Paul Deichmann (27 August 1898 – 10 January 1981) was a German general during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. He was a recipient of the
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
.
Deichmann was born in
Fulda on 27 August 1898. He entered the German Imperial Army in 1916. Towards the end of 1920 he transferred to the 3rd Prussian Infantry Regiment, and in August 1925 was promoted to ''
Oberleutnant''. He was temporarily released from the Army in 1928 and returned to active duty in 1931 with the 1st Infantry Regiment, and was promoted to ''
Hauptmann
is a German word usually translated as captain when it is used as an officer's rank in the German, Austrian, and Swiss armies. While in contemporary German means 'main', it also has and originally had the meaning of 'head', i.e. ' literally ...
'' in 1933. With the official establishment of the German
Luftwaffe
The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...
in 1934, he entered the
Reich Air Ministry
The Ministry of Aviation (german: Reichsluftfahrtministerium, abbreviated RLM) was a government department during the period of Nazi Germany (1933–45). It is also the original name of the Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus building on the Wilhelmstrasse ...
. Deichmann died on 10 January 1981 in
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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Works
* Deichmann, Paul (1996). ''Spearhead for Blitzkrieg Luftwaffe Operations in Support of the Army, 1939 - 1945''. New York: Ivy Book. .
Awards
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 March 1944 as ''
Generalleutnant
is the Germanic variant of lieutenant general, used in some German speaking countries.
Austria
Generalleutnant is the second highest general officer rank in the Austrian Armed Forces (''Bundesheer''), roughly equivalent to the NATO rank of ...
'' and commander of the
1. Flieger-Division.
[Scherzer 2012, p. 268.]
References
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1898 births
1981 deaths
People from Fulda
Luftwaffe World War II generals
Recipients of the Gold German Cross
Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
People from Hesse-Nassau
Prussian Army personnel
Reichswehr personnel
Luftstreitkräfte personnel
German Army personnel of World War I
Generals of Aviators
20th-century Freikorps personnel
Military personnel from Hesse