(1892-03-30)30 March 1892 Wilhelmshaven, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, German Empire
Died
25 January 1972(1972-01-25) (aged 79) Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Allegiance
German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Branch
Imperial German Army Luftstreitkräfte Luftwaffe
Years of service
1910–1922 1933–1945
Rank
Generalfeldmarschall
Commands held
Luftflotte 5 Jägerstab
Battles/wars
World War I
World War II
Battle of Britain
Norwegian campaign
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Relations
Werner Milch (brother)
Erhard Milch (30 March 1892 – 25 January 1972) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) who oversaw the development of the German air force (Luftwaffe) as part of the re-armament of Nazi Germany (1933-1945) following World War I (1914-1918). He served as State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Aviation from May 1933 until June 1944 and as Inspector General of the air force from February 1939 to January 1945. During most of World War II he was in charge of German aircraft production and supply. In the Milch Trial of 1947, a U.S. military court convicted Milch of war crimes and of crimes against humanity, sentencing him to life imprisonment. However, in 1951 John J. McCloy, the U. S. High Commissioner for Germany, commuted Milch's sentence to 15 years. Paroled in 1954, Milch died in 1972.
ErhardMilch (30 March 1892 – 25 January 1972) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) who oversaw the development of the German air force (Luftwaffe)...
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The Milch Trial (officially, The United States of America vs. ErhardMilch) was the second of the twelve trials for war crimes the U.S. authorities held...
was established by 1 March 1944, orders of Speer, with support from ErhardMilch of the Reich Aviation Ministry. Production of German fighter aircraft...
alongside Friedrich Bergold [de], for his brother, ex-field marshal ErhardMilch, in the Milch Trial. German Cross in Gold on 15 April 1944 as Hauptmann in the...
due to personal animosity between Willy Messerschmitt and RLM director ErhardMilch; however, recent research by Willy Radinger and Walter Shick indicates...
became National Kommissar for aviation with former Luft Hansa director ErhardMilch as his deputy. In April 1933 the Reich Aviation Ministry (Reichsluftfahrtministerium...
the aircraft failed to impress Nazi officials such as Ernst Udet and ErhardMilch, who attended a demonstration flight. Heinkel subsequently developed...
crashes also created a powerful enemy for Messerschmitt in the person of ErhardMilch, the head of Luftwaffe, who had lost a close friend in one of the crashes...
generals Walther von Brauchitsch, Franz Halder, and the Luftwaffe's ErhardMilch. The other prosecutors refused to consider the last minute changes. Of...
prosecutor James M. McHaney produced bank records showing otherwise. ErhardMilch admitted accepting money when under oath in 1947, but claimed that this...
included several generals, admirals, and at least one field marshal: ErhardMilch. Soon after the passage of the Enabling Act of 1933, the Nazi government...
ISBN 0-7183-0101-3 The Rise and Fall of the Luftwaffe (1973), a biography of ErhardMilch ISBN 0-316-43238-5 The Night the Dams Burst (1973): (in 3 parts). Hitler's...
(German Army) in May 1942, who had been recruited by Generalfeldmarschall ErhardMilch to give his opinion on the suitability of the Me 264 for the Amerikabomber...
Lipetsk fighter-pilot school began training Germans in the Soviet Union. ErhardMilch organised rapid expansion, and following the 1933 Nazi seizure of power...
tactic was extremely effective, leading to fighting between Kammhuber and ErhardMilch, his boss. Although the success rate of the line dropped, the network...
von Witzleben and Walter von Reichenau (Heer); and Albert Kesselring, ErhardMilch and Hugo Sperrle (Luftwaffe). The holders of this rank had the right...
1947 23 Nazi physicians of the Aktion T4 2 Milch Trial 2 January – 14 April 1947 Field Marshal ErhardMilch of the Luftwaffe 3 Judges' Trial 5 March –...
twin-engine tactical bomber. ErhardMilch, who strongly supported Goering's conceptions, was instrumental in the Luftwaffe's future. Milch believed that the German...
awarded the Iron Cross First Class (Eisernes Kreuz erster Klasse) from ErhardMilch on 22 May. With the effective defeat of Belgium JG 27 was moved into...
Command Office Walther Wever, and the Secretary of State for Aviation ErhardMilch, feared that such high-level nerves and skill could not be expected of...
Hackmack, a close friend of ErhardMilch, the head of Deutsche Luft Hansa and the German civil aviation authorities. Milch was upset by the lack of response...
reportedly by mistake. The image on the monument was promptly fixed. ErhardMilch - Another Nazi officer with parcial Jewish ancestry Hessy Levinsons Taft...