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Old 10 November 2013, 09:06 PM   #1
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Oberstleutnant von Greim

Does anyone have any info on why Oberstleutnant von Greim committed suicide in May 1945 ?
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Old 11 November 2013, 02:02 AM   #2
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Hello sator. Besides being captured by American forces and hospitalized for wounds from flying into and out of Berlin, von Greim was despondent over the destruction of Germany once again following a world war and fearful of seeing his homeland undergo depredation such as that which followed WW I. At the time of his death, von Greim was a Generalfeldmarschall and head of the the now defunct Luftwaffe. Best regards, Dave.
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Old 11 November 2013, 01:00 PM   #3
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Thanks for the info Malaula, I wondered if the boys took him out like Udet .
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One wonders what his accountability would have been had he lived to be tried at Nuremberg.
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