Hasso von Wedel (20 November 1898 – 3 January 1961) was a German general who commanded the

Wehrmacht Propaganda Troops Propaganda Troops (, abbreviated as ') was a branch of service of the and the of Nazi Germany during World War II. Subordinated to the High Command of the (the '), its function was to produce and disseminate propaganda materials aimed at the G ...

during

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. He was directly subordinate to the head of OKW Operations Staff (''Wehrmachtführungsstab, WFSt.''), General

Alfred Jodl Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl (; born Alfred Josef Baumgärtler; 10 May 1890 – 16 October 1946) was a German Wehrmacht Heer, Army ''Generaloberst'' (the rank was equal to a four-star full general) and War crime, war criminal, who served as th ...

. Wedel's Propaganda Department had control over the propaganda units and served to mediate between them and the Reich Propaganda Ministry of

Joseph Goebbels Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazism, Nazi politician and philologist who was the ''Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief Propaganda in Nazi Germany, propagandist for the Nazi Party, and ...

. After the capitulation of

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, Wedel was taken prisoner by US troops on 6 May 1945 and released on 18 May 1946. Wedel described his experience on war propaganda in an apologetic account written between 1957 and 1958 and published after his death under the title ''Die Propagandatruppen der Deutschen Wehrmacht'' ("The Wehrmacht's Propaganda Troops"). For example, he described the relations between the Wehrmacht and civilian propaganda organizations as allegedly problematic, while they cooperated successfully and effectively throughout the war. Wedel and Alfred Ingemar Berndt were editors of ''Deutschland im Kampf,'' a book series, 43 volumes, almost 10,000 pages, covering every battle in which the German Army, Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe were involved, from the invasion of Poland in September 1939 to mid-1944. Alfred Ingemar Berndt and Hasso von Wedel (editors). Deutschland im Kampf: Lieferung 15 - 20, April-Mai-Juni-Lieferungen. Berlin : Otto Stollberg, 1940. This volume covers the Battle of France.

Books authored (German)

* ''Schießtechnik und Taktik des einzelnen f. M.G. in 26 Kampfaufgaben mit Lösungen''. Berlin 1928 * ''Zwanzig Jahre deutsche Wehrmacht''. Berlin 1939 * ''Der Kampf im Westen''. München: Raumbild-Verlag Otto Schönstein, 1940. * ''Der Feldherr Adolf Hitler und seine Marschälle''. Leipzig 1941 * ''Die Propagandatruppen der Deutschen Wehrmacht''. Hrsg. von Hermann Teske. Neckargemünd 1962 * ''Germany at War'' (Deutschland im Kampf) (Otto Stollberg, Berlin 1939-1944). Alfred Ingemar Berndt and Hasso von Wedel, editors. * ''Defense Education and People's Education'' (Wehrerziehung und Volkserziehung) Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg 1938

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Bibliography

* Daniel Uziel: ''The Propaganda Warriors. The Wehrmacht and the Consolidation of the German Home Front''. Peter Lang, Oxford 2008, . * 1890s births 1961 deaths People from Stargard Military personnel from the Province of Pomerania Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class Prussian Army personnel Reichswehr personnel Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht) German Nazi propagandists Recipients of the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross Wedel family {{Germany-mil-bio-stub