals getting worse when he lost the battle of barbarossa and General Von Paulus disobey his order and retreat from stalingrad... and then some of the general from the wermacht, including stauffenberg and Rommel try to assassinate him, makes him became more paranoid with his general...

Answer 5

Hitler did not rather like even making possibilities, he did not bypass round ordering his officials killed , that only occurred at the same time as they were to blame of stuff like extreme treason. He in many circumstances positioned human beings to blame who he relied on, many seen old comrades, he had a particular affection for those (maximum proper get together is Goring who Hitler tried not problem-free to have self belief and position self belief in until eventually the finest few days although he had failed and became from a wise,witty guy right into a spoil of a guy with the aid of his habit). i have self belief some generals disagreed with him about going to conflict and he only replaced them, did not kill them. for sure , those in touch in the assassination tries were killed for that .

Answer 6

try reading William L Shirers The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany.

Answer 7

Seems as though he did!! They were all killed by the end of the war or were hunted down and killed in Argentina where many of them fled for protection.

Chow!!

Answer 8

Well, he killed a few. Does that answer your question?
Seriously though, many of those he killed were actively involved in trying to overthrow him.
Here's one of the more famous ones.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/julyplot.html