Richtoffen

(1895) - (1945). Engineer of profession experienced a shining military career. Between 1939 and 1942 he was nominated a commander in chief of the VIII Aviation Army. One year later he acceded to the IV Air Corp of East as commander in chief. In 1943 he is elected Field Marshall, putting at the head of the II Air Corp in Italy as commander in Chief.

He was cousin of the famous "red baron" (Manfred von Richthofen) to whose squadron had joined in 1917. He had ordered The Condor Legion in Spain and was the direct person in charge of the destruction of Guernica in 1937. Others of his "achievements" it was the Belgrade's bombardment in April 1941 that killed 17.000. During the Crete invasion, the aviation supervised by Richthofen reduced to rubbles the Venetian architecture of The Canea and Heraklion.

During the battle of Stalingrad he was leading the IV Air Corps.



ss		The II World War Battles
	Mariscal Von Richthofen, Wolfram		(1895) - (1945). Engineer of profession experienced a shining military career. Between 1939 and 1942 he was nominated a commander in chief of the VIII Aviation Army. One year later he acceded to the IV Air Corp of East as commander in chief. In 1943 he is elected Field Marshall, putting at the head of the II Air Corp in Italy as commander in Chief. He was cousin of the famous "red baron" (Manfred von Richthofen) to whose squadron had joined in 1917. He had ordered The Condor Legion in Spain and was the direct person in charge of the destruction of Guernica in 1937. Others of his "achievements" it was the Belgrade's bombardment in April 1941 that killed 17.000. During the Crete invasion, the aviation supervised by Richthofen reduced to rubbles the Venetian architecture of The Canea and Heraklion. During the battle of Stalingrad he was leading the IV Air Corps.
	Back to Characteres
	Juanjo Cholbi 2002 ®Grafic Behaviour

Mariscal Von Richthofen, Wolfram