Fedor von bock's Military Talent

Bok's military ability was rated as "conservative" by military historians. Young German generals who advocated Blitzkrieg also thought Bok was an old-school soldier. The latter has also repeatedly expressed doubts about the use of armored columns to infiltrate enemy territory. He thinks that this will expose the attacker's wings to the enemy and put him in danger, so he tends to attack a wide front. Even after the victory in the Battle of the Western Front, Bok did not change his point of view, but when he was fighting in Barbarossa, Bok had accepted the new faction in guderian. Kenneth Michaelse, a military historian, mentioned the commander level of the Soviet armored forces before the Soviet-German War in his works: "Among many outstanding German armored generals, Bok and guderian are no different from' dragons among men'." Bok is not a military genius general, but his ability to lead troops is certain. In his memoirs, Blum Quintert commented that Bok is "a first-class military think tank in China, with Lundster and Manstein, and has the ability to command large-scale operations."

In character, Bok is undoubtedly a traditional and conservative Prussian officer and strategist, and also an officer who is quite good at speaking in the German army. Because of his impassioned performance, he was nicknamed "Kush Spring Flame". His private life is extremely serious and diligent. It was pointed out that he often worked without food for several days, and he was described as "a natural Frederick Prussian figure" and "a violent nationalist". Bok is not an excellent theorist, but he has a strong sense of responsibility. When he gave a speech to military students for his alma mater, he always mentioned: "The greatest honor of a German soldier is to die in the battle for the motherland. Because of this concept, Bok has a nickname "Der Sterber". In addition, Bok is also famous for his arrogance, indifference, lack of sense of humor, ambition and disagreement with colleagues. Historian Samuel mitcham wrote: "Bork has an annoying personal trait, and rarely gets along with others ... He doesn't like Nazis, hates Austrians, and despises all civilians regardless of nationality ... It is a mistake for brauchitsch to be commander-in-chief of the army, as far as Bork is concerned. Alfred W. Turney, Bok's biographer, concluded in his preface: "At the end of World War II, Bok's sudden death can be said that Prussian aristocratic militarism also died almost at the same time.

Bok was a monarchist who despised Nazism, never participated in political activities and never ignored senior officials of the Nazi Party. For example 1938 Hermann G?ring, commander-in-chief of the German Air Force and a senior official of the Nazi Party, contacted Bok at a banquet. Goering himself, like Bok, won the Medal of Meritorious Service for his heroic performance in World War I. He told Bok that all the people who had this medal were his friends, and Bok was proud of it. As for Hitler, Bok maintained a good relationship with him for a long time, which also made Bok's former chief of staff Bekoller and a large number of senior generals remain unchanged when he was dismissed by Hitler before the war. On the other hand, Bok also opposed Hitler's order to execute all Soviet political commissar and guerrillas, which was never carried out. Bok not only asked the Germans to treat enemy prisoners of war humanely and treat Soviet civilians severely and fairly, but also tried to persuade them to cooperate with the Germans and give them private landing rights. For the war with the Soviet Union, Bok believed that the task of the German army was not only to annihilate its armed forces, but also to liberate the Soviet people from capitalism.

For example, as early as1939165438+10.9, when the Polish war was won and preparations were being made for the offensive on the western front, Lieb, commander of the C army group, had an interview with Lundster, hoping to stop Hitler's offensive on the western front with the advice of the commander of the three-person front army group, but Bok and Lundster were two people, and Hitler was there. Ironically, however, since the outbreak of the war against the Soviet Union, the subordinates of the Bok Central Army Group have developed a well-structured anti-Nazi force centered on their troops. The central figure is Bork's nephew Triskau, who later became the chief of staff of the Central Army Group when Kruger succeeded as commander-in-chief. During his time as a subordinate of Bok, Triskau actively wooed Bok to join the anti-Nazi forces, and suggested that he arrest Hitler when he visited the headquarters of the army group, but he was rejected. Even when Triskau told Bok that Hitler was leading the country to disaster, the latter immediately roared: "Don't let me attack the Fuehrer! However, he did not inform the Gestapo of the existence of the conspirators. In this part, historian Fu Baozhen wrote: "Although Bok himself despises national socialism very much, he also hates the bloody war that is constantly strengthened through terrorist means. However, due to his uncertain and cautious and conservative personality, what he thinks is a disaster that harms the European people and Germany itself may be overthrown with a nod or a finger. However, like most generals who swore allegiance to the Fuehrer, like defending the tradition and honor of Prussian soldiers, Bok took a detached and neutral position in politics and was unwilling to directly intervene. When the rebel leader contacted him, he was told that he would support the rebellion as long as it was successful, but he himself was unwilling to accept the consequences of failure. "