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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Erhard_MilchErhard Milch - Wikipedia

    Erhard Milch (30 March 1892 – 25 January 1972) was a German Generalfeldmarschall ( field marshal) who oversaw the development of the German air force ( Luftwaffe) as part of the re-armament of Nazi Germany (1933-1945) following World War I (1914-1918). He served as State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Aviation from May 1933 until June ...

  2. Apr 20, 2015 · Erhard Milch was a Luftwaffe officer who helped build up the air force before World War Two. He was promoted to Field Marshal after the invasions of Norway and France, but he fell from grace after Operation Barbarossa and was tried as a war criminal.

  3. Included among these Subsequent Nuremberg Trials was the Milch Case. United States v. Erhard Milch. On December 14, 1946, the US Military Government for Germany created Military Tribunal II which soon took up the war crimes case of former Field Marshal Erhard Milch. This was Case #2 of the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings .

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  5. Jan 29, 1972 · LUNEBURG, West Germany, Jan. 28 (AP)—Erhard Milch, a protege of Hermann Goering, Adolf Hitler's close aide, and the organizer of the Luftwaffe in World War II, died here Tuesday at the age of 79.

  6. Erhard Milch was a senior Luftwaffe officer who helped develop the air force before 1939 and led it in several invasions. He was promoted to Field Marshal, but faced challenges from Goering and Hitler, and was tried as a war criminal after the war.

  7. www.wikiwand.com › en › Erhard_MilchErhard Milch - Wikiwand

    Erhard Milch was a German Generalfeldmarschall who oversaw the development of the German air force (Luftwaffe) as part of the re-armament of Nazi Germany (1933-1945) following World War I (1914-1918). He served as State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Aviation from May 1933 until June 1944 and as Inspector General of the air force from February 1939 to January 1945. During most of World War ...

  8. Milch, Field Marshal Erhard (1892–1972) in The Oxford Companion to World War II Length: 326 words. Search for: 'Field Marshal Erhard Milch' in Oxford Reference ». (1892–1972),deputy Reich commissioner for aviation from 1933 who was a prime mover in founding the Luftwaffe.Born in Wilhelmshaven, Milch commanded a fighter squadron during the ...

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