| rdfs:comment | - Werner Thomas Ludwig Freiherr von Fritsch (4 August 1880 – 22 September 1939) was a prominent Wehrmacht officer, member of the German High Command, and the second German general to be killed during World War II.
- Werner Freiherr von Fritsch (Benrath (bij Düsseldorf) 4 augustus 1880 - Praga (Warschau), 22 september 1939) was een Duitse artillerieofficier. Hij diende tijdens de Eerste en Tweede Wereldoorlog. Hij was de eerste Duitse generaal die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog sneuvelde.
- Werner Thomas Ludwig Freiherr von Fritsch (4 August 1880 – 22 September 1939) was a prominent German general. A veteran of World War I, Fritsch reached the rank of general in 1932. He was initially an enthusiastic supporter of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. However, he soon grew to distrust the SS, and was a vocal critic of Hitler's plans to launch a war by 1938. Displeased, Hitler, Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Göring brought charges in early 1938 that Fritsch was a homosexual, forcing Fritsch to resign that February. While a subsequent inquiry acquitted him, Fritsch's reputation was ruined, and Hitler had firmer control over the Wehrmacht. Still, Fritsch supported Nazism's anti-Semitic policies. When World War II broke out in September, 1939, Fritsch was recalled to duty. While inspecting th
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| abstract | - Werner Thomas Ludwig Freiherr von Fritsch (4 August 1880 – 22 September 1939) was a prominent German general. A veteran of World War I, Fritsch reached the rank of general in 1932. He was initially an enthusiastic supporter of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. However, he soon grew to distrust the SS, and was a vocal critic of Hitler's plans to launch a war by 1938. Displeased, Hitler, Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Göring brought charges in early 1938 that Fritsch was a homosexual, forcing Fritsch to resign that February. While a subsequent inquiry acquitted him, Fritsch's reputation was ruined, and Hitler had firmer control over the Wehrmacht. Still, Fritsch supported Nazism's anti-Semitic policies. When World War II broke out in September, 1939, Fritsch was recalled to duty. While inspecting the lines in Poland, a bullet hit his leg, severing an artery. Fritsch bled to death within a minute.
- Werner Thomas Ludwig Freiherr von Fritsch (4 August 1880 – 22 September 1939) was a prominent Wehrmacht officer, member of the German High Command, and the second German general to be killed during World War II.
- Werner Freiherr von Fritsch (Benrath (bij Düsseldorf) 4 augustus 1880 - Praga (Warschau), 22 september 1939) was een Duitse artillerieofficier. Hij diende tijdens de Eerste en Tweede Wereldoorlog. Hij was de eerste Duitse generaal die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog sneuvelde.
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