Otto Deßloch

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Otto Deßloch (11 June 1889 – 13 May 1977) was a German Luftwaffe general during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Career

Deßloch was born in Bamberg, he joined the Bavarian Army in 1910 and served during World War I.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". After the German defeat, he joined the Freikorps forces of Franz von Epp, fighting against the communist Bavarian Soviet Republic. From 1921, he served as an intelligence officer in the German Reichswehr. In the course of German re-armament, he attended the secret Lipetsk fighter-pilot school in 1926–27. Deßloch took part in the fast build-up of the Luftwaffe after the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, from 1 December 1934 as commander of a Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule (flight training school). From 1935 he served as commander of two Luftwaffe wings.

During World War II he commanded a Luftflotte 2 corps from 3 October 1939 and was appointed Major general and commander of the 6th flight division on 1 January. He provided air support to the Heer Army Group B in the 1940 Battle of France and from 1941 commanded Luftwaffe units on the Eastern Front. Promoted to General der Flakartillerie on 1 January 1942, he served as a commander on the southern Eastern Front and in the Caucasus Mountains. On 11 June 1943 Deßloch succeeded Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen as commander-in-chief of Luftflotte 4 in the rank of Colonel general.

When in the summer 1944 the Western Front collapsed, Deßloch was appointed commander of Luftflotte 3 by Hermann Göring to replace dismissed Hugo Sperrle. After Paris was liberated by the Allied forces, Deßloch commanded an air unit that, in retaliation, bombed the city destroying civilian targets and killing 200 French civilians in September 1944.[1] The attack was carried out on Hitler's personal order. From September he again served as commander of Luftflotte 4 until he succeeded Robert Ritter von Greim as head of Luftflotte 6 during the last days of the war. Deßloch was interned by the Allies until 1948.

He died in Munich in 1977.

Awards

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Citations

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  1. ↑ Mitcham 2007, pp. 185–195.
  2. ↑ a b c d Thomas & Wegmann 1991, p. 100.
  3. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 159.
  4. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 82.

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Military offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Commander of Kampfgeschwader 155
1 April 1936 – 1 February 1938 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Commander of II Flak Corps
30 October 1939 – 31 March 1942 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Commander of Luftflotte 4
4 September 1943 – 17 August 1944 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Commander of Luftflotte 4
28 September 1944 – 21 April 1945 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Commander of Luftflotte 6
27 April 1945 – 8 May 1945 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

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