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Albrecht Kesselring

1885- 1960

German Soldier

 

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German military leader Albert Kesselring served as an artillery officer in World War I. During World War II, he was a Luftwaffe commander and in 1943, he was named the Supreme German commander in Italy.

In the latter stages of the war he commanded all German forces on the Western front.