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Albert Kesselring (30 November 1885 – 16 July 1960) was a German military officer and convicted war criminal who served in the Luftwaffe during World War II.In a career which spanned both world wars, Kesselring reached the rank of the Generalfeldmarschall (Field marshal) and became one of Nazi Germany's most highly decorated commanders.
After a few days, Field Marshal Kesselring and his military headquarters moved to Soratte Bunker. [1] [2] Field Marshal Kesselring later wrote in his memoirs about his experience on 8 September. He called it the "day of Italian treason". In fact, the Italians were not present at the German headquarters at the time of the bombing raid.
It was sometimes known as the Albert Line. The German Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C), Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring , used the line to delay the Allied northward advance in Italy in mid June 1944 to buy time to withdraw troops to the Gothic Line and finalise the preparation of its defenses.
KG 54 was sent to Albert Kesselring's Luftflotte 2 as reinforcement for Fall Gelb, the German western offensive. Kesselring was given KG 54 with LG 1 to act as support to Army Group B. [9] Stab./KG 54 was based at Quakenbrück on 15 February 1940. It was here the Totenkopf of the Braunschweiger Black Hussars was chosen for the Geschwader motif. [1]
The Wikipedia article is called Generalfeldmarschall rather than Field Marshal (Germany) and this was the rationale behind that choice. Hawkeye7 ( talk ) 21:07, 29 April 2009 (UTC) [ reply ] In the Italian campaign the images seem to have no connection with Kesselring can you explain there inclusion
Data from German Aircraft of the Second World War, Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938 General characteristics Crew: one or two Capacity: up to five passengers Length: 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in) Wingspan: 12.06 m (39 ft 7 in) Height: 2.58 m (8 ft 6 in) Wing area: 22.3 m 2 (240 sq ft) Empty weight: 1,440 kg (3,175 lb) Gross weight: 2,250 kg (4,960 lb) Fuel capacity: 320 L (85 US gal; 70 imp gal) fuel ...
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Kurt Mälzer (2 August 1894 – 24 March 1952) was a German general of the Luftwaffe and a war criminal during World War II.In 1943, Mälzer was appointed the military commander of the city of Rome, subordinated to General Eberhard von Mackensen under the overall command of Field Marshal Albert Kesselring.