Talk:Gerd von Rundstedt

message: Hello, somebody just added to the discussion page of the Dutch wiki that we should rename the article to Gerd von Rundstedt as we have now named it Karl von Rundstedt. All of the books I have read about the second ww in Dutch (and these are quite a lot) refer to the man als Karl! Why was chosen for the lemmaname of Gerd? Waerth 21:21, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Gerd is much more common. But I'm not German, so what do I know! Aaрон Кинни (t) 10:55, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Gerd or Karl

message: For some reason all attempts to introduce some realism into an article that appears as an insuffereble love fest for Rundstedt aresummarily reverted. It has long become depressingly apperant that Wikipedia is colonised by some incorrugible Wehrmacht worshippers, but this too much.
:I too have noticed the von Rundstedt fervor, why is there so much favoritism for this general. i move that this page be marked as biased--Manwithbrisk 22:01, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: POV

message: May i ask which source says that the count of prisoners of Kiev siege was approximately 400.000?
the Soviet marshal Moskalenko reported in 1969 that the some total of Soviet troops possesd by the encircled units was a mere 452,000 while Erickson reports that a total of 150,541 subsequently escaped or fought their way out of encirclement. This would put the total of Soviet troops permanently trapped in the pocket at almost exactly 300,000 of whom a large number doubtlessly died fighting. However Glantz, though accepting Moskalenko's tally, puts the number of Soviet troops who made it out of encirclement at around a mere 15,000 (When Titans Clashed) I am inclined to accept Erickson's figure and regard the 15,000 figure as a mere typo but in the absence of conclusive proof I cannot authorotatively exclude it. What is one to do???. Giving Rundstedt the benefit of the doubt I reluctuntly accepted the Glantz figure. Perhaps the matter should be more extensively covered in a footnote in the article itself for it seems very likely that the actual figure was a mere 300,000 permanently trapped and that Glantz's 15,000 breaking out of encirclement was indeed a mere typing error, but how does one get in touch with Glantz to make sure?!
:: The easiest way to ask Glantz is to send him an email and ask him.Miletus (talk) 17:37, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Casualty numbers

message: In the article it says something about two images but there is only one. Why does it say 2 images if there is only one?
:Agreed; change duly made. Nibios 14:58, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  two images? 

message: I am not sure why this is taking up so much space in the Rundstedt article. It's a tiny part of Rundstedt's overall career. It might merit more space in the article on Hitler, perhaps, but not here. -- Hongooi 18:01, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hitler wanting peace with Britain 

message: Is it Rundstedt or Randstedt? On the German Wiki its the later.--Mrg3105 (talk) 03:23, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That was apparently a typo in German Wikipedia and has subsequently been corrected:  https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd_von_Rundstedt  Best regardsTheBaron0530 (talk) 16:24, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correct name spelling 

message: Since i'm suspect of vandalism, i state here i made a small change in the word "Halder" in the section "World War II". Geez. 200.222.3.3 (talk) 21:02, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Franz Halder 

message: I found a reference to Rundstedt in an article on the actor Leo G. Carroll, who portrayed him once. Reference is made to his war crimes record, and I wondered if it belonged in that article. Can someone take a look? Thanks.--Stetsonharry (talk) 17:12, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference to Rundstedt in Leo G. Carroll

message: Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 18:14, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008 

message: My great uncle ran a prisoner of war camp.  He sent me pictures painted and signed by Von Rundstedt Are they valuable?  They are decent water colors  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.46.182.213 (talk) 03:48, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  was von Rundstedt an artist? 

message: This article is rather sloppy, with a good bit of what seems to be POV - and not consistent POVs!  Needs a full cleanup.
Having just read Messenger's biography, I agree that this article is second-rate. Like most Wikipedia biographical articles, it contains too much anecdote and too little history. I might have a go at fixing it. I am also highly sceptical about this quote: "Von Rundstedt, addressing the Reich War Academy in Berlin in 1943, declared: "One of the great mistakes of 1918 was to spare the civil life of the enemy countries, for it is necessary for us Germans to be always at least double the numbers of the peoples of the contiguous countries. We are therefore obliged to destroy at least a third of their inhabitants. The only means is organized underfeeding which in this case is better than machine guns." I realise this is referenced, but anyone who has read a Rundstedt biography will see that it is totally out of character, and I very much doubt he said it. The reference given is not to a history work but to a polemical article which gives no source for the quotation. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 11:46, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  A sloppy article 

message: I'm a little confused by the "Last years" section. It says: "His wife was living in Solz, but this was in the American Zone, where he could not travel because the American." In the next paragraph it says: "He and Bila were temporarily housed in an old people's home near Celle." There's no indication as to when they reunited, and under what circumstances. Would someone be able clarify what happened? Thanks - Akamad (talk) 16:38, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion in the "Last years" section 

message: Actually never.Although someone wrote in greek wiki he was released from his service three times by Hitler[],that's no true:the third(wrong) and last one(wrong also) supposed to be on July 1944 ,but truth is Hitler just replaced him for the second time(first one was on East Front in 1942).Generalfeldmarschal von Runstend has always been "Wermacht's older soldier"(his very words),to the end of WW II.28regiment (talk) 08:26, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Released from service? 

message: In the section, "Plot to Kill Hitler", "Court of Honour" is translated as "Ehrenhof".  Should it not be "Ehrengericht"?  "Hof" is indeed a court, in a general sense and with several meanings.  But a court in the sense of a court of law or other types of judgements or trial, is a "Gericht" or "Gerichtshof". Best regardsTheBaron0530 (talk) 16:01, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Why would you want to translate English into German? The original term is German, and it's "Ehrenhof". 2A02:AA1:164E:6BC3:31FE:5885:CAAD:994F (talk) 08:40, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translating "court of honor" 

message: Or maybe not. 2A02:AA1:164E:6BC3:306D:C97E:472E:CE96 (talk) 23:42, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hugo Laternser