Talk:Friedrich von Mellenthin

message: Congratulations on a very well constructed and readable wikipage.
I would like to propose 1 (one) small change to the above section.  At present, it says 'after the war, he spent 2 1/2 years in prison'.  I would like to change this to:  'he was released from officers' prisoner of war camp 2 1/2 years after the end of hostilities'  In the original text, the wording suggests that he had been convicted of some kind of war crime.  As we know, this was not the case.  It might also be worth mentioning that he lectured at both West Point and Sandhurst and had several meetings with General Eisenhower.Miletus (talk) 15:32, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section:  'Later Life' 

message: Mellenthin had several rare opportunities to observe great generals in action but his "Panzer Battles" suffers for the lack of command experience.
Just being on staff as he was his entire career is much different than having the responsibility of command.
As anyone who has led men in combat or controlled a large business can attest the gap that exists between the two roles is huge.
Mellenthin doesn't have that fine appreciation of the difference.
Hesweeney (talk) 06:47, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Observer v. Commander 

message: I have read von Mellenthin's book on being a panzer general.  A friend lent it to me and I don't have it in front of me at the moment.  I believe the remark "not until we were behind barbed wire did we learn..." comes straight from the book.  How confident are we about this?  This is a wise thing for a WWII German general to write during the fifties.  According to Wolfram WetteWolfram Wette, The Wehrmacht, German generals knew what was going on in Poland, and behind the lines on the Russian front.  According to Wikipedia, WWI field marshal August von Mackensen wrote Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch to complain about "crimes committed in Poland", and he was no where near the place.
JHowardGibson (talk) 18:08, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  More on Later Life 

message: Offered here: 
*American Perspectives on Eastern Front Operations in World War II
K.e.coffman (talk) 01:37, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Analysis by David Glantz 

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thread_title:  Memoirs