Conversations with Hermann Balck
Links to the complete transcripts of the interviews conducted in 1979
In 1979, the A-10 System Program Office of the US Air Force sponsored a pair of extended interviews with Lieutenant General Hermann Balck (1893-1982). These, along with a third interview made possible by retired US Army General William E. Depuy, provide windows into two very different worlds. The first is that of the German armies of the world wars of the last century. The second is that of the US Armed Forces of the late 1970s, a period in which many Americans devoted considerable time and trouble to the study of the German military tradition.
The interviews with General Balck, as well as interviews with other German veterans, can also be found on the webpage of Chuck Spinney: http://chuckspinney.blogspot.com/p/in-mid-1970s-military-reformers-led-by.html