Erhard Milch
Erhard Milch was a German Generalfeldmarschall of the Luftwaffe who oversaw its founding and development during the rearmament of Germany and most of World War II. Milch served as State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Aviation from May 1933 to June 1944 and as Inspector General of the Luftwaffe from February 1939 to January 1945.
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Background
- Born in
- Wilhelmshaven
- Awards
- 🏆 Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918🏆 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross🏆 Order of Civil Merit🏆 Flyer's Commemorative Badge🏆 Anschluss Medal
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"He is a shrewd, Napoleonic, short man, who is very affable, but as poisonous as hell with his affability."
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1892
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