Alfred Gerstenberg
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Alfred Georg Gerstenberg was a general of the Nazi German Luftwaffe in World War II, serving as commanding general of the Luftwaffe mission to Romania, and organizing a very effective defensive perime
Generalmajor Alfred Gerstenberg (center) in Bucharest, 10 May 1943
Operation Margarethe II
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During World War II, Operation Margarethe II was the name for a planned invasion of Romania by German forces in conjunction with those of Hungary and Bulgaria if the Romanian government decided to sur
Alfred Gerstenberg
…to Ploiești. However, once in Băneasa, Gerstenberg had the Romanian officer arrested. With orders received from Adolf Hitler, he then began to enact Operation Margarethe II, the plan to invade Romania in case the government surrendered to the Allies. With some 4,000 men under his command, Gerstenberg took over the airports…
A damaged Romanian Athenaeum as a result of the German air raids
Bombing of the Otopeni airport by US Liberators on 26 August