Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) Walther von Brauchitsch (1881-1948). Major and staff officer in WW1. Awarded the Knight's Cross on September 30th 1939 as Supreme Commander of the Army (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres). Being in very poor health after the numerous arguments with Hitler he retires in December 1941 and Hitler makes himself his successor. Von Brauchitsch spent the rest of the war on a hunting lodge in Bohemia. On October 18th 1948 he died in a British Military Hospital due to a thrombosis shortly before he should be trialed.

Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch

Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) Fedor von Bock (1880-1945). Decorated with the &quot;Pour le Merit&quot; (&quot;Blue Max&quot;) in WW1 as a Major, awarded with the Knight's cross on September 30th 1939. He was commander of different army groups but was retired by Hitler in July 1942 after the failure of Operation Braunschweig (second part of german summer-offensive with Stalingrad as objective). On May 3rd 1945 in northern Germany he was on his way to Großadmiral Dönitz to offer his service for the new gouvernment of the Reich when his car was attacked by a british low-flying plane. Von Bocks wife, his daughter, a schoolfriend of his daughter and his driver were killed instantly. The field marshal died the next day, May 4th, due to his severe burnings and a shot wound at the left buttock.