August Schmidt (Luftwaffe)

{{Infobox military person

|name=August Schmidt

|birth_date=1 February 1883

|death_date={{death date and age|1955|11|23|1883|2|1|df=y}}

|birth_place=Hildesheim, Hanover, Prussia, German Empire

|death_place=Rotenburg an der Wümme, Lower Saxony, West Germany

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|allegiance={{flag|German Empire}} (to 1918)
{{flag|Weimar Republic}} (to 1922)
{{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch=Prussian Army (1901–1918)
Reichsheer (1918–1922)
Army (1935–1936)
Luftwaffe (1936–1945)

|serviceyears=1901–1922
1935–1945

|rank=General der Flakartillerie

|commands=Luftgau VI

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|battles=World War I

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World War II

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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August Schmidt (1 February 1883 – 23 November 1955) was a highly decorated General der Flakartillerie in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. August Schmidt was captured by British troops on 8 May 1945. In October 1947 he was sentenced to life imprisonment because of war crimes committed against captured British airman. His sentence was later reduced to ten years, and in 1950 he was released for health reasons.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914)
2nd Class (17 September 1914)
1st Class (14 March 1917)
Wound Badge (1914)
in Black
Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (12 April 1917)
Knight's Cross Second Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion with Swords (8 September 1917)
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1 November 1935)
Iron Cross (1939)
2nd Class (1 October 1939)
1st Class (21 May 1940)
German Cross in Gold (6 March 1944)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 13 February 1945 as General der Flakartillerie and commander of Luftgau VIFellgiebel 2000, p. 309.
Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Swords (23 August 1942)

References

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=Bibliography=

{{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel

|first=Walther-Peer

|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

|year=2000

|origyear=1986

|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

|trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches

|language=German

|location=Friedberg, Germany

|publisher=Podzun-Pallas

|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6

}}

{{Cite book

|last1=Patzwall

|first1=Klaus D.

|last2=Scherzer

|first2=Veit

|year=2001

|title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II

|trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2

|language=German

|location=Norderstedt, Germany

|publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall

|isbn=978-3-931533-45-8

}}

{{Cite book

|last=Scherzer

|first=Veit

|year=2007

|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives

|trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives

|language=German

|location=Jena, Germany

|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag

|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2

}}

External links

{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/Pentagon/bunker/7729/WEHRMACHT/LUFTWAFFE/General/SCHMIDT_AUGUST.html |title=August Schmidt @ Axis Biographical Research |accessdate=January 20, 2011 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120003621/http://geocities.com/Pentagon/bunker/7729/WEHRMACHT/LUFTWAFFE/General/SCHMIDT_AUGUST.html |archivedate=January 20, 2011 }}
[http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/S/SchmidtAugust.htm August Schmidt @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht]

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Category:1883 births

Category:1955 deaths

Category:People from Hildesheim

Category:Military personnel from the Province of Hanover

Category:German Army personnel of World War I

Category:Luftwaffe World War II generals

Category:Recipients of the Gold German Cross

Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Category:Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class