The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-13
Accurate Picture Of German Army In Field
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tains number of separate brigades of armored forces, motorized cav- airy, tanks and mountain troops.
 There are now seven generals who share direction of operatoins of the main units.
 They are Keitel, Gen. Walter Won Brauchitsch, commander in chief of the army; Gen. Fedor Won Book, Gen. Walter Won Reichenau, Gen. Karl Won Rundstedt, Gen. Siegmund List and Wilhelm Adam.
 They all owe their promotions to Hitler and they all have risen to their present high ranks under Nazism.
 Hitler Advisory Circle
 Hitler's own direct advisory circle consists of four military personalities -Goering, Keitel, Brauchitsch and Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, who are respectively chief of the air force, chief of the army general staff, chief of the land armies and commander in chief of the naval forces.
 Keitel, who succeeded Blomberg in the supreme command, was merely a captain in the World War, specializing in artillery. He had never commanded troops in the field but has been a liaison officer between the army and navy.
 Brauchitsch, also an artilleryman, was a captain on the general staff during the World War. After the war and until 1928 he worked in the ministry of war. He became a brig adler general in 1881. Two years later he was made inspector general of all German artillery. He was raised to the rank of colonel-gen- cral and succeeded Gen. Werner Won Fritsch as commander of land forces last year.
 Boch Made Polish Plans
 Book appears to have been pro- noted by Hitler personally in 1888 to prepare for operations against Poland. Ar infantry officer, he was on the crown princes staff through the World War. His promotion to the highest grade followed his corn- mand of the march on Vienna in 1888.
 Adam is a general of infantry. After specializing in the engineering arm, he was picked to command German operations on the western front.
 List, whose promotions were swift between 1883 and 1888, now is com. manding the fifth army, the Vien- na army. He is charged with the command of the whole southern sector including the Swiss and 1tal- ian frontiers.
 Reichenau Is a general of artil- lery. He commands four corps which make up the army of the black forest in the Siegfried line along tho Rhine, opposite the most powerful sector of the Maginot line. Captain In World War
 Rundstedt, oldest of Hitler's sev- en highest generals, was merely c captain in the World War. He spent several years in the region of Ber- lin, commanding and training hea. " artillery and motorized divisions WihSai WSAV ePSSaoaAy AuAAted AVA V lightning war" against Poland.
 At present he Is on the eastern front commanding an important sector against the Polish forces and is believed to be leading the Ger. man attack on WarsawNn the bat tie of the Wstula.
 It is noteworthy that these sev. en generals were all In the World War but that none finished the war with e grade higher than maj or.
 None commanded troops In action during the World War, All are technlcians. All seven are con- vinced of the strategic value of sue per-moto otorization. which has been disputed by many other German generals and by many iion- German general staffs. None is noted for open field strategy such as that which made Ludendorff and Hin- denburg famous. All seven believe only in overwhelming the enemy by