When we think of Goering, the commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe, we all have the impression of his fat and bloated body. During his tenure as commander of the Air Force, he could be said to have acted arbitrarily, solipsistically, and lacked strategic acumen, resulting in the loss of many opportunities for the German army. The most famous is that the Anglo-French coalition army successfully completed the "Dunkirk evacuation", otherwise, the direction of World War II is really difficult to say.
As a teenager, Goering had the same experience as Rommel, a cadet and reserve officer. Maybe I'm blind to European faces, how do I think they all look the same?
In fact, the early Goering, not only a good soldier, his Germanic blood also made him quite handsome when he was young, only because he was shot 2 times later, he had to rely on morphine for a long time to relieve pain and become addicted, which made the later Goering out of shape, bloated, and his intelligence was damaged.
During world war I, the young Goering had similar experiences with Rommel, who was also a teenager, and was also a teenager who rebelled, entered the military academy with the help of his father to become a standby officer, and also participated in the first world war as an infantryman, and soon got a "second-class iron cross" because of his combat bravery, if not accidentally, perhaps like Rommel, he could grow into an army marshal.
The first medal of his life: the iron cross of the second degree, the kind that is made into a basket
However, due to illness and hospitalization, he was persuaded by his comrades-in-arms to enter the air force with the help of his godfather. (Here I boldly guessed: because Goering was suffering from rheumatism at that time, everyone knew that the trench warfare of the First World War was notorious, and the cold and humid environment was certainly not conducive to Goering's recovery, so his comrades-in-arms suggested that he go to the Air Force, after all, the blue sky and white clouds, no longer need to squat in the trench, Goering thought: But not the land, so he changed to the air force. ）
Is Goering, who became an air force pilot, also quite manly?
On October 3, 1915, Goering made his first appearance as a fighter pilot. In terms of skill and courage, Gordon was recognized by his superiors, and soon became an excellent pilot, earning the title of "Herman the Iron Man". (Generally speaking, those with nicknames are great characters!) ）
Goering's fighter planes during World War I, selling a pass, is there a big god who knows the aircraft model?
Because of his military exploits, like Rommel, Goering, as an ace pilot, also received a "Blue Max Medal", and it was an exception (because the number of enemy aircraft shot down was not up to standard), which shows how good he was at that time!
Goering in World War I, still quite handsome, on the merits of the battle, as good as Rommel, also won the "Blue Max Medal" issued by the Kaiser.
By the end of World War I, Goering was already the commander of the famous "Richthofen Fighter Wing".
After the end of World War I, due to the defeat of Germany, the "Richterhofen Fighter Wing" was disbanded, and it is said that at the dissolution ceremony, Goering choked up: Now Germany is only left with a dusty reputation, a forgotten record, and a ridiculed officer. But the forces of liberty, justice, and justice will triumph in the end. We will fight against the forces that seek to enslave us, and in the end we will triumph. "Richthofen United" will unleash its strength and glory, both in wartime and in peacetime. Our time is coming again, folks, cheers! For the motherland! For "Richthofen United"!
Then Goering drank the wine and slammed it on the ground, and the other team members followed suit and cried together.
It was also Goering's iron-blooded personality that he then joined the NCD and became one of the first DY, and because of his excellent ability, he held many important positions, and was trusted, and even had the idea of a successor.
When he became an NCD, Goering had already received many medals, but the position of the neckline must be "Blue Max Medal"
Unfortunately, during the failed "Beer Hall Coup" in 1923, due to the two shots he was shot during the riot, in order to relieve pain, he became addicted to morphine, and his body shape changed from strong to obese and clumsy, and his brain became more and more difficult.
As his position rose, he trained a large number of pilots for Germany through various flying clubs, which was very valuable in an era when the air force was not very important at that time. It can be said that Goering single-handedly created the air force of the Third Reich.
On the eve of World War II, Goering should still be the captain of the stormtrooper, when his body had begun to bless
It was precisely because of its extreme love for the Air Force, coupled with its high authority and innate self-absorbed personality, that the Luftwaffe played an important role in the Blitzkrieg in the early stages of the war. For this reason, as Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, in July 1940 he received the only German "Grand Iron Cross" medal.
This is the highest rank in Germany, higher than the "Blue Max Medal"! In his later photographs, the position of the neckline is the "Great Iron Cross", and the "Blue Marks Medal" can only be bent to the chest position.
Look at the position of the "Blue Marks Medal" to know how high the status of this "Great Iron Cross" is, and on this point alone, Rommel is incomparable.
However, in the later "Dunkirk Evacuation" and "British Air Battle", his short-sightedness was fully exposed, which indirectly caused the defeat of Germany.
I always felt that this was the intellectual damage caused by the morphine addiction developed by the gunshot wound before, not as the West ridiculed, saying that Goering was a "waste wood"!
So I personally feel that Goering's army is impeccable, single-handedly making the Third Reich Air Force the strongest in the world. But commanding a war was not enough, and many major fighters were missed in vain, so if Goering hadn't been shot with those 2 shots, or if he had ceded command of the Air Force to others such as Marshal Kesselring in the middle of World War II, perhaps the outcome of World War II would have been a different story.
Friends compare and look at the difference between the two "iron crosses" in the red circle, is not the "big iron cross" at the neckline is indeed the big one
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