Hermann Goering
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| Hermann Goering | |
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| Historical Figure | |
| Timeline: | OTL |
| Nationality: | Germany |
| Date of Birth: | 1893 |
| Date of Death: | 1946 |
| Cause of Death: | Suicide |
| Occupation: | Pilot, Politician |
| Spouse: | Carin von Kantznow (1923–1931, deceased)
Emmy Sonnemann (1935–1946) |
| Children: | Four |
| Affiliations: | Nazi Party |
| Timeline: | The Man With the Iron Heart |
| Timeline: | Worldwar (mentioned throughout) |
| Date of Death: | c.a. 1961 |
| Cause of Death: | Natural Causes (?) |
| Timeline: | The War That Came Early |
| Appearance(s): | Hitler's War |
Hermann Wilhelm Goering (1893–1946) was a German politician and military leader, a leading member of the Nazi Party, second in command of the Third Reich, designated successor to Adolf Hitler, and commander of the Luftwaffe (German Air Force).
Following World War II, Goering was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials. He was sentenced to death, but committed suicide the night before he was due to be hanged.
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[edit] Hermann Goering in The Man With the Iron Heart
Hermann Goering was one of several German officials who was captured by the Allies at the end of World War II. The Allies sought to try Goering and the other men for war crimes. These plans were stopped twice by the German Freedom Front, first in November, 1945 when the GFF destroyed the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg and second in 1946, when the GFF destroyed the American residency zone in Frankfurt with a radium bomb.
In 1947, the Soviets decided to try the officials in their zone. The GFF prevented this by crashing a plane into the courthouse, killing all the lawyers and judges, but leaving the accused unharmed.
[edit] Hermann Goering in In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Hermann Goering (1893-c.a. 1961) was the only person to hold the title Reichsmarschall of the Greater German Reich. However, his role in the early Reich was so dominant that the Air and Space Ministry was still known as the Reichsmarschall 's Office. The roof of the Ministry was covered in elaborate gardens and grass, as a venue for his notorious orgies.
Goering had been Adolf Hitler's hand-picked successor. However, Goering died before Hitler, and so Heinrich Himmler became the second Führer of the German Reich.
[edit] Hermann Goering in Worldwar
Hermann Goering (1893-????) commanded the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the war against the Race's Conquest Fleet. He had earlier been a German war hero of World War I. The Reich Rocket Force named its first atomic-powered spaceship the Hermann Goering in Goering's honor.
[edit] Hermann Goering in The War That Came Early
Hermann Goering was a prominent member of Nazi Germany's government before and during the Second World War.
Goering was present for the Munich Conference in September, 1938. While Goering was loyal to Adolf Hitler, he did express some doubts about Hitler's decision to attack Czechoslovakia.
