# Talk:Franz Halder

This article is polemic rather than history. It makes bold assertions about certain viewpoints being « myths » without really analysing them or confronting the possibility that any aspect of the German military during WW2 could be uncontaminated by Hitler. It fits into a simplistic good vs evil view of the world - one that would have no place but for the fact that Wikipedia is not a serious academic platform.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.103.129.41 (talk) 21:59, 15 June 2022 (UTC) 

I've reverted the edit by 4.242.99.53 since it looks like the text was pasted in from somewhere, though a Google search doesn't show the text online anywhere. If there is evidence this was not a copyright violation, it could be replaced (in a more wikified format). Angela. 19:19, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)

This wasn't a copyvio. See [1]. Angela. 04:11, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)

Who wrote this nonsensical article on Halder: Joseph Stalin?   Halder was an a thorn in the side of Hitler all along, was fired and sent to Dachau concentration camp for the rest of the WWII. After being liberate by the American troops, he was NEVER charged with any crime (as the Hitlerites were at Nuremberg). He was also involved in plots to assassinate Hitler--one of the reasons he ended up in the Dachau death camp. Later, he-whole heartedly supported and helped the US and Federal German government policies for a free Europe, documenting what went on under Hitler and his command. For that he received the highest civilian medal from US in 1961. 
And here, in this unsupervised, brainlessly written article, Halder is presented as "an unpunished evil" man. The only "fault" of him was his unwavering animosity to Communism and Communists, their inhumane and destructive actions and fabrications (which we see here in this article as well).  The same goes for Erich von Manstein-the developer of the Blitzkrieg. He was appointed the main general of NATO defences in Central Europe after WWII. These men were NOT Nazis and despised Hitler. They were rewarded by the US and West after WWII. It is a travesty to see nonsensical articles like these on them both in Wikinonsensia

Eat the truth!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wintceas (talk • contribs) 18:29, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
I agree. I reviewed the source material: who verified this statement?
...whom he instructed to remove material detrimental to the image of the German armed forces.... Lauren1453 (talk) 00:16, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
Agreed. This article is so out of BALANCE it is not even funny. You look at the Britannica article on him, and it doesn't mention the "Clean Wehrmacht" myth once. Here, it must be a quarter of the article. People editing with a agenda here is quite a issue.Rja13ww33 (talk) 04:56, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

The statement that the Germans feared interwar Poland would attack East Prussia "to regain this former Polish territory" is egregiously misleading. East Prussia never was a "Polish territory" in the modern understanding of the terminology. Although part of it - a district known to the Germans as Ermeland and the Poles as Warmia - was controlled politically by Poland for two centuries, Ermeland/Warmia was inhabited predominantly by Germans for six centuries, until the Germans were expelled after World War II and East Prussia was split between Poland and the Soviet Union.
The province of East Prussia corresponded roughly to the area inhabited prior to the 13th century by the old Prussians, a "pagan" Baltic people whose language was related to Lithuanian, and who periodically conducted warlike raids into Christian Poland. In 1226, Duke Conrad of Mazovia, the part of Poland immediately south of East Prussia, asked the Papacy to sanction a mission by the Knights of the Teutonic Order to remove the Prussian tribes as a threat. 
The Order conquered the Prussians over a period of about 80 years, slaughtering many and forcibly converting the remainder, who eventually became assimilated with German settlers imported by the Order. The northern two-thirds of East Prussia eventually became wholly Germanized, while the southern part, known as Masuria, became inhabited by a mixture of Germans and Poles. This ethnography remained in place until 1945.
With the decline of the Teutonic Order in the 15th Century, followed by its secularization in 1526, East Prussia became politically divided between Poland, which annexed the still-Catholic Ermeland (Warmia), and the now-Protestant duchy of East Prussia, which was enfeoffed to the Polish Crown. After the First Partition of Poland in 1772, however, all of East Prussia became part of Brandenburg-Prussia and thus after 1871 part of Germany. By the time period of the present article on Halder, East Prussia had been a Prusso-German province for 150 years, and had never been wholly a Polish province or inhabited predominantly by Poles. 
As a footnote, it may be mentioned that the inhabitants of southern East Prussia, i.e. Masuria, voted 97.8 percent in favor of remaining part of Germany in a League of Nations plebescite in 1920.
PS:  What's up with the "NOT Franz Halder" cutline?
Sca 16:15, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
agreed, this is clearly POV; I have removed that phrase

It seems there is a confusion here. Was Halder Chief of the General Staff of the Army or of the Armed Forces (comprising Army, Navy and Air Foce)? This distinction is important as it concerns three successive men: Ludwig Beck (1935-1938), Franz Ritter von Halder (1938-1942), and Kurt Zeitzler (1942-1945).

All three Army only. Before the formation of OKW - Oberkommando der Wermacht - all three services had their own chiefs of staff. On formation of OKW Keitel was appointed Chef OKW and de facto head of staff, with Hitler as supreme commander and Jodl as Chief of Operations--Anthony.bradbury 20:11, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I removed the picture, since both the caption and the picture page itself say it is Jacob, and not Halder.  Perhaps someone can add one?   bikeable (talk) 22:22, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
Admittedly, the last time I looked at the Halder photo was about six months before it was removed.  As that photo sure looked like a very similar one that F. Halder sent to me in 1968, I recommend that the photo be re-installed.  I don't have any idea as to why it would have been captioned "Jacob".  -- Bill Garrison

I added a new picture, the previous picture was indeed of General Alfred Jacob.Ingsoc 19:55, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Subscript text

I can't find any reference to Halder getting the medal of freedom other than on Wikipedia.  Since it is not referenced, I am removing it.  Update:  Hadler did not receive the Medal of Freedom.  He was awarded the Meritorious Civilian Service Award which is a civil-service award for being a good worker.  From the army's website: "The Meritorious Civilian Service Award is the second highest Department of the Army honorary award, and may be granted by the Secretary of the Army or a major commander. Nominees for this award must have established a pattern of excellence, normally demonstrated by the receipt of lower level awards." -  http://cpol.army.mil/library/permiss/5434.html  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.194.164.200 (talk • contribs)  

Good catch.  [This Medal of Freedom page ] does not list Halder.  It always struck me as somewhat, ah, incongruous.  bikeable (talk) 04:11, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Here's a source for his getting the Meritorious Civilian Service Award - http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/info/lec05.shtml

Halder changed the plan for the invasion of the Soviet Union to focus on taking Moscow, particularly while Hitler was ill in April 1941. (86.183.112.32 (talk) 05:44, 20 October 2018 (UTC))
Change this sentence; After the war, he had a decisive role in the development of the myth of the clean Wehrmacht. 
To these sentences;
After the war, he had a decisive role in the development of the myth of the clean Wehrmacht. The scorched earth military tactics lead to many millions of civilian deaths, though collateral damage was not said at the time. YappingDogYowling (talk) 09:02, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

I was surprised at the explanation of this edit: [2] 
The first reference seems from a quite well established publisher.  The second maybe less, but apparently a second hand quote that could be verified.  @K.e.coffman: could you expand on your reasons for reverting? --John (User:Jwy/talk) 15:34, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

The passage is self-contradictory, while the sources are hobbyist in nature and not reliable for these claims. The para opens with "...he felt unable to take direct action against the Führer", but then states "he considered shooting Hitler himself". So which one was it? We also get the trope of "like all officers he had taken a personal loyalty oath to Hitler". The officers made and broke all sorts of oaths. --K.e.coffman (talk) 02:42, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

He, Halder, engaged in a long-running and divisive dispute with Hitler over strategy that damaged the leadership of the army. - So, Halder by his acting "damaged" the leadership of the army, is that what this line wants to suggest ? Otherwise, if Halder had said to himself Führer, befiehl, ich folge dir (und sage gar nichts) (Fuhrer, give your orders and I won't tell anything against) the "leadership of the army" would have remained "intact" ? - Sounds somewhat awkward, that statemant. If one thinks a bit about it. --129.187.244.19 (talk) 08:28, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Hitler gave an order, if Halder didn't like it he changed the order. There were arguments between Hitler and the leadership. The orders given were bad because of the continual disagreements. Hitler got more aggrieved up until the point he took control himself and sidelined the command. It could probably be reworded. Szzuk (talk) 08:45, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
I deleted it. The matter is covered in the article body clearly so no need for that. Szzuk (talk) 08:50, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Franz Halder/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: CPA-5 (talk · contribs) 18:56, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
Do this one tomorrow, also can you tell me which English you use here? Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 18:56, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

British English, I believe. --K.e.coffman (talk) 21:46, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
It looks like there are some little template issues in the article like this sentence Barbarossa Decree and the Commissar Order. He was sent[by whom?] or this one politicians and eventually for millions[quantify] of Americans.[citation needed]. I will continue if they are fixed. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 18:25, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
I've addressed the above issues. K.e.coffman (talk) 18:41, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
I'll continue later I just finished the lead and the infobox. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 15:19, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
Lead

the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union Link the USSR.
command of his father and served in World War I (1914-1918) --> "command of his father and served in World War I (1914–1918)".
included the imprisonment or execution of Poles Link Poles.
planning for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union which began Unlink the USSR.
during the Battle for Moscow in the winter of 1941-1942 --> "during the Battle for Moscow in the winter of 1941–1942".
to light that he had been involved in an earlier plot Is there a link to that plot?
US v. U.S.. Please standardise the usage of the US.
Myth of the clean Wehrmacht is overlinked.
The Soviet Union is overlinked.
succeeded in his aim of exonerating the German army --> "succeeded in his aim of exonerating the German Army".
Body

Halder was born in Würzburg, the son of an officer. In 1902 Do we know his father's name?
he was appointed as chief of staff of a military district Which military district?
After being promoted to generalmajor in October 1934 --> "After being promoted to generalmajor (general-major) in October 1934".
Halder was promoted to generalleutnant --> "Halder was promoted to generalleutnant (lieutenant-general)".
on the General Staff of the Army, in Berlin Unlink Berlin because of common term.
the Army High Command on 1 September 1938. He succeeded General Ludwig Beck Remove 1938.
development of the invasion plans of France Unlink France because of common term.
Halder was promoted to generaloberst and began --> "Halder was promoted to generaloberst(colonel-general) and began".
economy or the administration led by Stalin --> "economy or the administration led by Joseph Stalin".
During that summer Hitler and the Army Staff led by Halder Try to avoid to use seasons. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 13:36, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
More to come

Remove all the seasons.
withdrawal, when it came, was dictated by the Soviet army Soviet Army.
worst events in the history of the German army Same as above but now with the German one.
World War I is overlinked.
that included former French premier Leon Blum --> "that included former French Premier Leon Blum"
In the last days of April 1945, together with other Remove 1945.
Nazi-Soviet war in which the German army fought a "noble war" German Army.
section of the research program which became known American program.
were recorded by former field marshal Georg von Küchler Field Marchel.
distance himself and the German army from Hitler German Army.
absolving himself and the German army from war crimes Same as above.
individuals like Halder, Hermann Göring and Heinz Guderian First remove Heinz and second unlink Heinz Guderian because it is overlinked. I'll do the source and image reviews tomorrow. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 18:46, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
His aim was to exonerate German army personnel German Army and replace "his aim was" to "He aimed".
No edit war.
Infobox

Years: "1902–42" --> "1902–1942".
Rank: "Generaloberst" --> "Generaloberst (Colonel-General)".
Sources

Ref 1, I do not think we should add the whole ref over there I believe if a page number is good enough.
In Megarge's source, "Polish troops and armed civiians were certain to" typo?
I've addressed the above points. In re: "Do we know his father's name?", "Which military district?" and which conspiracies, the source does not specify. K.e.coffman (talk) 19:49, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
No OR.
"Lebendiges Museum Online" add a languages=German in the source.
Citino, Robert --> Citino, Robert M.
Some ISBNs have more than one hyphen others have only one hyphen maybe standardise them all.
Add languages=German in Hartmann's source and translate the title.
Megargee's book hasn't a location?
Try not to overlink the publishers and writters like both Cambridge and Kansas universities and Stahel, David.
Images

Looks good to me.
I just finished the review, I'll set it on hold. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 08:40, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
I've addressed the remaining points. I'm not sure about "Remove all the seasons" -- that's what the sources say. The events are taking place in Europe; I don't think anyone would get confused. Hartmann's book is not available in English and I don't feel comfortable offering my translation. --K.e.coffman (talk) 01:48, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
That's why I reckoned you to try to avoid it I think I can pass it. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 11:05, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

This article on Franz Halder states he was "the only German ever to be decorated both by Hitler and by an American president," (receiving the US Meritorious Civilian Service Award from Major General Edgar C. Doleman). Is this correct? For example Doctor Wernher von Braun received both the Nazi German War Merit Cross and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. While it could be argued that Braun was a US citizen by the time he received his US decoration, the statement concerning Halder is still misleading.Any views?Hsq7278 10:06, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

Statement misleading for sure, should be easy to find someone (lower level Wehrmacht, later Nato / Bundeswehr) who was decorated by Hitler and a President as well --2003:E4:719:8D00:20C3:AAB1:FBF7:B74C (talk) 12:09, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
Hitler may not have personally conferred those awards, as he did with Halder.50.111.3.59 (talk) 20:13, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
Which Meritorious Civilian Service Award did he receive?  Presumably the Army award, as the King's College link provided above shows him as being "Head, Historical Liaison Group, Historical Division, US Army, 1948-1961" and the medal was presented by a general, but can the specific award be verified? 216.255.165.198 (talk) 23:25, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

We write:

The first is that Hitler alone was responsible for the military blunders during the invasion of the Soviet Union. Hitler demonstrated on numerous occasions he was too susceptible to the psychological pressure applied by self-centred individuals like Halder, Hermann Göring and Heinz Guderian. They were more interested in furthering their own interests than that of the war effort.
This reads to me like we are saying that in the first of these two myths created by Hadler:

Hitler was responsible for the military blunders on the eastern front
Hitler was susceptible to psychological pressure applied by self-centered individuals more concerned in furthering their own interests than supporting the war effort
Examples of these self-centered individuals include Göring, Gunderian, and Hadler himself.
It doesn't make much sense in the context that Hadler would promote a contrary-to-fact myth that has him as a self-centered saboteur of war strategy. My guess is we are passing from describing the myth to criticizing it and back, but the transition is too casual for the uneducated reader to notice.
Also, what's the source for the criticism?
--causa sui (talk) 20:59, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

@Causa sui: your are correct; this was somewhat confusing. I shortened the related para to remove the details. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:06, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

The section "Invasion of the Soviet Union" contains editorializing language, directly attributing fault to Halder:  "Halder's first major fault was ..." and "Halder's second major fault was ...".  This is a clear violation of WP:NPOV.  
Second, the same paragraph distorts the contents of the cited source, David Stahel's "Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East."  Stahel never says: "Halder did not believe in Hitler's plan; he preferred his own. Thereafter he undermined and sabotaged it."  Rather, Stahel quotes an ambiguous passage from the post-war memoirs of Nicolaus von Below that states "there could be other orders that might be systematically sabotaged."  The "other orders" is in distinction to the Commissar Order, regarding which Stahel says von Below "overstated the opposition in the army".  Below then goes on to state: "Thus we embarked upon a truly massive offensive with a disjointed leadership and with leaders pulling in different directions."
Thus, the paragraph as currently written violates WP:NPOV and incorrectly describes its source material.  I propose it be rewritten as follows:

In August 1940 Halder began planning Operation Barbarossa, the anticipated invasion of the Soviet Union. Shortly thereafter, to curtail Halder's military command power, Hitler limited his involvement in the war by restricting him to developing operational plans only for the Eastern Front.[12] Historian David Stahel criticized the General Staff under Halder for failing to prepare the German military for the hazards awaiting them in the east and faulted Halder for not openly discussing his disagreements with Hitler during the planning stages of the operation.[13]  Nicolaus von Below, who was present at the planning meetings between Hitler and Halder, wrote after the war that that Halder opposed Hitler's plans without openly stating his disagreement, which according to von Below resulted in disjointed leadership of the campaign.[14]
Cite [13] can go to p. 147 of Stahel's book, and cite [14] can go to page 146.
--RelativeRisk1945 (talk) 19:14, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
I have no objection to rewriting the paragraph, but the proposed needs some more thought first. (Most of the issues are also in the original.)

It passes over the fact that Halder was already planning an attack on the Soviet Union before Hitler declared his intention on 31 July 1940.
As Chief of Staff of the OKH, Halder had no command power; he was a staff officer.
There were good reasons for putting OKH in charge of the war in the East; demoting Halder was not one of them
The "grave hazards of war in the East" are not specified
The differences between Halder's plans and the final ones are not specified. Nor is any evidence presented of Halder's opposition.
I suggest leaving out Stahel and concentrating on the issues. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:02, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

I'm just trying to work with what is there.  While we work on re-writing it here, the entire paragraph should be immediately removed because it's a blatant violation of WP:NPOV and makes false claims about the underlying source material.  Any confirmed editor reading this should delete the paragraph immediately. --RelativeRisk1945 (talk) 05:17, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
The removal of the paragraph as shown in this diff seems like the right course of action to me. --K.e.coffman (talk) 06:52, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
Agreed.  There is no need for the paragraph to be in the article. --RelativeRisk1945 (talk) 16:53, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

The scorched earth military tactics lead to many millions of civilian deaths, though collateral damage was not said at the time. YappingDogYowling (talk) 09:05, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:44, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

There seems to be a push by a certain "Wikipedia warrior" (her words not mine) to depict the Wehrmacht as a completely evil force with no redemption. We have jumped from one myth, that the Wehrmacht was not part of Hitler's atrocities, to another, that they were on par with Hitler and that all who served were evil, reprehensible demons. The truth lies somewhere in the middle. We do not see this push for dispelling the myth of the clean Red Army, however. We do not see someone trying to dismantle the reputation of Georgy Zhukov, arguably on par with Erwin Rommel when it comes to fame, but we have articles like the Rommel myth which reads like a personal manifesto against the Desert Fox. I do not believe either men are intrinsically evil or believers in the atrocities committed by their autocrats. 
Anyways, it is a shame to see the fallen of World War II be desecrated by a revisionist who refuses to see the irony in their behavior. You've replaced one lie with another, bravo! Wolfshaus (talk) 01:02, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Cowardly of you not to ping K.e.coffman as you insult her courageous effort across multiple articles. As far as "revisionist" goes, sometimes the stories of history merit thorough-going re-examination. I applaud K.e.coffman's work to bring Wehrmacht-related articles up to contemporary scholarly standards. Binksternet (talk) 04:14, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
Except she's replacing one "lie" with another. Also the fact she blanked out recipients of the Knights Cross to have them deleted. I can't seem to recall, there is a word to describe people who cover up the parts of history they do not like...
Frankly, the Knights Cross stuff is detestable, and is akin to desecrating graves. What if we start doing that with Medal of Honor recipients? There sure are a lot of them, how about we start desecrating them too? After all, the U.S. Armed Forces aren't very clean - ask the Native Americans! History is never perfect good fights total evil. There is always nuance, something that we are forgetting more and more each day. The fact of the matter is, Coffmanizing articles is revisionism, plain and simple. I think its a very good term to describe what has happened to German articles because now all they focus on is "Did you know the Germans did war crimes?" but I never see people getting ready to torch Zhukov or Ivan Konev for loyally serving a sadistic dictator: Josef Stalin.
If being a privileged bully and making fun of genuine criticism of your actions like a petulant child is bravery, then I dread to know what your definition of a coward is. Wolfshaus (talk) 00:56, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
Hey Wolfshaus, if there are any Medal of Honor recipients that have not received signifiant coverage in independent, reliable sources I, and I believe K.e.coffman, would agree that they should be redirected because they don't meet the Wikipedia notability criteria. Also worth noting that Wikipedia is not a memorial. (t · c) buidhe 05:19, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

This is laughably biased Jewish content. No article should ever be like this. 78.27.95.6 (talk) 19:16, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Halder did (text said he had none) have complaints about his imprisonment. He had multiple complaints about Ravensbruk including smell from crematorium and screams from others. He also had a bad time at RSHA prison in Berlin where he was kept in solitary confinement with no natural light. He was not allowed to use the toilet. My source is "the Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn/Robert Gellateley. If you check it out there is a first person extended account of his imprisonment 2A00:23EE:14B0:54A6:B4EA:6C67:D9F7:8D82 (talk) 09:32, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Charliehdb (talk) 13:58, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

This page has been created so you can include a hyperlink to it now if you like. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Collins_Doleman_Sr. DJ71park (talk) 16:44, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

 Done not by me though. Lova Falk (talk) 10:26, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

2600:1700:1A10:1C70:711C:A78C:4A91:8B35 (talk) 04:03, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: Blank edit request. Day Creature (talk) 05:49, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

14 July 1902 Fahnenjunker (Officer Candidate)
29 January 1903 Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)
9 March 1904 Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
7 March 1912 Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
9 August 1915 Hauptmann (Captain)
26 September 1919 received Patent from 8 November 1914
17 March 1924 Major with effect from 1 March 1924 and Patent from 1 April 1923
1 February 1929 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)
1 December 1931 Oberst (Colonel)
1 October 1934 Generalmajor (Major General)
2 August 1936 Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General) with effect from 1 August 1936
10 February 1938 General der Artillerie (General of the Artillery) with effect from 1 February 1938
19 July 1940 Generaloberst --2003:DC:8F37:BE00:9882:B08C:13A5:741 (talk) 23:15, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Prinz-Regent-Luitpold Jubiläums-Medaille on 13 October 1905
Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
2nd Class on 14 September 1914
1st Class on 22 December 1915
Military Merit Order (Bavaria), 4th Class with Swords (BMV4⚔/BM4⚔) on 15 December 1914 (returned 1919)
Saxon Albert Order (Albrechts-Orden), Knight 1st Class with Swords (SA3a⚔) on 8 April 1917
Military Merit Cross (Austria-Hungary), 3rd Class with the War Decoration (ÖM3K) on 1 February 1918
House Order of Hohenzollern, Knight's Cross with Swords (HOH3⚔) on 2 October 1918
Bavarian Military Merit Order, 4th Class with Swords and Crown (BMV4⚔mKr/BM4⚔mKr) on 8 March 1919 (the former decoration from 1914 had to be returned)
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords on 15 December 1934
Hungarian World War Commemorative Medal (Ungarische Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille) with Swords
Wehrmacht Long Service Award (Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung), 4th to 1st Class on 2 October 1936
On 14 July 1942, after 40 years of service, he was entitled to receive the special class with oak leaves (Sonderklasse mit Eichenlaub), but it is not documented whether this happened because of the suspension of the award during the war.
Hungarian Order of Merit, 1st Class (Grand Cross) with Swords
Grand Cross on 20 August 1938 (permission to accept and wear on 14 December with effect from 6 December 1938)
Swords on 31 May 1941
Anschluss Medal on 21 November 1938
German Red Cross Decoration, Star of the Medal of Honor (Stern des Ehrenzeichens des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes) on 19 Mai 1939
some sources state that it would instead be the Decoration of Honour for German People's Care (Ehrenzeichen für deutsche Volkspflege), 1st Class (four-pointed breast star as a special class)
Sudetenland Medal with the “Prague Castle” clasp on 22 May 1939
Order of the Yugoslav Crown, Grand Cross on 1 June 1939 (permission to accept and wear on 25 July 1939)
Order of the White Rose of Finland, Grand Cross on 3 July 1939 (permission to accept and wear on 25 July 1939)
he was in Finland from 29 June to 3 July 1939 and was awarded the White Rose by Prime Minister Aimo Kaarlo Cajander.
Repetition Clasp 1939 to the Iron Cross 1914, 2nd and 1st Class
Knights Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 October 1939 as General of Artillery and Chief of the Army General Staff
Medal to Commemorate the Homecoming of the Memelland on 21 November 1939
Order of the Crown of Italy, Grand Cross with Grand Ribbon on 27 August 1940
Imperial Order of the Yoke and Arrows, Grand Cross on 26 December 1940
Spanish Cross of Military Merit, IV. Class (Grand Cross) with White Decoration (con distintivo blanco) on 1 January 1941
Finish Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class with Swords, Star and Oak Leaves on 25 March 1941 (one alternative source states 25 March 1942)
Bulgarian Order of Saint Alexander, I. Grade (Grand Cross) with Swords on 15 July 1941
Romanian Order of Michael the Brave, 3rd and 2nd Class on 14 October 1941
Slovakian War Victory Cross (Slowakisches Kriegssiegerkreuz), 1st Class with Star on 16 January 1942
Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st Class on 12 August 1943 (one alternative source states 26 September 1942)
Honours

Honorary member of the Clausewitz Society
Meritorious Civilian Service Award in November 1961 as Director of the Operational History (German) Section of the Historical Division of the United States Army
President John F. Kennedy awarded Halder the Meritorious Civilian Service Award, one of America’s highest non-military decorations. The Meritorious Civilian Service Award is the second highest Department of the Army honorary award, and may be granted by the Secretary of the Army or a major commander. Nominees for this award must have established a pattern of excellence, normally demonstrated by the receipt of lower level awards.
2003:DC:8F37:BE00:9882:B08C:13A5:741 (talk) 23:18, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

I hadn't looked at this article in years....but in recent days/months I have, and I question what has been done. Seems like about 6 years ago this article (like a lot of articles on WW II German generals) has been overhauled to strongly emphasize/combat the "Clean Wehrmacht" myth. While I take no issue with that per se.....I see issues as far as WEIGHT goes. Simply put: most RS on WW II/WW II Generals (and Franz Halder) don't spend this much time on the "Clean" myth. Yet (at minimum) more than 30 of the citations of this article are from 2 books solely addressing this point. Out of 73 citations, that's more than 41%. Needless to say, 41% of the RS out there on Franz Halder (or the Eastern front) are NOT focused on this point. 
As a example of that, consider some sources cited within the article itself (that are not solely about this issue): 

'Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942', by R. Citino., Halder is mentioned more than 70 times. The "clean" myth isn't mentioned once near as I can tell.
'Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East', by: D. Stahel., Halder is mentioned more than 100 times, and the "clean" myth 5 times.
'Hitler's Generals', by: C. Barnett. Halder is mentioned endlessly. I don't see the "clean" myth once.
Indeed, the vast majority of the sources I can think of with Halder spend most of their time (as far as the conduct of the war) with his endless fights with Hitler. In fact, IIRC, there was one instance (recounted in 'Rise & Fall of the Third Reich') where they had to be physically separated, which isn't mentioned here. (In fact, Rise & the Fall was cited in this article way back when....noting the fact Shirer heavily relied on Halder's diaries. In one of his memoirs Shirer expressed amazement that they had not (at that time) been published in English.) 
So anyway, I am not trashing anyone's work....but quite frankly, I think there are issues here as far as WEIGHT goes. Regards,Rja13ww33 (talk) 22:52, 4 August 2025 (UTC)