Hermann Goering
Hermann Goering, Son of Heinrich and Franziska was born 12 January 1893 year in the town of Rosenheim in Bavaria. His father was a retired cavalry officer and a high state official, and he gave his son military traditions. Young Hermann began studying at the Military Junior High School in Lichtenfelde near Berlin, And after graduating, he joined the Cadet School in Karlsruhe. As her graduate, having made internships and receiving in 1912 Lieutenant's degree, He began his military career in the service of Prince Wilhelm.
W 1914 year, At the beginning of the First World War, was assigned to infantry, which he soon had to leave as a result of the disease, preventing further field service. He was transferred to aviation, where in the period from June to October 1915 year he flew as an observer in various reconnaissance and bomb missions. Having finished the air course in October, He had been flying fighters since then. 7 June 1918 He received command over 1 hunting regiment, whose operations he managed until the end of the war. During the whole World War I shot down 21 aircraft, obtaining the title of ASA. He was awarded the Iron Cross of the 1st Class and the prestigious Order of Pour Le Merite for his achievements.
W 1921 The year Goering began studying at the University of Munich. There he met Adolf Hitler. Goering, having become infected with the ideology of the future leader, so he objected to Versailles findings, that he refused to serve in Reichswehra, and in 1922 year he joined the NSDAP. He soon received the function of the head of militias SA, at which he took part in the Munich Pucz in the year 1923, in which he was wounded. Forced to run away from the country, He got to Austria, On the leakage, having degraded to the rank of ordinary officer SA (however, Later he was promoted to the rank of GrupePenfuehrer, which he kept until a year 1945). The wounds suffered in Munich for the rest of their lives caused Goering pain, As a result, he became addicted to morphine (from which addiction was healed only after the war, not having access to him in the Mondorf prison).
Hermann Goering returned to the year 1927 and immediately renewed contact with Adolf Hitler. As a MP from the NSDAP list, he obtained in the year 1928 Mandate in the Reichstag, and four years later he won the function of chairman of the German parliament. After Hitler took power. Together with this office, Hitler offered him the function of Prime Minister Prussia. In the same year, Goering created the Gestapo and organized the first concentration camps – in Oranienburg and Papenburg. Together with Himmler, he managed the activities of special services during the so -called. “Long knives' night”. A year later he was nominated for the position of the commander -in -chief Luftwaffe.
From this moment, the intensive activities of Goering began to prepare aviation for the war. New airports were built, planes were constructed. W 1937 the year headed the specially created large mining and metallurgical concern, designed to supply factories with raw materials. Hermann Goering turned Luftwaffe into real power. In September 1939 The year Wehrmacht could put almost four thousand machines for battle and as many perfectly trained crews.
For success during the September campaign and the campaign in Western Europe, Hitler appointed 29 June 1941 of the year Goering for a special position for him, Marshal of the Reich. It was the then highest military rank, giving Goering absolute power over the German army. Moreover, Fuehrer appointed him with his formal successor and awarded him with a great iron cross.
During the war, Goering delved into almost all aspects of the Reich. In addition to military and economic matters, It also had its influence on propaganda and internal security. He had a great share in “The final solution to the Jewish issue”.
Goering loved splendor and extravagance. He wore uniforms specially sewn for him, He organized great balls, He was huge, A beautiful residence (which he blew up 20 IV 1945 year for fear, so that she would not get into the hands of the Allies). Collected works of art brought to him from all over Europe, He paid to the artists, to create for him. He was celebrated in an aristocrat way, wherever he could show his property.
Goering's star began to diminish after the defeat of German pilots in “Battle of Britain”, when they were unable to effectively oppose the Allied Air Force. From that moment he gradually fell into the disgrace of Hitler; he hid in his residence and rarely performed in public. The peak of the Goering Niejejdziek was the event of 23 April 1945 year, When, in the face of an inevitable defeat in his telegram, he offered Hitler to take power. Fuehrer took it as an act of misconception and betrayal and ordered to arrest his minister. In the will, he deprived Goering of all state functions, In this promised succession.
After the Allied troops entered, 8 house 1945 voluntarily devoted himself to American captivity, hoping to fulfill the role of the German-Loian mediator. Unfortunately, the course of events did not go his way; He was imprisoned in Mondorf, and the power of the Nuremberg Military Court was sentenced to death. However, 15 October 1946 year, A few hours before the execution, he committed suicide, swallowing a portion of potassium cyanide, which he probably had in a pipe.