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German officer, NSDAP, most recently field marshal in the Third Reich, war criminal (1892–1972)

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  • That Germany beat these countries was due to better planning and not better preparedness.
  • Let them try me. I shall have plenty to say about the Allies. I have some very good friends among the Americans and English, and the French industrialists, too. I have done nothing of which I am ashamed.

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Key facts

Born
( 1892-03-30 ) 30 March 1892, Wilhelmshaven , Grand Duchy of Oldenburg , German Empire
Died
25 January 1972 (1972-01-25) (aged 79), Düsseldorf , North Rhine-Westphalia , West Germany
Allegiance
German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Branch
Imperial German Army , Luftstreitkräfte , Luftwaffe
Service years
1910–1922, 1933–1945
Rank
Generalfeldmarschall
Commands
Luftflotte 5 , Jägerstab
Conflicts
World War I World War II Battle of Britain Norwegian campaign
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Relations
Werner Milch (brother)

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Erhard Milch
date of birth
1892-03-30
date of death
1972-01-25
name in native language
Erhard Milch
start of work period
1911-00-00
end of work period
1944-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Erhard Milch (30 March 1892 – 25 January 1972) 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.

Milch was an early member of the Luftstreitkräfte during World War I and worked as an airline director in the German civil aviation industry after the war. Milch was appointed deputy of Hermann Göring in the Aviation Ministry in 1933, heading the organisation and development of the Luftwaffe from 1936. Milch led Nazi Germany's aircraft production and supply from 1941, adopting a policy of mass production, and utilising the forced labour of foreign workers under inhumane conditions to supply the Luftwaffe. Milch was removed from his important Aviation Ministry positions after supporting a failed attempt to remove Göring in June 1944 and sidelined until his capture by Allied forces in May 1945.

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