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Gunther Rudel

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Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Rank
  
Generaloberst

Years of service
  
1902–1945

Name
  
Gunther Rudel

Born
  
15 November 1883 Metz, Alsace-Lorraine (
1883-11-15
)

Died
  
22 April 1950(1950-04-22) (aged 66) Munich, Germany

Buried at
  
Munich Waldfriedhof Field 16—W 38

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany

Gunther Rudel (1883–1950) was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II.

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Biography

Gunther Rudel was born in Metz, in Alsace-Lorraine, on 15 November 1883. Rudel served as a captain during World War I, working for the Ministry of War. Gunther Rudel 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. Rudel was assigned "Inspekteur der Flakartillerie" from 1938 to 1942. During the Second World War, Gunther Rudel attained the grade of Generaloberst on November 1942.

Dates of ranks

  • Fahnrich : 5 July 1902
  • Leutnant : March 1904
  • Oberleutnant : March 1912
  • Hauptmann : 9 August 1915
  • Commandant : 1 December 1923
  • Oberstleutnant : 1 February 1929
  • Oberst : 1 October 1934
  • Generalleutnant : 1er April 1936 ;
  • General der Flakartillerie : 1 October 1937
  • Generaloberst : 1 November 1942

    • Medals and decorations

  • Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd class
  • Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords
  • Military Merit Order (Bavaria), 4th class with Swords
  • Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg
  • Wilhelm Ernst War Cross
  • Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd class with War Decoration (Austria)
  • Military Merit Cross, 3rd class with War Decoration (Austria-Hungary)
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th with 1st class
  • War Merit Cross (1939), 1st and 2nd class with Swords
  • Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with swords
  • Anti-Aircraft Flak Battle Badge

    • References

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