Manfred von Brauchitsch, a Grand Prix winner who nevertheless was nicknamed “der Pechvogel” (roughly, “Mr. Unlucky”) because of his misfortunes, has died. Von Brauchitsch, who was 97, died in ...

It was an uneasy New Year for Adolf Hitler. Something was rotten in the German Army. The Führer had just relieved Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch from his command (TIME, Dec. 29) and was now, in ...

In one of the weirdest proclamations in his extended career of weird utterances, Adolf Hitler last week fired Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch and himself took over the job of Commander in Chief ...

Adolf Hitler is shown, center, with Col. Gen. Wilhelm Keitel, left, and Col. Gen. Walther von Brauchitsch, right, on June 21, 1940. (Associated Press) Legends die hard. One of the most stubborn is the ...