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}}'''Hans Speidel'''
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
 
===World War II ===
 
===World War II ===
 
=== Cold War ===
 
=== Cold War ===
In 1950, Speidel was one of the authors of the [[Himmerod memorandum]] which addressed the issue of rearmament (''[[Wiederbewaffnung]]'') of the Federal Republic of Germany after World War II.  As an important military adviser to the government of [[Konrad Adenauer]], he was instrumental in the creation of the [[Bundeswehr]], and later as a four-star general (the first to be awarded this rank by the Bundeswehr, together with [[Adolf Heusinger]]), he oversaw the smooth integration of the Bundeswehr into NATO.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Large|first1=David Clay|title=Germans to the Front: West German Rearmament in the Adenauer Era|date=2000|publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press|isbn=9780807862742|url=https://books.google.com.vn/books?id=0JRzCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA49&dq=speidel+model+political&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=speidel%20model%20political&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=König|first1=Guntram|title=Das grosse Buch der Nationalen Volksarmee: Geschichte, Aufgaben, Ausrüstung|date=2008|publisher=Das Neue Berlin|isbn=9783360019547|page=23}}</ref>
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In 1950, Speidel was one of the authors of the [[Himmerod memorandum]] which addressed the issue of rearmament (''[[Wiederbewaffnung]]'') of the Federal Republic of Germany after World War II.  As an important military adviser to the government of [[Konrad Adenauer]], he was instrumental in the creation of the [[Bundeswehr]], and later as a four-star general (the first to be awarded this rank by the Bundeswehr, together with [[Adolf Heusinger]]), he oversaw the smooth integration of the Bundeswehr into NATO.<ref>[https://books.google.com.vn/books?id=0JRzCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA49&dq=speidel+model+political&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=speidel%20model%20political&f=false Large, David Clay (2000). Germans to the Front: West German Rearmament in the Adenauer Era. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807862742.]</ref><ref>König, Guntram (2008). Das grosse Buch der Nationalen Volksarmee: Geschichte, Aufgaben, Ausrüstung. Das Neue Berlin. p. 23. ISBN 9783360019547</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 11:54, 6 August 2021

Person.png Hans Speidel   SpartacusRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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Hans Speidel.jpg
Born1897-10-28
Metzingen, Germany
Died1984-11-28 (Age 87)
Bad Honnef, Germany
NationalityGerman
Oversaw the smooth integration of the Bundeswehr into NATO

Hans Speidel

Career

World War II

Cold War

In 1950, Speidel was one of the authors of the Himmerod memorandum which addressed the issue of rearmament (Wiederbewaffnung) of the Federal Republic of Germany after World War II. As an important military adviser to the government of Konrad Adenauer, he was instrumental in the creation of the Bundeswehr, and later as a four-star general (the first to be awarded this rank by the Bundeswehr, together with Adolf Heusinger), he oversaw the smooth integration of the Bundeswehr into NATO.[1][2]

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/196420 March 196422 March 1964US
Virginia
Williamsburg
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References

  1. Large, David Clay (2000). Germans to the Front: West German Rearmament in the Adenauer Era. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807862742.
  2. König, Guntram (2008). Das grosse Buch der Nationalen Volksarmee: Geschichte, Aufgaben, Ausrüstung. Das Neue Berlin. p. 23. ISBN 9783360019547