Although the battle actually took place close to Allenstein ( Olsztyn ), General Erich Ludendorff's aide, Colonel Max Hoffmann, suggested naming it after Tannenberg, in the interest of Pan-German ideology, to counter the defeat of the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald ( Tannenberg ) in 1410 by the Poles, Lithuanians and Tatars.

The writing of this note was disguised, but the place it came from left no room for doubt that it came from Colonel Max von Schwartzkoppen ; the office possessed another document, known to have been written by him, and signed with the same initial " C ." The " petit bleu " had not been sent by mail ; apparently, after having written or dictated it, Schwartzkoppen decided not to send it and threw it away, taking care to tear it up into more than fifty very small pieces.

* Delroy Lindo as USAF Colonel Max Wilkins

Bilko, starring Steve Martin as Bilko, Dan Aykroyd as Colonel Hall, Max Casella as Paparelli, and Eric Edwards as Doberman.

The Danes were commanded by Colonel Max Müller.

Raiden's support team originally featured a different field commander named Colonel Daniel Quinn ; Maxine " Max " Work, an Asian woman who saves game data and quotes Shakespeare, and William " Doc " Wilson, the creator of GW.

With thanks to ISC members past and present, including Colonel John S Haynes, Brig John A Gilchrist, Major-General AC Murchison, Gordon Maitland and Max Wallis.

Later, when they moved to England, they were commanded by Major ( later Lieutenant Colonel ) Max Schneider, former executive officer of the 4th Ranger Battalion, who led the 5th Rangers as part of the provisional Ranger Assault Force commanded by Colonel James Earl Rudder.

Ludendorff's staff contained several extremely capable officers, notably Major Georg Wetzell, Colonel Max Bauer and Captain Hermann Geyer.

However, Polyakov then committed suicide after being apprehended by Soviet counter-intelligence under Colonel Yakov Kosnov ( Max von Sydow ).

* 20th New York Infantry Regiment, Colonel Max Weber ( 500 men )

He also continued to perform on Broadway, as Colonel Melkett in Black Comedy ( 1967 ), Justinus ( the innkeeper ) and Chaucer in Canterbury Tales ( 1969 ), Colonel Sir Francis Chesney in Charley's Aunt ( 1970 ), and Col. Elbourne in The Incomparable Max ( 1971 ).

The Pope ( John Gielgud ) is approached by Lieutenant General Max Helm and SS Head of Police for Rome Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Kappler ( Christopher Plummer ).

* Lieutenant Colonel Max Dodd ( Dan O ' Herlihy ) – Old-school and brash, Colonel Dodd arrives with Major Carrington on his second trip to Colditz, and rapidly becomes the Senior American Officer of that growing contingent.

Max and his partner Ellery Coolidge board a C-47 cargo airplane with Colonel Fitzgerald and his aide ( Kyle Chandler ) to return to Los Angeles.

They worked together under the name of " The Archers " and produced a series of classic British films, notably 49th Parallel ( 1941 ), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ( 1943 ), A Matter of Life and Death ( 1946, also called Stairway to Heaven ), Black Narcissus ( 1947 ), The Red Shoes ( 1948 ), and The Tales of Hoffmann ( 1951 ).

He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in a multiple-award-winning partnership known as The Archers and produced a series of classic British films, notably 49th Parallel ( 1941 ), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ( 1943 ), A Matter of Life and Death ( 1946, also called Stairway to Heaven ), Black Narcissus ( 1947 ), The Red Shoes ( 1948 ), and The Tales of Hoffmann ( 1951 ).

Founding members of SBVT include Rear Admiral Roy Hoffmann ( retired ), a former commander of Swift boat forces ; Colonel Bud Day, who won the Medal of Honor ; Houston attorney John O ' Neill, an officer who became commander of Swift Boat PCF 94 several months after Kerry's departure in 1969 and who appeared opposite Kerry in a televised 1971 debate between them on The Dick Cavett Show ; and 13 other named veterans.

Conté had to suppress his first revolt in July 1985, by his immediate deputy, Colonel Diarra Traoré.

As diplomats from Argentina, the United States, and the League of Nations conducted fruitless " reconciliation " talks, Colonel José Félix Estigarribia, Paraguay's deputy army commander, ordered his troops into action against Bolivian positions early in 1931.

Ratings AA-1 and AA-2 were for essential weapons and equipment, so Colonel Lucius D. Clay, the deputy chief of staff at Services and Supply for requirements and resources, felt that the highest rating he could assign was AA-3, although he was willing to provide an AAA rating on request for critical materials to remove bottlenecks.

However, Diệm's hideout was found and surrounded, and Minh sent General Mai Hữu Xuân, his deputy Colonel Nguyễn Văn Quan, his bodyguard Nguyễn Văn Nhung and Dương Hiếu Nghĩa to arrest both brothers.

( Police Colonel Sanit Meephan, deputy chief of Tourism Police Bureau, " Thailand popular haunt for foreign prostitues ," The Nation, 15 January 1997 )

Detailed planning, training and military operations were conducted by Jacob Esterline, Colonel Jack Hawkins and Colonel Stanley W. Beerli under the direction of Richard Bissell, and his deputy Tracy Barnes.

The glider carrying the brigade deputy commander, Colonel O. L. Jones, landed beside an Italian coastal artillery battery, and at daylight the staff officers and radio operators attacked and destroyed the battery's five guns and their ammunition dump.

Other possible inspirations include Lieutenant Colonel Sir Claude Dansey, deputy head of MI6 and head of the wartime Z network, who achieved different interpretations of his character from those who knew him: Malcolm Muggeridge thought him " the only professional in MI6 ", whilst Hugh Trevor-Roper considered Dansey to be " an utter shit, corrupt, incompetent, but with a certain low cunning ".

Clark is visited by the base's deputy commander, Colonel Mutt Henderson, a friend of Jiggs, and who knows nothing of the plot.

Colonel Frederick Kisch, a British army officer and Zionist leader, was appointed chief liaison officer between the British army and the Jewish Agency Executive with Zaslany as his deputy.

Sir William Savile left Sheffield and the castle under the control of his deputy, Major Thomas Beaumont, who held Sheffield until August 1644 when the Earl of Manchester sent Major-General Crawford and Colonel Pickering, a force of 1200 soldiers to recapture Sheffield for the Parliamentarians.

It was therefore arranged that Pash would deal with Strong's American deputy, Colonel Thomas E. Roderick.

Lieutenant Colonel George R. Eckman became the deputy commander.

Rex 84 was written by Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, who was both National Security Council White House Aide, and NSC liaison to the Federal Emergency Management Agency ( FEMA ), and John Brinkerhoff, the deputy director of " national preparedness " programs for the FEMA.

Boepple was deeply implicated in the " Final Solution " as the deputy to Bühler and also held rank in the SS, being an Oberführer ( Senior Colonel ).

' His deputy Colonel Baudouin Nakabaka is a former Mai-Mai fighter with close links to the FDLR.

In 1691 Thomas Jarvis was appointed Deputy Governor of North and South Carolina under the colonial government Colonel Ludwell, being so the first deputy governor of the entire colony.

The coup was led by his deputy, Brigadier General Julius Maada Bio, Colonel Tom Nyuma and Captain Komba Mondeh.

Stephen attends at formal dinner, hosted by Mrs Macquarie and the Governor's deputy, Colonel McPherson, at Government House.

A secret program was revealed when Colonel Chang Hsien-yi, deputy director of nuclear research at INER, who was secretly working for the CIA, defected to the U. S. in December 1987 and produced a cache of incriminating documents.

Because of Landry's inexperience, combat missions of the 56th were alternately led by deputy commander Lieutenant Colonel David C. Schilling and Gabreski, who acted as deputy group operations officer.

However, he was grounded by Fifth Air Force from further combat in mid-May when his deputy commander, Colonel Mahurin, was shot down.

Gérald-Libois writes that '.. the special meeting of the council of ministers took steps for the immediate Africanisation of the officer corps and .. named Victor Lundula, who was born in Kasai and was burgomaster of Jadotville, as Commander-in-Chief of the Armée Nationale Congolaise ( ANC ); Colonel Joseph-Désiré Mobutu as chief of staff ; and the Belgian, Colonel Henniquiau, as chief advisor to the ANC.

The military's chief lawyer, Colonel Herberth Bayardo Inestroza Membreño, made public statements regarding the removal of Zelaya.

Prior to and during the war, Beria directed his chief bodyguard, Colonel R. S.

The current chief of staff of the army is Colonel Blakimwé Wiyao Balli.

Shortly after his arrival at Champlieu, the British launched what was then the largest armoured attack of the war at the Battle of Cambrai, and at the conclusion of his tour, on December 1, Patton went to Albert, from Cambrai, to be briefed on the recent attack by the chief of staff of the British Tank Corps, Colonel J. F. C. Fuller.

Later, Colonel Picquart ( Henry O ' Neill ), the new chief of intelligence, discovers evidence implicating Major Walsin-Esterhazy ( Robert Barrat ) as the spy, but he is ordered by his superiors to remain silent, as this revelation would embarrass them.

" Richard L. DiNardo wrote " Even Longstreet's most virulent critics have conceded that he put together the best staff employed by any commander, and that his de facto chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel G. Moxley Sorrel, was the best staff officer in the Confederacy.

In the summer of 1954 Colonel Binyamin Gibli, the chief of Israel's military intelligence, Aman, initiated Operation Susannah in order to reverse that decision.

Colonel Tito Okello served as army commander and Colonel David Oyite Ojok as chief of staff immediately after Amin's fall.

In August 1896, the new chief of French military intelligence, Lt Colonel Picquart, reported to his superiors that he had found evidence to the effect that the real traitor was a Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy.

On May 2, 1885, the Cree war chief Fine-Day defeated Lieutenant Colonel William Otter at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford.

In August 1896, the new chief of French military intelligence, Lt Colonel Picquart, reported to his superiors that he had found evidence to the effect that the real traitor was a Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy.

Colonel Richard Gridley became General George Washington's first chief engineer ; however, it was not until 1779 that Congress created a separate Corps of Engineers.

General Greene's chief engineer at the siege was the world renowned Polish hero Colonel Tadeusz Kościuszko, who was also wounded at the siege.

* Colonel Wendul Glenn Hagler, II is the Missouri National Guard joint chief of staff and is the commanding officer of the Missouri National Guard's 70th Troop Command, the largest brigade within the Missouri National Guard.

In the early 1990s the Military Intelligence Board, chaired by DIA chief Soyster, appointed an Army Colonel, William Johnson, to manage the remote viewing unit and evaluate its objective usefulness.

Lieutenant Colonel Eduard Totleben, the Russian chief engineer, had began work on these sites early in the war.

Colonel Garces, chief of the coast batteries at the entrance of Manila's Bay, and the island's governor, First Class Naval Lieutenant, Augusto Miranda, were urged to come to terms with the Americans, and so they did.

His chief of staff was General Erich von Manstein, his chief of operations Colonel Günther Blumentritt.