The Prussian-German General Staff↗
by Christian O.E. Millotat
Colonel Christian Millotat of the German Army wrote this 1992 study at the U.S. Army War College for the Strategic Studies Institute. It traces the Prussian-German General Staff from Scharnhorst and Gneisenau through Moltke, Schlieffen, Versailles and the Third Reich to the Bundeswehr of today — and explains what makes the German "commander's adviser" unlike any other staff officer in NATO. 18 sections.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
5 min2
Chapter 2: Between Condemnation and Admiration
5 min3
Chapter 2: General Staff Officers in the Bundeswehr
2 min4
Chapter 2: Ranks and Size of the Service
3 min5
Chapter 2: Selection and Training
7 min6
Chapter 2: The Commander's Adviser
4 min7
Chapter 2: Esprit de Corps, Auftragstaktik, and Function Over Rank
2 min8
Chapter 3: Scharnhorst and the Birth of the General Staff
7 min9
Chapter 3: Gneisenau and the Consolidation of the Prussian System
4 min10
Chapter 3: Moltke and Schlieffen
5 min11
Chapter 3: Professional Training and the Bavarian Approach
6 min12
Chapter 3: The General Staff in World War I
4 min13
Chapter 3: After the Treaty of Versailles, 1920-33
3 min14
Chapter 3: The General Staff in the Third Reich, 1933-45
7 min15
Chapter 4: Effects and Ways
4 min16
Chapter 4: Attempts to Abolish General Staff Officer Training
2 min17
Chapter 4: Challenges
3 min18