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    The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Kesselring

    By Field-Marshal Albert Kesselring

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    One of the only published memoirs of a WWII General Field-Marshall, these are the comprehensive memoirs of one of Germany’s most prominent German air and field commanders and military strategists.

    Kesselring describes in detail the military training, his service in World War I, his work in the Reichswehr, his role in the founding of the Luftwaffe, and all aspects of his command in World War II.

    Concluding with Kesselring’s account of his trial and imprisonment for war crimes, these memoirs give a full picture of the whole military experience of one of Germany’s great commanders.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLucknow Books
    Release dateJul 26, 2016
    ISBN9781786259974
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    The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Kesselring
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    Field-Marshal Albert Kesselring

    Albert Kesselring (1885-1960) was a German Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. In a military career that spanned both World Wars, Kesselring became one of Nazi Germany’s most skilful commanders, being one of 27 soldiers awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. Nicknamed “Smiling Albert” by the Allies and “Uncle Albert” by his troops, he was one of the most popular generals of World War II with the rank and file. During World War II he commanded air forces in the invasions of Poland and France, the Battle of Britain and Operation Barbarossa. As Commander-in-Chief South, he was overall German commander in the Mediterranean theatre, which included the operations in North Africa. Kesselring conducted an uncompromising defensive campaign against the Allied forces in Italy until he was injured in an accident in October 1944. In the final campaign of the war, he commanded German forces on the Western Front. He won the respect of his Allied opponents for his military accomplishments, but his record was marred by massacres committed by troops under his command in Italy. After the war, Kesselring was tried for war crimes and sentenced to death. The sentence was subsequently commuted to life imprisonment. A political and media campaign resulted in his release in 1952, ostensibly on health grounds. He was one of only three Generalfeldmarschalls to publish his memoirs, entitled Soldat bis zum letzten Tag (transl.: Soldier to the Last Day) (English title: The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Kesselring).

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