Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring
Born: 30 Nov 1885 in Marksteft by Kitzingen, Lower Franconia (Unterfranken)
Died: 15 Jul 1960 in Bad Nauheim
Promotions:
Fähnrich (04 Feb 1905); Leutnant (08 Mar 1906); Oberleutnant (25 Oct 1913); Hauptmann (19 May 1916); Major (01 Apr 1925); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1930); Oberst (01 Oct 1932); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1934); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1936); General der Flieger (01 Jun 1937); Generalfeldmarschall (19 Jul 1940)
Career:
Entered Army Service as Fähnrich and Company-Officer in the 2nd Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (20 Jul 1904-30 Sep 1912)
Detached to the War School in Munich (01 Mar 1905-25 Jan 1906)
Detached to Engineer and Artillery School (01 Oct 1908-18 Mar 1910)
Training as a Balloon-Observer with the Bavarian Airship and Motor-Transport Battalion (04 Jun 1912-22 Jun 1912)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 2nd Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1912-04 Dec 1914)
Adjutant of the 1st Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Brigade-Command (05 Dec 1914-12 Mar 1915)
Officer with Special Duties with the 1st Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Brigade-Command (13 Mar 1915-07 May 1915)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 2nd Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (08 May 1915-02 Sep 1915)
Hauptmann with Special Duties with the 1st Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Brigade-Command (03 Sep 1915-05 Mar 1917)
Adjutant with the Bavarian Artillery-Commander 3 (06 Mar 1917-23 Nov 1917)
Course at the Army-Gas-Protection-School, Berlin (08 Oct 1917-13 Oct 1917)
General-Staff-Aspirant with the Staff of the 2nd Bavarian Territorial-Division (24 Nov 1917-03 Jan 1918)
Assigned with the General-Staff of the III. Bavarian Army-Corps (04 Jan 1918-06 Jan 1918)
General-Staff-Officer with Army High Command 6 (06 Jan 1918-14 Apr 1918)
General-Staff-Officer in the General-Staff of the III. Bavarian Army-Corps (15 Apr 1918-23 Aug 1919)
Battery-Chief in the 24th Artillery-Regiment (24 Aug 1919-20 Oct 1919)
With the Staff of the 24th Artillery-Regiment (21 Oct 1919-07 Nov 1919)
Battery-Chief in the 24th Artillery-Regiment (08 Nov 1919-31 Dec 1920)
Battery-Chief in the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-30 Sep 1922)
Advisor in the RWM (01 Oct 1922-30 Sep 1925)
With the Staff of the Chief of Army Command, RWM (01 Oct 1925-30 Sep 1926)
Advisor in the Military Office, RWM (01 Oct 1926-31 Mar 1929)
Detached to the Staff of the 7th Division (01 Apr 1929-04 May 1930)
Detached to the RWM (05 May 1930-31 May 1930)
Detached to the Staff of the 3rd Division (01 Jun 1930-31 Jul 1930)
Advisor in the Army-Personnel-Office, RWM (01 Aug 1930-31 Jan 1932)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1932-30 Sep 1933)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Chief of the Administration-Office (LD), RLM (01 Oct 1933-31 May 1936)
Chief Of The General Staff Of The Luftwaffe (Luftwaffe-Command-Office), RLM (03 Jun 1936-31 May 1937)
Commanding General and Commander in Air-District III, Dresden (01 Jun 1937-03 Feb 1938)
Commanding General and Commander of Luftwaffe-Command 1, Berlin (04 Feb 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Chief of Air-Fleet 1 and Commander East (01 Feb 1939-11 Jan 1940)
Chief of Air-Fleet 2 (12 Jan 1940-26 Jun 1943)
At the same time, Commander North (12 Jan 1940-30 Nov 1941)
At the same time, Commander-in-Chief South (02 Dec 1941-20 Nov 1943)
Commander-in-Chief South-West and Commander-in-Chief Army-Group C (21 Nov 1943-23 Oct 1944)
Severely Wounded, in Hospital (23 Oct 1944-14 Jan 1945)
Commander-in-Chief South-West and Commander-in-Chief Army-Group C (15 Jan 1945-09 Mar 1945)
Commander-in-Chief West (10 Mar 1945-01 May 1945)
Commander-in-Chief South (02 May 1945-08 May 1945)
In Western Allied Captivity, Tried by a British Court in Venice for being concerned with the massacre of 335 Italians in the Ardeatine Caves and other War Crimes, sentenced to death on 07 May 1947. Sentence commuted to Life Imprisonment on 04 Jul 1947 (08 May 1945-23 Oct 1952)
Released Early (23 Oct 1952)
Decorations & Awards:
-Ritterkreuz (3): am 30.09.1939 als General der Flieger und Chef der Luftflotte 1 (Aushändigung des Ritterkreuzes durch Adolf Hitler)
- Eichenlaub (78): am 25.02.1942 als Generalfeldmarschall und OB Süd
- Schwerter (15): am 18.07.1942 als Generalfeldmarschall und OB Süd
- Brillanten (14): am 19.07.1944 als Generalfeldmarschall und OB der Heeresgruppe C
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Prinz-Regent-Luitpold Jubiläums-Medaille
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV Klasse mit Schwertern
- Ritterkreuz II Klasse des kgl. Sächs. Albrechts-Ordens mit Schwertern
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV Klasse mit der Krone und Schwertern
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Gemeinsames Flugzeugführer-und Beobachterabzeichen in Gold mit Brillanten
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
- Grosskreuz des kgl. Italien. Ordens der Krone
- Spange zum EK I: 25.09.1939
- Spange zum EK II: 12.09.1939
- Frontflugspange für Zerstörer in Gold mit Anhänger Einsatzzahl “400”: 00.00.1942
- Italien. Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- Ärmelband “Afrika“
- Wehrmachtbericht: 08.10.1940 ; 26.10.1940 ; 09.11.1940 ; 20.11.1940 ; 25.11.1940 ; 19.06.1941 ; 06.08.1941 ; 07.08.1941 ; 19.09.1941 ; 18.10.1941 ; 19.10.1941 ;17.06.1942 ; 10.09.1943
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