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He was born in Marktsteft , Germany, in 1881 . He joined the German Army in 1904 and became an officer cadet in the 2nd Bavarian Foot Artillery Regiment at Metz. He served on various divisional and corps staffs in World War I. After staff and troop assignments he was assigned as administrative chief to the Reich Air Ministry . Kesselring remained in this position until June 1936 when he was assigned as chief of the Air Force General Staff.
In the Polish campaign he commanded First Air Force and later in 1940 Second Air Force in France. In December 1941 Kesselring was appointed as Commander in Chief South with command of all German Air Force units in the Mediterranean and North African theaters. In the fall of 1943 he was redesignated as Commander in Chief Southwest with nominal command of the German armed forces in Italy, here he led a hugely successful twenty month campaign of defence up the peninsular, making ChurchillChurchill" redirects here. For other meanings, see Churchill (disambiguation). The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill KG, OM, CH, FRS ( November 30, 1874 January 24, 1965) was a British politician, best known as Prime Minister of the U's claims of Italy being a "soft underbelly" unfounded. Kesselring was transferred to Germany as Commander in Chief West in March 1945Events January January 5 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 World War II: and later designated as Commander in Chief South. He was taken prisoner at Saalfelden on 6 May 1945.
After the war, in 1947Events January January 1 British mines nationalized January 1 Nigeria gains limited autonomy January 1 The Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect January 3 Proceedings of the United States Congress are televised for the first time. January 10 United Na the British tried him for the shootings of partisans by troops under his command. He was found guilty and sentenced to death, But as this sentence caused much controversy and protest, he was reprieved and released from prison in 1952, citing ill health. He died at Bad Nauheim .
| Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oakleaves, Swords, and Diamonds during World War II | |
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| Werner Mölders | Adolf Galland | Gordon Gollob | Hans-Joachim Marseilles | Hermann Graf | Erwin Rommel | Wolfgang Luth | Walter Nowotny | Adelbert Schulz | Hans-Ulrich Rudel | Hyazinth Strachwitz | Herbert Otto Gille | Hans Hube | Albert Kesselring | Helmut Lent | Sepp Dietrich | Walter Model | Erich Hartmann | Hermann Balck | Gerhard Ramcke | Wolfgang Schnaufer | Albrecht Brandi | Ferdinand Schörner | Hasso von Manteuffel | Theodor Tolsdorff | Karl Mauss | Dietrich von Saucken | |