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Also Known As Adolf Joseph Ferdinand Galland
Born March 19, 1912 • Germany
Died February 9, 1996 (aged 83) • Germany
Role In World War II

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Günther Rall
German World War II combat pilot
Hanna Reitsch
German aviator
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German minister
Kesselring
Albert Kesselring
German field marshal
Sperrle, Hugo
Hugo Sperrle
German military officer
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
German propagandist
Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal
Adolf Eichmann listening to an Israeli court's verdict
Adolf Eichmann
German military official
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi leader
Franz Halder, 1938.
Franz Halder
German general
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
German Nazi official
Paulus, Friedrich
Friedrich Paulus
German military officer
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
German military officer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German diplomat
Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Hess
German Nazi leader
Dietrich, Sepp
Josef Dietrich
German military officer
Walther Model
German military officer
Gerd von Rundstedt.
Gerd von Rundstedt
German field marshal
Martin Bormann
Martin Bormann
German Nazi leader

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