MARVEL COMICS: Marvel Cinematic Universe bio Daniel Whitehall (Reinhardt)



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Daniel Whitehall is one of the most prominent members of HYDRA. Originally a high ranking officer of the Nazi Schutzstaffel known as Reinhardt, during World War II he led expeditions to recover mysterious artifacts for HYDRA. Despite his capture by the Strategic Scientific Reserve in 1945, he managed to escape and remained young into the 21st century.

General Reinhardt during WWII
YOUTH & EARLY CAREER:

Reinhardt joined the Nazis and became an officer of the Schutzstaffel. He rose in ranks until he became an Obergruppenführer (Lieutenant general), eventually joining HYDRA, the special science division led by the infamous Johann Schmidt.

WORLD WAR II

When World War II broke out, Reinhardt actively participated in German conquest of Europe, earning several high military decorations, including the Panzer Badge, the Close Combat Clasp, and the Iron Cross First Class. As an officer of HYDRA, he was sent to search for mysterious artifacts. On one occasion, his team discovered the corpse of an alien organism and an Obelisk with the power to turn living creatures into stone. When he showed the object to his leader, Schmidt said that the Obelisk may hold the answer to death itself. Somehow, Reinhardt learned about Schmidt's disfigurement that earned him the nickname "Red Skull".

XXXX By May 1945, Reinhardt was the commanding officer of a HYDRA Storage Facility in Austria that housed dozens of artifacts collected by HYDRA over the years, many of them held in the boxes marked with the logo of the Deutsches Afrikakorps. After he learned about the Red Skull's apparent demise at the hands of Captain America, he ordered his men to evacuate the facility. His plan was to escape with the artifacts and continue HYDRA's work.XXXXHowever, just as his men gave him the Obelisk, the facility was attacked by the Strategic Scientific Reserve team led by Peggy Carter, Jim Morita, and Dum Dum Dugan. Reinhardt and all of his men were captured. Before he was taken away, Reinhardt warned Agent Carter that if one of HYDRA's heads was cut off, two more would grow in its place.

Daniel Whitehall
AOS: Shadows

However, Reinhardt managed to escape and rejoined the reborn HYDRA. By 2014, somehow still alive and retaining his youthful appearance, he was known as Dr. Whitehall. After the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D., his second in command Sunil Bakshi hired Carl Creel to reclaim the Obelisk from the United States Armed Forces.