Albert Kesselring
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Albert Kesselring was a German military officer who served in the Luftwaffe during World War II. In a career which spanned both world wars, Kesselring eventually reached the rank of the Generalfeldmar
Kesselring in 1940
Kesselring at the controls of a Siebel Fh 104 aircraft
Kesselring (left), with his chief of staff, Wilhelm Speidel (centre), and Hermann Göring (right) – 1940
Kesselring in 1940
Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten, commonly known as Der Stahlhelm, was a revanchist ex-serviceman's association formed in Germany after the First World War. The group claimed inspiration from Ita
Albert Kesselring
…of Luftwaffe veterans; the Verband Deutsches Afrikakorps, the veterans' association of the Afrika Korps; and, most controversially, the right-wing Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten before dying in 1960. Albert Kesselring was born in Marktsteft, then part of the Kingdom of Bavaria, on 30 November 1885, the son of Carl Adolf Kesselring…
Franz Seldte in 1933
Der Stahlhelm propaganda car in Berlin promoting DNVP nominee Theodor Duesterberg for president of the German Reich in the 1932 election
Der Stahlhelm in uniform, c. 1934
Rank insignia, 1933