Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist

Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (b. 1881) was a leading German field marshal during World War II. He was present when German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler arrived in the Eastern Front in 1943 to oversee a planned offensive. Much like his colleague Erich von Manstein, Kleist did not believe the offensive would work, and understood that Hitler had lost his grasp on reality. Like everyone else present, Kleist was surprised when Manstein shot Hitler dead after Hitler had called Manstein a Jew. Kleist quickly sided with Manstein, pulling his gun and covering Hitler's henchmen, Alfred Jodl and Wilhelm Keitel.