Albert Kesselring

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:Wing_Commander
gptkb:General
gptkbp:allies gptkb:Axis_powers
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Oak_Leaves_to_the_Knight's_Cross
gptkb:Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross
gptkbp:birth_date 1885-11-20
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Baden-Baden,_Germany
gptkb:Baden-Baden_Cemetery
gptkbp:captures 1945
gptkbp:career_start Artillery officer
Air force commander
gptkbp:children gptkb:3
gptkbp:clinical_trial gptkb:Nuremberg_Trials
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Luftwaffe
gptkb:German_Air_Force_in_World_War_II
German forces in North Africa
German forces in Italy
Air units in the Mediterranean
gptkbp:contribution Air support in ground operations
gptkbp:death_date 1968-07-16
1960-07-16
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:education Military Academy in Munich
gptkbp:family Military family
gptkbp:famous_quote " The war is not over until the last soldier is dead."
gptkbp:historical_impact Influence on military tactics
gptkbp:historical_significance Key figure in Luftwaffe history
One of the last German commanders in WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Albert Kesselring
gptkbp:influence German military strategy
Air warfare strategy
gptkbp:influence_on Aviation tactics
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Anzio
gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Cassino
gptkb:Battle_of_Tannenberg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bay_of_Biscay
gptkb:Battle_of_the_English_Channel
gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkb:Siege_of_Leningrad
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Battle_of_Verdun
gptkb:Battle_of_Britain
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Baltic_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Gallipoli
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Java_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Sea
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkb:Battle_of_the_South_Atlantic
gptkb:Defense_of_the_Reich
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Aegean_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Marne
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
Battle of the Red Sea
gptkbp:known_for Defensive operations in Italy
defensive operations in Italy
gptkbp:legacy Controversial military leader
gptkbp:military_doctrine Air-ground cooperation
gptkbp:military_lessons gptkb:Royal_Bavarian_War_Academy
gptkbp:military_operations gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkbp:military_rank gptkb:General
gptkbp:military_service gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
1914-1945
gptkbp:military_strategy Defensive warfare
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:German
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Kesselring
gptkbp:notable_command gptkb:Mediterranean_Theater
Luftwaffe
gptkbp:operational_theater gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:place_of_birth Marktsteft, Bavaria, Germany
Marktsteft, Germany
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Baden-Baden,_Germany
gptkbp:position_held gptkb:Commander_of_Luftflotte_2
gptkbp:post_war_career gptkb:Public_speaker
Military advisor
Lived in Germany after release
gptkbp:post-war_trial gptkb:Nuremberg_Trials
gptkbp:posthumous_recognition Military historian studies
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Hermann_Göring
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Field_Marshal
gptkb:General
gptkbp:released gptkb:1952
gptkbp:sentence Death sentence (commuted to life imprisonment)
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:German_Army
gptkb:Luftwaffe
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Hildegard_Kesselring
gptkbp:strategic_goals Evacuation of German troops from Italy
gptkbp:strategic_importance Defensive operations in the Mediterranean
Air operations in the Mediterranean
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Karl_Dönitz
gptkb:Karl_Koller
gptkbp:was_executed_by gptkb:1952
gptkbp:writings gptkb:Memoirs_of_a_Luftwaffe_General
gptkbp:year Retired in Baden-Baden.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Third_Reich
gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkb:Luftwaffe
gptkb:Wing_Commander
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4