Appendix 9: Appointments held by the principal Italian and German Commanders and Staff Officers mentioned in this volume
Italian
Aimone-Cat, General Mario; commander of 5th Squadra in North Africa
Badoglio, Marshal Pietro; Chief of Staff of the Italian Armed Forces until December 1940
Bastico, General Ettore; C-in-C Armed Forces in North Africa from 12th July 1941
Cavallero, General Ugo; Chief of Staff of the Italian Armed Forces from December 1940
Gariboldi, General Italo; C-in-C Armed Forces in North Africa from March to July 1941
Gazzera, Lieut.-General Pietro; commander in Galla-Sidamo and Supreme Commander in Ethiopia from May 1941
Graziani, Marshal Rodolfo; C-in-C Armed Forces in North Africa, also Chief of Staff of the Italian Army until March 1941
Iachino, Admiral Angelo; C-in-C Afloat
Nasi, Lieut.-General Guglielmo; commander in the Gondar district of Ethiopia
German
Brauchitsch, Field-Marshal Walter von; C-in-C German Army
Fröhlich, Major-General Stefan; Fliegerführer (A.O.C.) Afrika
Gause, Major-General Alfred; liaison officer with Italian High Command in North Africa June 1941; later Chief of Staff to General Rommel
Göring, Marshal of the Reich Hermann; C-in-C German Air Force
Geisler, General Hans-Ferdinand; commander Fliegerkorps X
Halder, Colonel-General Franz; Chief of the General Staff
Keitel, Field-Marshal Wilhelm; Chief of OKW
List, Field-Marshal Wilhelm; commander of 12th Army in the Balkans
Löhr, Colonel-General Alexander; commander of Luftflotte 4 at Crete
Neumann-Silkow, Major-General Walther; commander of 15th Panzer Division from June 1941
Paulus, Lieut.-General Friedrich; Director of Military Operations and a Deputy Chief of the General Staff; visited North Africa on behalf of OKH April/May 1941
Prittwitz und Gaffron, Major-General Heinrich von; commander of 15th Panzer Division March and April 1941
Raeder, Grand Admiral Erich; C-in-C German Navy
Rahn, Dr. Rudolf; Counsellor, German Embassy, Paris; on special mission to Syria April and June 1941
Rintelen, Major-General Enno von, (became Lieut.-General 1st June 1941) Military Attaché Rome and Tirana and German General at Italian Armed Forces HQ
Rommel, Lieut.-General Erwin (became General 1st July 1941); commander of the German Africa Corps
Streich, Major-General Johannes; commander of 5th Light Division
Student, General Kurt; commander of Fliegerkorps XI at Crete
Thoma, Major-General Wilhelm, Ritter von; commander of Mobile Troops OKH; visited North Africa on behalf of OKH, autumn 1940
Weichold, Vice-Admiral Eberhard; German Admiral in Rome and Liaison Officer to the Italian Naval Staff