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  Albert Kesselring - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kesselring was born in Marktsteft, Germany, in 1881.
In December 1941, Kesselring was appointed as Commander in Chief South with command of all Luftwaffe units in the Mediterranean and North African theaters.
Kesselring was reprieved and released from prison in 1952 in consideration of his ill health.
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 Operation Shingle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kesselring was informed of the landings at 0300 hours on January 22nd.
Kesselring initially considered that a successful defense could not be made if the Allies launched a major attack on the 23rd or 24th.
Kesselring ordered an attack on the beachhead for 28 January, though it was postponed to 1 February.
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 Defense of Italy
Kesselring was faced with the dual task of opposing the Allied armies and rendering the Italian armed forces ineffective.
Kesselring's advocacy of a defense of Italy as far south of Rome as possible had gained considerable force after the Italian Army ceased to be dangerous and after the Allies had failed to land in the area of Rome.
Kesselring and Rommel on 30 September expressed their opinions on the chances for a counteroffensive, and, though their views were not recorded, it seems more than likely that Kesselring expressed himself positively in accordance with his earlier statements, while Rommel, at the very least, expressed doubt.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/70-7_12.htm   (8217 words)

  
 Albert Kesselring
Kesselring remained in the armed forces and was promoted to major general in 1932.
In August 1943 Kesselring led the retreat from the southern regions of Italy.
Kesselring, the only one of the early field marshals not to be sacked by Hitler, was taken prisoner on 6th May 1945.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /GERkesselring.htm   (1146 words)

  
 Photo Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Portrait of Field Marshall Albert von Kesselring during an intermission in the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating the Supreme Command of the German Armed Forces (OKW).
Albert Kesselring (1885-1960) served as General Field Marshal of the air force and later Commander-in-Chief of the German troops in Italy during World War II.
Born in Bavaria in 1885, Kesselring joined the military as a cadet in 1904 and became an artillery officer in the Bavarian army.
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 AllRefer.com - Albert Kesselring (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Albert Kesselring[Al´bert kes´ulring] Pronunciation Key, 1885–1960, German field marshal.
Late in 1943, Kesselring was made supreme commander in Italy, and in Mar., 1945, he replaced Rundstedt as commander in chief in the West.
He was convicted of war crimes by a British tribunal in 1947, but his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.
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 ALBERT KESSELRING Autograph
Luftwaffe Field Marshall ALBERT KESSELRING (1887-1960) was known for his skillful direction and defensive deployment of German forces during the Italian Campaign, 1943-1945.
He was charged with "being concerned in the killing as a reprisal of some 335 Italian nationals" in the Ardeatine Caves and with "inciting and commanding forces under his command to kill Italian civilians as reprisals in consequence of which a number of Italian civilians were killed".
Kesselring was found guilty on both charges and sentenced to death by shooting.
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 Albert Kesselring --  Encyclopædia Britannica
U.S. politician Carl Albert served as speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977.
Carl Bert Albert was born on May 10, 1908, in McAlester, Okla. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1931 and, after receiving two law degrees, was admitted to the bar in 1935.
Albert King created a unique string-bending guitar style that influenced three generations of musicians and earned him the nickname “Godfather of the Blues.” King, who was left-handed, taught himself to play a right-handed guitar upside down by pulling the strings down, coaxing distinctive wailing sounds out of his trademark Gibson Flying...
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 Albert Kesselring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Albert Kesselring served in the German army during World War I. He transferred to Luftwaffe in 1933 and in 1936 he became chief of the Luftwaffe general staff.
During the first years of World War II, Kesselring commanded a number of Luftlottes or Air Fleets including: Luftlotte 1 during the Polish Campaign; and Luftlotte 2 during the French Campaign and the Battle of Britain.
After 1941, his duties were expanded to include command of both land and air forces.
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 Nazi Generals - Albert Kesselring - Erich von Manstein - share their strategies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Albert Kesselring was the commander of German forces in Italy during World War 2, but his memoirs cover his entire military service, from
An intermediate amount of coverage is given to the early WW2 period, with the latter part of the war in Italy dominating the memoirs, much as it dominated his career.
In addition, Kesselring discusses why he was chosen as the commander most uniquely qualified to serve as a liaison with the Italians.
www.1earth.com.au /militaria/b/nazigeneral.html   (1223 words)

  
 TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Kesselring's Job -- Apr. 26, 1943   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Dispatches from Allied headquarters revealed last week that Field Marshal Albert Kesselring has for some time been in supreme command of Axis forces in Tunisia.
If he was smiling last week, it was not because the news of his front was good.
Inside that beachhead, Albert Kesselring had 18 airfields, two cities with radiating roads, many good heights, some fixed fortifications, plenty of guns, and perhaps 175,000 men.
www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,802695,00.html   (147 words)

  
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Field Marshall Kesselring, a witness, at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials.
Field Marshall Albert Kesselring, a witness, testifying at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials.
The Harry S. Truman Library is one of eleven Presidential Libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration
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