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    General der Fallschirmtruppe (en: General of the parachute corps) was a General of the branch rank of the Deutsche Luftwaffe (en: German Air Force) in...
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    Luftwaffe General der Fallschirmtruppe Herbert Olbrich, Luftwaffe Generalleutnant Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, Luftwaffe General der Fallschirmtruppe Johann...
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    Alfred Schlemm (category Luftwaffe World War II generals)
    Alfred Schlemm (18 December 1894 – 24 January 1986) was a German General der Fallschirmtruppe in the Wehrmacht. His last command in World War II opposed the...
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    troops), General der Pioniere (engineers), General der Flieger (aviators), General der Fallschirmtruppe (parachute troops) and General der Panzertruppe...
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    Panzertruppe (armoured troops), General der Pioniere (engineers), General der Fallschirmtruppe (parachute troops) and General der Nachrichtentruppe (communications...
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    (mountain troops), General der Pioniere (engineers), General der Fallschirmtruppe (parachute troops), General der Flieger (aviators), General der Nachrichtentruppe...
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  • Luftwaffe General of the parachute corps (General der Fallschirmtruppe) General of the anti-aircraft artillery (General der Flakartillerie) General of the...
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    Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (category Luftwaffe World War II generals)
    September 1944 as General der Fallschirmtruppe and commander of Fortress Brest 20th Diamonds on 19 September 1944 as General der Fallschirmtruppe and commander...
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    Neitzel and social psychologist Harald Welzer. In its review of the book, Der Spiegel reports: Many Wehrmacht soldiers became witnesses to the Holocaust...
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    November 1944, command of the First Parachute Army passed to General der Fallschirmtruppe Alfred Schlemm, who opposed the Canadian First Army during the...
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    1943. The division was formed in October 1938 under the command of Major-General Kurt Student. At the start of World War II, the division contained two...
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    referred to surrounded cities, was put under the command of General der Fallschirmtruppe Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, a paratroop veteran of the Afrika Korps...
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  • Belluno area in Northern Italy. General der Flieger Alfred Schlemm (1 January 1944 - 1 November 1944) General der Fallschirmtruppe Richard Heidrich (1 November...
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    Kraiß. The 3rd Division of the 2nd Parachute Corps, commanded by General der Fallschirmtruppe Eugen Meindl. The 29th Infantry Division attacked through the...
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  • Generalfeldmarschall General of the Army Marshal of the Royal Air Force Generaloberst General Air chief marshal General der Waffengattung General der Fallschirmtruppe General...
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    Paul Conrath (category Generals of Parachute Troops)
    Troops (Fallschirmtruppe). He did not receive a front command until the end of the war. On 1 January 1945 he was appointed General der Fallschirmtruppe. With...
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    Dipl.Ing. Richard Schimpf, 17 February 1944 – 20 August 1944 General der Fallschirmtruppe Eugen Meindl (acting), 20 August 1944 – 22 August 1944 Generalmajor...
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    LXXXVIII Corps (Hans-Wolfgang Reinhard) First Parachute Army General der Fallschirmtruppe Alfred Schlemm XLVII Panzer Corps (Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz)...
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    presented by the commanding general of the I Parachute Corps, General der Fallschirmtruppe Richard Heidrich. According to Scherzer as Leutnant (war officer)...
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    was unlawfully presented by the commanding general of the I Parachute Corps, General der Fallschirmtruppe Richard Heidrich. According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant...
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    used by the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS. According to Scherzer as General der Fallschirmtruppe. According to Scherzer as commander of the III./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment...
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    Iron Cross to Gerhard Pade by the commanding general of the I Parachute Corps General der Fallschirmtruppe Richard Heidrich. According to Scherzer as chief...
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    Eugen Meindl (category Generals of Parachute Troops)
    564th Oak Leaves on 31 August 1944 as General der Fallschirmtruppe and commanding general of the II. Fallschirmkorps In April 1945, Meindl...
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    Generalleutnant Gustav Wilke (December 1944 – 2 March 1945) General der Fallschirmtruppe Bruno Bräuer (2 March 1945 – 18 April 1945) Oberst Harry Herrmann...
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    Cross of the Iron Cross by the commanding general of the I. Fallschirmkorps, General der Fallschirmtruppe Richard Heidrich. Hans-Joachim Weck was a member...
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  • According to Antony Beevor, the crimes had been "committed under another general". Neal, Stephan D. Yada-Mc (2018). Places of Shame - German and bulgarian...
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  • Bruno Bräuer (category Generals of Parachute Troops)
    Bruno Bräuer (4 February 1893 – 20 May 1947) was a general in the paratroop forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. He served as a commander on Crete...
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    Fallschirmschützen Bataillon ("parachute soldiers battalion"), a cadre for future Fallschirmtruppe ("parachute troops"). In January 1936, 600 men and officers formed...
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    Charles D. W. Canham (category United States Army generals of World War II)
    Infantry Division's motto. Upon entering the headquarters of General der Fallschirmtruppe (a three-star rank) Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, a leader of German...
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  • Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers...
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