Richard Schimpf

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WW2 German general (1897-1972)

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FieldValue
nameRichard Schimpf
birth_date
death_date
allegianceNazi Germany
West Germany
branchLuftwaffe
German Air Force
serviceyears
rankGeneralleutnant (Wehrmacht)
Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)
commands21st Luftwaffe Field Division
3rd Parachute Division
battles
awardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross
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World War II

Richard Schimpf (16 May 1897 – 30 December 1972) was a paratroop general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. On 8 March 1945, he negotiated a surrender to American troops at Bad Godesberg, handing himself and the city over without a shot being fired. He joined the post war West German Air Force in 1957 and retired in 1962 as a Generalmajor.

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  • {{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=Thomas |first1=Franz |last2=Wegmann |first2=Günter |year=1986 |title=Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil II: Fallschirmjäger |trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part II: Paratroopers |language=German |location=Osnabrück, Germany |publisher=Biblio-Verlag |isbn=978-3-7648-1461-8

before=Formed from Luftwaffen-Division Meindl| after=Generalleutnant Rudolf-Eduard Licht| title= Commander of 21. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division| years=December 1942 – 24 October 1943 before=Generalmajor Walter Barenthin| after=Generalmajor Walter Wadehn| title= Commander of 3. Fallschirmjäger Division| years=17 February 1944 – 20 August 1944 before=Generalmajor Walter Wadehn| after=Oberst Helmut von Hoffmann| title= Commander of 3. Fallschirmjäger Division| years=6 January 1945 – 1 March 1945

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References

  1. Hansen, Randall (2014). Disobeying Hitler: German Resistance After Operation Valkyrie, pp. 180-181.
  2. Thomas & Wegmann 1986, p. 254.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 307.

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