“The war against Russia will be such that it cannot be conducted in a knightly fashion. This struggle is one of ideologies and racial differences and will have to be conducted with unprecedented, unmerciful and unrelenting harshness.”

About Franz Halder

Military Officer • German

Franz Halder was a high-ranking German general who served as the Chief of the Army General Staff from 1938 until his dismissal in 1942. He was instrumental in the planning and execution of Germany's early military...