Authors: Joachim C. Fest
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* The melodramatic translation “warlord” for
Feldherr
has already become traditional in books about Hitler. Strictly speaking,
Feldherr
means no more than “commanding general” or “supreme commander”; its slightly bombastic connotation is exaggerated by “warlord.” But a one-for-one translation of
Feldherr
is sometimes useful. We have therefore adopted “generalissimo,” although that word, too, has a misleading “Chinese” connotation.â
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* The main office for security, founded by Heydrich and after his death run by Ernst Kaltenbrunner; ultimately all the police forces of the Reich were made subordinate to it.