Who Was The Worst German General Of WWII?

[KG_Panzerschreck]

Who was the worst German general of WWII? Select from the list above or give us one of your own. Give us your reasons for picking who you did. And BTW, Hitler is NOT and option so dont even go there.

[KG_ThorsHammer]

I will definately have to go with Von Paulus.
His strategy in Stalingrad was unimaginative and wasteful, bleeding his army dry. When they were surrounded, instead of defying Hitler and saving his men when the relief force was so close, he doomed them.

[KG_Panzerschreck]

You forgot to vote Thor, lol.

[KG_ThorsHammer]

lol, didnt even see the list

[KG_Soldier]

Goering convinced Hitler to let the luftwaffe finish off the British and French at Dunkirk. He also switched tactics in the Batle of Britian from one of attacking airfields to bombing London. Both huge mistakes that would catch up to Germany later.

[KG_AGCent]

Agreed with *gasp* Mark. The formation of luftwaffe ground forces dissipated desperately needed manpower for the Landsers.

[KG_Swampfox]

Keitel, Nobody listed had more influence with hitler then him, He was inept, self serving, and did his sevice and his country a huge dissevice......

Schorner would be right up there also, flying drumsheads court marshalls are no way to lead men in difficult times. His personal conduct as a officer was criminal at best.

[KG_Cloghaun]

I voted for Goering.

1. He lost the Battle of Britain for Germany.
2. Failure to invest in a long term pilot training program resulted in the
catastrophes of 1944, from the Normandy landings being uncontested to every German division operating without air cover on the western front.
3.The failure to develop a long range bomber.
4.The failure to protect Rommel's resupply across the Med. in 42-43'.
5. Rob's point on the folly of the Luftwaffe field divisions.
6. Mark's point on Dunkirk.

[KG_Panzerschreck]

Originally Posted by KG_Cloghaun

I voted for Goering.

1. He lost the Battle of Britain for Germany.
2. Failure to invest in a long term pilot training program resulted in the
catastrophes of 1944, from the Normandy landings being uncontested to every German division operating without air cover on the western front.
3.The failure to develop a long range bomber.
4.The failure to protect Rommel's resupply across the Med. in 42-43'.
5. Rob's point on the folly of the Luftwaffe field divisions.
6. Mark's point on Dunkirk.

You could also add to the list failing to have the ME-262 ready in '43. Which could of been done. Letting Hitler insist on Making it into a fighter-bomber and wasting valuable time there. Wasting all that time, money and effort on all those silly projects like "Natter" & "Volksjager" when everything could of been put to better use pumping out more and better versions of the FW-190 and the ME-109. Or you could of taken it one step further and say that the ME-109 should of been shelved altogether at the end of '41 early '42 and the FW-190 should of recieved all the production lines.

[KG_Jag]

The question was who was the worst general (or field marshall). While others may have been even more self-serving, bigger brown nosers [I love the pun], and/or in some ways more loathsome, Goering was the worst commander for all reasons already stated. He could however do a good job in a bi-plane, if the cockpit was sufficiently large.