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Only Fascists, Paternal Autocrats, and National Socialist leaders are
listed below.

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## Contents {#mw-toc-heading}

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-   [[ 1 ]{.tocnumber} [ Foreign Minister
    ]{.toctext}](#Foreign_Minister)
-   [[ 2 ]{.tocnumber} [ Armaments Minister
    ]{.toctext}](#Armaments_Minister)
-   [[ 3 ]{.tocnumber} [ Minister of Security
    ]{.toctext}](#Minister_of_Security)
-   [[ 4 ]{.tocnumber} [ Minister of Intelligence (HoI2) / Head of
    Military Intelligence (Doomsday, Armageddon)
    ]{.toctext}](#Minister_of_Intelligence_.28HoI2.29_.2F_Head_of_Military_Intelligence_.28Doomsday.2C_Armageddon.29)
-   [[ 5 ]{.tocnumber} [ Chief of Staff ]{.toctext}](#Chief_of_Staff)
-   [[ 6 ]{.tocnumber} [ Chief of Army ]{.toctext}](#Chief_of_Army)
-   [[ 7 ]{.tocnumber} [ Chief of Navy ]{.toctext}](#Chief_of_Navy)
-   [[ 8 ]{.tocnumber} [ Chief of Air Force
    ]{.toctext}](#Chief_of_Air_Force)
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#### [ Foreign Minister ]{#Foreign_Minister .mw-headline}

Great Compromiser
:   Constantin von Neurath - 1936, Albert Dufour-Feronce - 1938,
    Constantin von Neurath - 1939(listed twice), Franz von Papen - 1940

Iron Fisted Brute
:   Joachim von Ribbentrop - 1937, Arthur Seyss-Inquart - 1945

The Cloak N Dagger Schemer
:   Joseph Goebbels - 1942, Oskar Meissner - 1942, Ulrich von Hassel -
    1943

Ideological Crusader
:   Friedrich-Werner von der Schulenberg - 1942, Alfred Rosenberg -
    1943, Carl Melchior - 1945

Apologetic Clerk
:   Wilhelm Waetzoldt - 1938, Johann Schwerin von Krosigk - 1945(also
    listed twice, same year)

Biased Intellectual
:   Ludwig Kastl - 1936

General Staffer
:   Thomas Mann - 1936

#### [ Armaments Minister ]{#Armaments_Minister .mw-headline}

Infantry Proponent
:   Werner von Blomberg - 1936, ;Franz Xaver Ritter von Epp - 1936, Kurt
    Daluege - 1940, Fritz Saukel - 1942, Claus von Stauffenberg - 1944

Strategic Air Proponent
:   Rudolf Hess - 1936

Administrative Genius
:   Hjalmar Schacht - 1936, Hjalmar Schacht - 1939(listed twice), Albert
    Speer - 1942(listed twice)

Laissez Faire Capitalist
:   Fritz Thyssen - 1936, Friedrich Flick - 1938, Alfried Krupp - 1939

Air To Ground Proponent
:   Hermann Göring - 1938

Resource Industrialist
:   Franz Xavier-Schwarz - 1936, Johann Schwerin von Krosigk - 1936,
    Julius Curtius - 1936, Konstantin Hierl - 1936, Alfred Hugenberg -
    1936, Fritz Todt - 1938, Walter Funk - 1939, Johannes Popitz - 1943,
    Lutz von Schwerin-Krosigk - 1945

Military Entrepreneur
:   Franz Seldte - 1936, Walter Darré - 1939, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler -
    1940, Oswald Pohl - 1943, Fritz Tornow - 1944, Karl Otto Saur - 1945

Battle Fleet Proponent
:   Max Amann - 1941

Corrupt Kleptocrat
:   Robert Ley - 1936

Submarine Proponent
:   Hans-Georg von Friedeburg - 1942, Karl Dönitz - 1944

Tank Proponent
:   Gustav Krupp - 1936, Paul Lejeune-Jung - 1938

Theoretical Scientist
:   Georg Thomas - 1940

Air Superiority Proponent
:   Xaver Dorsch - 1944

#### [ Minister of Security ]{#Minister_of_Security .mw-headline}

Prince of Terror
:   Wilhelm Frick - 1936, Kurt Daluege - 1936, Reinhard Heydrich - 1936,
    Heinrich Himmler - 1938, Wilhelm von Gayl - 1938, Heinrich Müller -
    1943

Compassionate Gentleman
:   Ernst Trendelenburg - 1936, Alfred Hugenberg - 1936, Viktor Lutze -
    1939, Hans Frank - 1941, Fritz von Schulenburg - 1942, Franz von
    Papen - 1945, Werner Naumann - 1945, Franz von Papen - 1946(listed
    twice)

Man of the People
:   Walter Buch - 1937, Joseph Goebbels - 1942, Josef Wirmer - 1942,
    Arthur Axmann - 1945

Silent Lawyer
:   Karl Sack - 1936, Franz Gürtner - 1936, Arthur Seyss-Inquart - 1943

Back Stabber
:   Johann von Bernstorff - 1936, Karl Hanke - 1944

Crime Fighter
:   Rudolf Diels - 1936, Otto Georg Thierack - 1942, Arthur Nebe - 1942,
    Roland Freisler - 1942, Henning von Tresckow - 1944

Efficient Sociopath
:   Heinrich Müller - 1939, Walter Schellenberg - 1939, Paul Giesler -
    1945

#### [ ]{#Minister_of_Intelligence_(HoI2)_/_Head_of_Military_Intelligence_(Doomsday,_Armageddon)} [ Minister of Intelligence (HoI2) / Head of Military Intelligence (Doomsday, Armageddon) ]{#Minister_of_Intelligence_.28HoI2.29_.2F_Head_of_Military_Intelligence_.28Doomsday.2C_Armageddon.29 .mw-headline}

Dismal Enigma
:   Wilhelm Canaris - 1936, Walter Schellenberg - 1940, Wilhelm
    Canaris - 1944(listed twice)

Naval Intelligence Specialist
:   Hans-Georg von Friedeburg - 1942

Technical Specialist
:   Georg Hansen - 1940, Wilhelm Frick - 1944

Logistics Specialist
:   Carl von Schubert - 1936, Ernst Kaltenbrunner - 1944, Baldur von
    Schirach - 1944

Political Specialist
:   Oskar von Hindenburg - 1936, Otto Strasser - 1938, Martin Bormann -
    1944

Industrial Specialist
:   Hans Oster - 1939, Hjalmar Schacht - 1945

#### [ Chief of Staff ]{#Chief_of_Staff .mw-headline}

**School of Manoeuvre** : Ludwig Beck - 1936, Erich von Manstein - 1942,
Erwin Rommel - 1943, Julius Ringel - 1944

**School of Fire Support** : Erich Hoepner - 1937, Franz Halder - 1938,
Erwin von Witzleben - 1941, Walther von Reichenau - 1941, Ernst Busch -
1945

**School of Psychology** : Fritz Bayerlein - 1936, Alfred Jodl - 1939

**School of Mass Combat** : Adolf Heusinger - 1942, Heinz Guderian -
1944

**School of Defence** : Wilhelm Grüner - 1936, Kurt Zeitzler - 1942,
Hans Krebs - 1945

#### [ Chief of Army ]{#Chief_of_Army .mw-headline}

**Armoured Spearhead Doctrine** : Werner von Fritsch - 1936, Walther von
Brauchitsch - 1938, Wilhelm Keitel -1940, Erich Hoepner - 1942, Paul
Hausser -1944

**Guns and Butter Doctrine** : Werner von Blomberg - 1937, Kurt von
Hammerstein-Equord - 1939, Julius Ringel - 1942

**Decisive Battle Doctrine** : Walter von Lüttwitz - 1936, Fedor von
Bock - 1939, Adolf Hitler - 1942, Günther von Kluge - 1942

**Elastic Defence Doctrine** : Erich Ludendorff - 1936, Ferdinand
Schörner - 1945

**Static Defence Doctrine** : Erwin von Witzleben - 1943

For more discussion about selecting Chief of Staff and Chief of Army see
this thread: [opinions on Chief of Staff and Chief of
Army](http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=369528){.external
.text rel="nofollow"}

#### [ Chief of Navy ]{#Chief_of_Navy .mw-headline}

**Decisive Naval Battle Doctrine** : Erich Raeder - 1936, Ludwig Fulda -
1936

**Indirect Approach Doctrine** : Karl Dönitz - 1939, Walter Warzecha -
1942

**Open Seas Doctrine** : Alfred Saalwächter - 1936, Conrad Albrecht -
1939, Wilhelm Marschall - 1941, Hans-Georg von Friedeburg - 1944

**Base Control Doctrine** : Gustav Kieseritzky - 1940, Kurt Freiwald -
1945

#### [ Chief of Air Force ]{#Chief_of_Air_Force .mw-headline}

**Army Aviation Doctrine** : Hermann Göring - 1936, Karl Koller - 1936,
Otto Dessloch - 1939, Ernst Udet - 1940, Hans-Jürgen Stumpff - 1944

**Carpet Bombing Doctrine** : Hugo Sperrle - 1939

**Air Superiority Doctrine** : Carl Friedrich von Siemens - 1936, Ulrich
Grauert - 1936, Eberhard Milch - 1942, Robert Ritter von Greim - 1944,
Hans Ulrich Rudel - 1949

**Vertical Envelopment Doctrine** : Albert Kesselring - 1944

**Naval Aviation Doctrine** : Wilhelm Oxenius - 1945
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