Karl Angerstein

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title: "Karl Angerstein" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1890-births", "1985-deaths", "luftwaffe-world-war-ii-generals", "people-from-mühlhausen", "luftstreitkräfte-personnel", "recipients-of-the-gold-german-cross", "recipients-of-the-knight's-cross-of-the-iron-cross", "german-prisoners-of-war-in-world-war-ii-held-by-the-united-states", "20th-century-freikorps-personnel", "prussian-army-personnel", "recipients-of-the-clasp-to-the-iron-cross,-1st-class", "lieutenant-generals-of-the-luftwaffe", "military-personnel-from-thuringia"] description: "German general" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Angerstein" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Karl Angerstein
birth_date
death_date
image	Generalleutnant Karl Angerstein.jpg
allegiance	German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
branch	Luftwaffe
serviceyears
rank	Generalleutnant
commands	Sturzkampfgeschwader 3
Kampfgeschwader 1
1st Air Corp
battles
awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
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World War II

• Battle of Britain
• The Blitz
• Operation Barbarossa
• Siege of Leningrad
• Demyansk Pocket--- |awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |laterwork = }}

Karl Angerstein (4 December 1890 – 20 September 1985) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 1st Air Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards

• German Cross in Gold on 16 July 1942 as Generalmajor in Kampfgeschwader 1
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 2 November 1940 as Oberst and Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"

References

Citations

Bibliography

• {{Cite book |last=Fellgiebel |first=Walther-Peer |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |year=2000 |orig-date=1986 |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches |language=German |location=Friedberg, Germany |publisher=Podzun-Pallas |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
• {{Cite book |last1=Patzwall |first1=Klaus D. |last2=Scherzer |first2=Veit |year=2001 |title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II |trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 |language=German |location=Norderstedt, Germany |publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall |isbn=978-3-931533-45-8

|before=none |after=Oberstleutnant Georg Edert |title= Commander of Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 |years=July 1940 – 18 July 1940 |before=Oberst Josef Kammhuber |after=Major Herbert Loch |title= Commander of Kampfgeschwader 1 |years=18 July 1940 – 1 March 1942 |before=Generalleutnant Alfred Mahnke |after=General der Flieger Paul Deichmann |title= Commander of I. Fliegerkorps |years=26 June 1943 – 6 November 1943

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References

1. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 16.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 100.

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