Years of service 1902–1945 Award Iron Cross Service/branch Luftwaffe | Awards Eisernes Kreuz 1914 Rank General Battles and wars World War I, World War II | |
Born 15 November 1883
Metz, Alsace-Lorraine ( 1883-11-15 ) Buried at Munich Waldfriedhof
Field 16—W 38 Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Commands held Luftverteidigung und Inspekteur des Luftschutzes Battles/wars World War I
World War II Died 22 April 1950, Munich, Germany People also search for Joachim Degener, Ludwig Bieringer, Arthur Kobus, Herbert Gundelach, Hermann Schaefer | ||
Günther Rüdel (15 November 1883 – 22 April 1950) was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II.
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Günther Rüdel was born in Metz, in Alsace-Lorraine, on 15 November 1883. Rüdel served as a captain during World War I, working for the Ministry of War. Günther Rüdel made a brilliant military career in the Reichswehr, then in the Luftwaffe. He attained the grade of Generalleutnant on April 1936, and General der Flakartillerie on October 1937. Rüdel was assigned "Inspekteur der Flakartillerie" from 1938 to 1942. During the Second World War, Günther Rüdel attained the grade of Generaloberst on November 1942.
Rüdel stood up to Adolf Hitler in the Beer Hall Putsch, the failed 1923 coup d'état against the Weimar Republic government, stopping him from shooting an official with his pistol. His grandson, John Crane, a civilian US military executive in charge of its whistleblower protection unit, himself became a whistleblower in 2013.