20 Questions: Game 230

[Hominidae]

Well-known for service in government or the military?

[Aristocrat]

Well-known for service in government or the military?

Yes

[wintergreen]

Head of state or head of government?

[Spartaculous]

Is his place of birth currently located in Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, or the Netherlands?

[Aristocrat]

Head of state or head of government?

No

[Aristocrat]

Is his place of birth currently located in Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, or the Netherlands?

Yes

[kingofthepirates]

served in WW2 as a combatant?

[wintergreen]

Held the rank of general?

[Aristocrat]

served in WW2 as a combatant?

Yes

[Aristocrat]

Held the rank of general?

Yes

[Aristocrat]

A clarification because I don’t want this game to turn on this: there are one or more photos of this person online that purport to be original color photographs. I can’t verify if all of them are; at least one on google that was supposedly an original color was actually colorized. It seems likely based on a few facts that at least some color photos of this person exist, but I do not have the ability or capability to authenticate each picture.

[kingofthepirates]

french or german?

[Spartaculous]

A clarification because I don’t want this game to turn on this: there are one or more photos of this person online that purport to be original color photographs. I can’t verify if all of them are; at least one on google that was supposedly an original color was actually colorized. It seems likely based on a few facts that at least some color photos of this person exist, but I do not have the ability or capability to authenticate each picture.

That sounds very reasonable. I think that the "color photograph question" was helpful in narrowing down the dates this person lived; we have got that pretty narrowed down by now.

[kingofthepirates]

also: does general mean strictly a title containing the word general, or would field marshals count (wikipedia of WW2 generals lists multiple german field marshals)?

[Aristocrat]

french or german?

Yes

[Aristocrat]

also: does general mean strictly a title containing the word general, or would field marshals count (wikipedia of WW2 generals lists multiple german field marshals)?

The actual term I believe is General Field Marshal, plus the inferior ranks were some form of general, so all if these are covered under the “yes”

[Hominidae]

French?

[Aristocrat]

French?

No

[kingofthepirates]

free guess: Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel, the Desert Fox

[wintergreen]

Free guess: Herman Goering