12 May 1890 Birkholz, German Empire (now Borów, Poland)
Died
1 July 1978 (aged 88) Lemgo, West Germany
Allegiance
German Empire (1910–1918)
Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
Service/branch
Prussian Army Reichsheer Luftwaffe
Years of service
1910–1945
Rank
Generaloberst
Commands held
7th Air Division XI Fliegerkorps 1st Parachute Army
Battles/wars
World War I
World War II
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Criminal status
Released in 1948
Criminal charge
War crimes
Penalty
5 years imprisonment
Details
Victims
Cretan civilians Allied prisoners of war
Date
May 1941
Country
Greece
Location(s)
Crete
Kurt Arthur Benno Student (12 May 1890 – 1 July 1978) was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II. An early pioneer of airborne forces, Student was in overall command of developing a paratrooper force to be known as the Fallschirmjäger, and as the most senior member of the Fallschirmjäger, commanded it throughout the war. Student led the first major airborne attack in history, the Battle for The Hague, in May 1940. He also commanded the Fallschirmjäger in its last major airborne operation, the invasion of Crete in May 1941. The operation was a success despite German losses, and led the Allies to hasten the training and development of their own airborne units.
In 1947, Student was tried and convicted of war crimes for the mistreatment and murder of prisoners of war by his men in Crete. Student was also responsible for a wave of reprisal massacres committed against Cretan civilians in 1941 but avoided harsh punishment.
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plan appears to have been widened in scope, maybe by Görtz, or perhaps KurtStudent, who presented a similar plan to Hitler in January 1941, to include parachute...
operation was personally ordered by Adolf Hitler, approved by General KurtStudent and planned and executed by Major Harald Mors. On the night between 24...
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word' (ein ganz blödsinniges Wort)". Some senior officers, including KurtStudent, Franz Halder and Johann Adolf von Kielmansegg, even disputed the idea...
was replaced by General KurtStudent. General Kurt von Tippelskirch was named as Heinrici's interim replacement until Student could arrive and assume...
a series of reprisals in Crete. It was orchestrated by Generaloberst KurtStudent, in retaliation for the participation of Cretans in the Battle of Crete...
bridgehead on the northern bank of the Maas. Despite permission from General KurtStudent, the German commander in Rotterdam refused to evacuate this bridgehead...
to track Mussolini, and simultaneously ordered the paratroop General KurtStudent to execute the liberation. Mussolini was being transported around Italy...
occupying forces during World War II. It was ordered by Generaloberst KurtStudent in reprisal for the participation of the local population in the Battle...
the British bases of Sollum and Alexandria in Egypt.[d] Major-General KurtStudent did not add an attack on Crete to Operation Marita until March 1941;...
destroyed in the Heiligenbeil Cauldron), commanded by General der Infanterie Kurt von Tippelskirch, was added to Army Group Vistula. German 3rd Panzer Army...
Canal to the Meuse and the Siegfried Line. Meanwhile, Colonel General KurtStudent, commander of the Fallschirmjaeger, the German airborne forces, received...
Razing of Kandanos, both war crimes directed by Fallschirmjäger commander KurtStudent. He was killed in action in Normandy on 29 July 1944. Iron Cross (1939)...
all Dutch forces in Rotterdam, Generalleutnant KurtStudent was injured by a gunshot to the head. Student was very popular with his troops, and when the...
crossing; German forces included airlanding and airborne forces of General KurtStudent and newly-arrived ground forces under General Schmidt, based on the 9th...
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subsequently transferred to the Netherlands on 30 January, where he succeeded KurtStudent as commander of Army Group H. For the following three months he conducted...
Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-7139-9742-2. Götzel, H (1980), Generaloberst KurtStudent und seine Fallschirmjäger (in German), Podzun-Pallas Verlag, ISBN 3-7909-0131-8...
was replaced by General KurtStudent. General Kurt von Tippelskirch was named as Heinrici's interim replacement until Student could arrive and assume...
Kleffel as well as parts of the former Army Detachment Serbia.: 110 KurtStudent was assigned for command of the army group, then being prepared for formation...