Page "Franz Halder" Paragraph 38

In reviewing Halder's personality, the British author Hugh Trevor-Roper wrote: " Halder is a military snob, believing that no amateur can ever understand the mysteries of war.

" Author Kenneth Macksey wrote: " Quick, shrewd and witty, he was a brilliant specialist in operational and training matters and the son of a distinguished general.

He supported Beck's resistance to Hitler, but when it came to a crunch was no real help.

Flirt as he did, in September, with those opposed to Hitler, he toed the party line when extreme pressure was exerted for the return of the Sudetenland and its German nationals by the Czechs to Germany.

" Many see Halder as a soldier of the older Prussian school variety.

Like General Field Marshal von Manstein, an officer " bound to duty and oath.