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    Hans Jeschonnek (9 April 1899 – 18 August 1943) was a German military aviator in the Luftstreitkräfte during World War I, a general staff officer in the...
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    staff from 1 June 1937 until 1 January 1939, when he was succeeded by Hans Jeschonnek In 1938, Stumpff was promoted to the rank of General der Flieger. During...
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    the commander of Luftflotte 3 (1 February 1939 – 23 August 1944) and Hans Jeschonnek, Chief of the Luftwaffe General Staff (1 February 1939 – 19 August...
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    Gert Gustav Paul Jeschonnek (30 October 1912 – 18 April 1999) was an officer in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. Following World War II, he became...
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    Kanalkampf began on 4 July, and were formalised on 11 July in an order by Hans Jeschonnek which added the arms industry as a target. On 16 July, Directive No...
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    the critical industries not well protected. On 21 September 1939, Hans Jeschonnek, the Luftwaffe's Chief of Staff, clarified the role of the day fighter...
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    Just after midnight on 12/13 September, the Luftwaffe chief of staff Hans Jeschonnek ordered Löhr to prepare to attack ghettos in northern Warsaw, in retaliation...
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    included Keitel, Halder, Alfred Jodl, Erich Raeder, Brauchitsch, and Hans Jeschonnek which further discussed the invasion. The participants did not object...
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    crash in 1936. His successors – Albert Kesselring, Ernst Udet, and Hans Jeschonnek – favoured smaller, tactical aircraft, since they could be used to...
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    staff of the Luftwaffe, after the former chief of the general staff Hans Jeschonnek committed suicide. Korten was seriously wounded in the Wolfsschanze...
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    1942 – Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895–1945) April 1, 1942 – Hans Jeschonnek (1899–1943) November 1, 1942 – Günther Rüdel (1883–1950) February 16...
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  • Midnight (1969) - Hotte Priemel Battle of Britain (1969) - General Hans Jeschonnek, Luftwaffe Chief of Staff Help Me, My Love (1969) - Bauer, the choreographer...
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    of Japan in the East. The Luftwaffe's Chief of the General Staff, Hans Jeschonnek, wanted to begin air attacks before the German artillery started firing...
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    Sturmabteilung (SA) as the Oberster SA-Führer on 1 March 1923, succeeding Hans Ulrich Klintzsch, and headed the organization until it was banned in November...
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    leaders Adolf Hitler Hermann Göring Hugo Sperrle Albert Kesselring Hans Jeschonnek Winston Churchill Hugh Dowding Frederick Pile Owen Tudor Boyd Leslie...
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    factories. However, after his death, other people, like Ernst Udet and Hans Jeschonnek, favored smaller aircraft as they did not use as much material and...
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    Walter Frank ('45), Robert Ley ('45), Manfred von Killinger ('44), and Hans Jeschonnek ('43) among other nationals. Chełmno Trials of the Chełmno extermination...
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    was a practical realist who distanced himself from his idealist boss Hans Jeschonnek, Luftwaffe Chief of Staff, an unquestioning follower of Adolf Hitler...
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    Kluge, Zeitzler, Guderian, Speer, Chief of Staff OKL Generaloberst Hans Jeschonnek, and Commanding General, Ninth Army, Generaloberst Walter Model. There...
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    Firearm Podgornoye, Soviet Union January 21, 1943 52 years, 49 days Hans Jeschonnek Firearm Rastenburg August 18, 1943 44 years, 131 days Hugo Jury Firearm...
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    were laid for night fighters. In fact, when protests were raised, Hans Jeschonnek, Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe, said, "First we've got...
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    technical background to do the job. The Chief of the General Staff, Hans Jeschonnek, displayed little interest in non-operational matters and the requirements...
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  • Osterkamp, Jagdfliegerführer 2 Karl-Otto Alberty as Generaloberst Hans Jeschonnek, Chief of Staff of the Luftwaffe Wolf Harnisch as Generalmajor Johannes...
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    Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring Chef der Generalstabes der Luftwaffe - Oberst Hans Jeschonnek Luftflotte 1 - Commanded by General der Flieger Albert Kesselring....
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    under our noses. Franz Halder, written in his diary on 30 May General Hans Jeschonnek overheard Hitler explaining his halt before Dunkirk: "The Führer wants...
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    also: ⇒ de: List of the German Empire's colonel generals Insignias 1926 – Hans von Seeckt (1866–1936), Chief of the Oberste Heeresleitung. 1930 – Wilhelm...
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    Luftwaffe general staff Hans Jeschonnek, who asserted the RAF was on its last legs. Confident the RAF was nearly defeated, Jeschonnek requested terror bombing...
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    800 kilometres (500 mi). In March, 20 German divisions of Generaloberst Hans-Valentin Hube's 1st Panzer Army were encircled in what was to be known as...
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  • one of his private secretaries. After the suicide of Generaloberst Hans Jeschonnek, when the latter was replaced by Günther Korten, Christian was appointed...
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    Willi Harmjanz [de] (1893–1983) Otto Hoffmann von Waldau (1898–1943) Hans Jeschonnek (1899–1943), then a Generaloberst (1942) Josef Kammhuber (1896–1986)...
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