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Hermann Plocher

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Years of service
  
1918–45 1957–45


Name
  
Hermann Plocher


Born
  
5 January 1901 Stuttgart (
1901-01-05
)

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht) Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr)

Rank
  
Generalleutnant Generalmajor

Battles/wars
  
World War I Spanish Civil War World War II

Died
  
December 8, 1980, Murrhardt, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Books
  
The German Air Force Versus Russia, 1941

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Spanish Civil War, World War II

Hermann Lukas Plocher (5 January 1901 – 8 December 1980) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Hermann Plocher World War II Pictures In Details General Hermann Plocher Arrived at

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (17 May 1940) & 1st Class (5 June 1940)
  • German Cross in Cross on 9 April 1942 as Oberst im Generalstab (in the General Staff) in the V. Flieger-Korps
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 22 November 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of the 4. Flieger-Division
  • 867th Oak Leaves on 8 May 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 6. Fallschirmjäger-Division

    • References

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