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Erhard Milch

1892 - 1972

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erhard Milch is the 257th most popular military personnel (down from 209th in 2019), the 652nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 518th in 2019) and the 54th most popular German Military Personnel.

Erhard Milch was a German general in the Luftwaffe and Minister of Aviation during the Nazi era. He is most famous for his service as the head of the Luftwaffe during World War II.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Erhard Milch ranks 257 out of 2,058. Before him are Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Kurt Student, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Craterus, Bertrand du Guesclin, and Amr ibn al-As. After him are Hugh Dowding, J. D. Tippit, Date Masamune, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Federico da Montefeltro, and Eumenes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Erhard Milch ranks 42. Before him are Shirō Ishii, Ernst Lubitsch, Robert Ritter von Greim, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, Bruno Schulz, and Martin Niemöller. After him are Bolesław Bierut, Władysław Anders, Andrey Yeryomenko, József Mindszenty, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, and Alexandre Koyré. Among people deceased in 1972, Erhard Milch ranks 29. Before him are Andrei Tupolev, Dino Buzzati, Katherine Oppenheimer, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Maurice Chevalier, and Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski. After him are Heinrich Lübke, Erwin Bowien, Henri Coandă, Margaret Rutherford, Ghassan Kanafani, and Ásgeir Ásgeirsson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erhard Milch ranks 652 out of 7,253. Before him are John of Saxony (1801), Wilhelm Marx (1863), Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786), Christopher Clavius (1538), Martin Niemöller (1892), and Princess Viktoria of Prussia (1866). After him are George Grosz (1893), August Macke (1887), Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland (1653), Niklas Luhmann (1927), Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (1942), and Werner Forssmann (1904).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Erhard Milch ranks 54. Before him are Wilhelm List (1880), Erich Hoepner (1886), Hans von Seeckt (1866), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), and Kurt Student (1890). After him are Karl-Otto Koch (1897), Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), Karl Wolff (1900), Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), Otto Carius (1922), and Otto Günsche (1917).

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