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Born Oct. 10, 1895, in Barzdorf, near Striegau, Silesia; died July 12, 1945, in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria. Fascist German field marshal (1943). Baron.

Richthofen entered military service in 1913. During World War I he was a pilot and went into the reserve after the war. He graduated from the Technische Hochschule in 1923 and joined the Reichswehr. Richthofen participated in building up the German Luftwaffe. He fought in the German intervention in Spain from 1936 to 1939 as chief of staff and commander of the Condor Air Legion. During World War II he commanded the VIII Air Corps from 1939 to 1942 in Poland, France, the Balkans, and the island of Crete, as well as on the Soviet-German front. In July 1942, Richthofen became commander of the Fourth Air Fleet, which was supporting the attack on Stalingrad and later carried out supply operations to the surrounded fascist German grouping at Stalingrad. From June 1943 until October 1944 he commanded the Second Air Fleet in Italy, and then he went into retirement for reasons of illness.

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No references found	He also had a wooden tool about three feet long with a sharp metal point so that he didn''t have to bend down to pick up paper or cigarette and cigar butts from grassy areas and one April morning just as he turned down 88th Street shortly after noon Oberstleutnant Wolfram von Richthofen of the Luftwaffe was leading the Condor Legion in one of the early experimental carpet bombing attacks over the town of Guernica. Streets and Streetcleaners by Steven Vannoy And Craig Ross / Writing and Speaking community Wolfram von Richthofen, legion commander at the time, made his pilots follow a "golden rule": if a target could not be attacked, the bombs were to be dropped over enemy territory without regard for possible civilian casualties. Spanish Civil WAr: The German Kondor Legion A Firepower Force Package ... by Hernandez, Prisco R. / FA Journal	Wolff, Elisabeth (Bekker) Wolff, Wilhelm Wolffia Wolffian Duct Wolfflin, Heinrich Wölfflin, Heinrich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Borchert Wolfgang Heinz Wolfgang Joho Wolfgang Koeppen Wolfgang Kohler Wolfgang Köhler Wolfgang Langhoff Wolfgang Menzel Wolfgang Pauli Wolfgang Staudte Wolfgang Steinitz wolfhound Wolfit Wolfman Wolfowitz, Paul Dundes wolfram Wolfram Research, Inc. Wolfram Von Eschenbach Wolfram von Richthofen wolfram white WolframAlpha wolframic acid wolframine Wolframite wolfsbane Wolfsburg Wolfskill, William Wolfville Wolgemut, Michael Wolin Wolker, Jiri Wollaston Lake Wollaston polarizing prism Wollaston wire Wollaston, John Wollaston, William Hyde Wollastonite Wollemi pine Wollny, Martin Ewald Wollongong Wollstonecraft Wollstonecraft, Mary Wolof Wolomin	Wolfitis Wolfitis Wolfkin wolflike Wölflin Wolfling wolfman wolfman Wolfowitz, Paul Dundes Wolfpack Wolfpack WolfPack Energy Efficient Locomotion Wolfpack In The House Wolfpack on the Prowl Wolfpack Sports Marketing Wolfpacks wolfram wolfram wolfram Wolfram Alpha Wolfram and hart Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen Wolfram Research Wolfram Research, Inc. Wolfram Research, Inc. wolfram steel Wolfram syndrome Wolfram syndrome Wolfram von Eschenbach Wolfram von Eschenbach Wolfram von Richthofen wolfram white Wolfram's Mathematica Wolfram's syndrome Wolfram-Inertgasschweißen WolframAlpha Wolframate Wolframic wolframic acid Wolframin wolframine wolframite wolframite Wolframium Wolframium Wolframium Wolframtitancarbid Wolfring g's Wolfring g's Wolfring g's wolfs wolfs wolfs wolfs wolfs Wolfs Dungeon Metal Club wolfsbane wolfsbane wolfsbane Wolfsbane's Realism Mod wolfsbanes

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He also had a wooden tool about three feet long with a sharp metal point so that he didn''t have to bend down to pick up paper or cigarette and cigar butts from grassy areas and one April morning just as he turned down 88th Street shortly after noon Oberstleutnant Wolfram von Richthofen of the Luftwaffe was leading the Condor Legion in one of the early experimental carpet bombing attacks over the town of Guernica.

Streets and Streetcleaners by Steven Vannoy And Craig Ross / Writing and Speaking community

Wolfram von Richthofen, legion commander at the time, made his pilots follow a "golden rule": if a target could not be attacked, the bombs were to be dropped over enemy territory without regard for possible civilian casualties.

Spanish Civil WAr: The German Kondor Legion A Firepower Force Package ... by Hernandez, Prisco R. / FA Journal