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| Albert Kesselring
- Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds |
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| Rank:
Field Marshals (Generalfeldmarschälle) |
| Date
of Award: Jul 14, 1944 |
| Cross
Class: Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds |
| Branch
of Service: Air Force (Luftwaffe) |
| Description
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Biography: Albrecht Kesselring (30 November 1885 - 16 July 1960) was a Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. Nicknamed "Smiling Albert", he was one of the most skilful generals of Nazi Germany. He commanded air forces in the invasions of Poland, France, and the Soviet Union, and the Battle of Britain. As Commander-in-Chief South, he was overall German commander in the Mediterranean theatre, which included operations in North Africa. Later, he conducted a stubborn defensive campaign against the Allied forces in Italy. In the final campaign of the war, he commanded German forces on the Western Front. After the war he was tried for war crimes and sentenced to death but the sentence was subsequently commuted to life imprisonment. He was released in 1952, after having been elected federal leader of the neonazi association Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten. Although never a member of the Nazi Party,[1] he never dissociated himself from the crimes perpetrated by his command during the war, nor disowned his loyalty to Adolf Hitler,[2] He was one of only two Generalfeldmarschalls to publish his memoirs, entitled Soldat bis zum letzten Tag (A Soldier To The Last Day). Ref Wikipedia |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Kesselring |
| From:
Second World War Award Winners |
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Date: Jun 26, 2008 |
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