Herman Goering Biography

Birth of Herman Goering, in Rosenheim, Upper Bavaria, the son of a colonial official

Appointed Commander of the Jagdeshwader

Appointed Commander of the Jagdeshwader

Awarded the Iron Cross, 1st class

Awarded the Pour le Merite Medal

1st meets Hitler & joins the Nazi Party

Appointed Supreme Commander of the Sturmabteilung

Marries Carin von Kantzow, a 29 yr old Swedish woman

Appointed Member of NSDAP

Arrested for part played in the Beer Hall Putsch

Escapes to Austria after the Munich Beer Hall Putsch then lives in Italy & Sweden

Severely wounded after the police open fire, wounds which effect his future health

Escapes to Sweden

Returns to Germany after the amnesty & reestablishes contact with Hitler

Appointed Spokesman for the Lufthansa, with a fee of 1,000 Marks a month. Appointed Member of Reichstag, 1 of 12 Nazis

Appointed Hitler's Political Agent in Berlin

Appointed Member of Reichstag, 2nd time

Goering founds a mausoleum in memory of his former wife

Death of Carin Goering, dies of TB, Goerings 1st wife

Goering founds a mausoleum in memory of his former wife

Appointed President of the Reichstag after the Nazis become the largest Party

Given responsibility for the secret development of the Luftwaffe

Dismisses all the police in Prussia who are not Nazi sympathisers

Given responsibility for the secret development of the Luftwaffe

Appointed Minister of Aviation

Calls up SA & SS members as "police auxiliaries"

Has the Marxist Press banned. Has 4,000 Communists & Social Democrats arrested

Appointed Reich Air Marshal. Appointed Interior Minister for Prussia

Appointed Minister President for Prussia

Establishes an auxilliary police force of 50,000 composed of SA & SS members

Purges the Prussian administration & appoints loyal party supporters

Helps agree to an election fund of 3 million Reichsmarks from leading industrialists. Business leaders meet at Goerings Presidents Palace & agree to finance Hitler

Launches a raid on the Communist Party HQ

Launches a raid on the Karl Liebknecht Haus

Suspected of being involved because a tunnel leads from his office to the Reichstag

Claims van der Lubbe was a pawn in in Communist Plot to lunch a campaign of terror

Goering is placed in charge of the Reich Air Ministry and the secret development of German air power

Goering hands over the Gestapo to Himmler

Has a list of those who are executed. Goering & Himmler organize the arrest of the SA in Berlin

Appointed Commander in Chief of the Airforce

Goering becomes Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe

Marries Emmy Sonnemann, an actress, 2nd wife

The kondor legion bombs the basque town of Geurnica killing over 6,000

Directs the 4 year economic plan in preparation for War

Hitler announces the 2nd 4 Year Plan with Goring as plenipotentiary. Directs the 4 year economic plan in preparation for War

Presides over the first four year plan

Appointed to temporarily take over the Ministry of Economics

Founds the Hermann Goering Reichswerke, the biggest industrial enterprise in Europe

Appointed Commander in Chief

Herman Goering warns all Jews to leave Austria

Draws up the draft for the memorandum which Mussolini uses for the Munich Agreement

Draws up the draft for the memorandum which Mussolini uses for the Munich Agreement

Draws up the draft for the memorandum which Mussolini uses for the Munich Agreement

Assures the Slovak leader, Durcansky, that Germany will support Slovak independence

Hermann Goering announces he favors Madagascar as a Jewish homeland

Appointed Hitler's successor

Hermann Goering Appoints Reinhard Heydrich as Head of Jewish Emigration

The Luftwaffe attacks Polish airfields and supports the German invasion of Poland

The Luftwaffe make a preemptive strike against Polish airfields. The Luftwaffe gains air superiority but loses 500 aircraft during a 4 week campaign

The Luftwaffe make a preemptive strike against Polish airfields. The Luftwaffe gains air superiority but loses 500 aircraft during a 4 week campaign

Advises Hitler to allow the BEF time to gather for an evacuation at Dunkirk

Advises Hitler to allow the BEF time to gather for an evacuation at Dunkirk

Awarded the specially created title od Reichmarschall

Awarded the specially created title od Reichmarschall

Rotterdam is reduced to a blazing ruin for the German invasion of France

British convoys in the Channel from Dover to Plymouth are harried. 1st phase to 18th Aug. 1st day of the Battle of Britain

Goring had promised Hitler that Adlertag and Adlerangriff would achieve the results required within days, or at worst weeks. It had meant to be the beginning of the end of RAF Fighter Command, but Adlertag and the following operations failed to destroy the RAF, or gain the necessary local air superiority. As a result, Operation Sea Lion was postponed indefinitely

Goring had promised Hitler that Adlertag and Adlerangriff would achieve the results required within days, or at worst weeks. It had meant to be the beginning of the end of RAF Fighter Command, but Adlertag and the following operations failed to destroy the RAF, or gain the necessary local air superiority. As a result, Operation Sea Lion was postponed indefinitely

Renews attacks on the Channel, marks the next phase. Over the next 3 days the Germans lose 35 to the British 29 aircraft over the Channel. Gathers a force of 2,800 planes, 900 fighters & 1,300 bombers in 3 fleets

The engagements resulting from Eagle Day are later dubbed the Battle of Britain. 1st day of the main offensive

The largest air Battle of this period. Adlertag, eagle day, opening of the decisive phase of the battle. 5 major actions are fought but the Germans lose 76 to Britains 34 aircraft. 1st large air Battle takes place in north England. 1,786 sorties are flown

About 100 bombers escorted by 40 Me 110s are launched against Tyneside

The 3rd phase of the battle begins. Resumes after bad weather. Airfields & commuincations are damaged as German numerical superiority takes effect

Berlin is bombed by the RAF in retaliation for the bombing of London

Concentrates on airfields in the south east but bombs are dropped in error on London. 2nd phase to 27th Sept, a route to London is to be opened up by destroying the RAF

Concentrates on airfields in the south east but bombs are dropped in error on London

The Germans have lost 308 aircraft to the British 273. End of the 3rd phase of the Battle of Britain

London is bombed, marking the beginning of the London blitz

The Luftwaffe diverts its forces from destroying the RAF to bombing London

London becomes the target for incessant bombing

Fighter Command concentrates its dwindling force after Goerings change of strategy

The Luftwaffe diverts forces from destroying the RAF to bombing London

The Luftwaffe diverts its forces from destroying the RAF to bombing London

The Operation begins on Adlertag ("Eagle Day") by German forces, elimination of British air cover had been set as one of the prerequisites for Sea Lion - the amphibious assault of Britain

Initial Luftwaffe estimates are that it will take four days to defeat the RAF Fighter Command in southern England

Bombing on London peaks. Believing the RAF is broken Goering bombs London, 1,300 sorties are flown. 56 German planes are downed compared with 26 British. 1,000 bombers & 700 fighters rage over the London

Believing the RAF is broken Goering bombs London, 1,300 sorties are flown

Initial Luftwaffe estimates are that it will take four days to defeat the RAF Fighter Command in southern England

The Operation begins on Adlertag ("Eagle Day") by German forces, elimination of British air cover had been set as one of the prerequisites for Sea Lion - the amphibious assault of Britain

The Operation begins on Adlertag ("Eagle Day") by German forces, elimination of British air cover had been set as one of the prerequisites for Sea Lion - the amphibious assault of Britain. Initial Luftwaffe estimates are that it will take four days to defeat the RAF Fighter Command in southern England. Believing the RAF is broken Goering bombs London, 1,300 sorties are flown

More than 450 British fighters are destroyed & 103 pilots killed. Attacks are shifted to main inland RAF bases

Coventry is destroyed during a night raid

449 German planes bomb Coventry

150 German aitcraft bomb Southampton

Advises Hitler the Luftwaffe can keep the Army supplied in Stalingrad, a mistake

The entire urban population of the invaded land was to be starved to death, thus creating an agricultural surplus to feed Germany and allowing the urban populations replacement by a German upper class. Goerings Green Folder laid out details of the Soviet Unions proposed economic disposal after the invasion. Tries to dissuade Hitler from invading Russia

Advises Hitler the Luftwaffe can keep the Army supplied in Stalingrad, a mistake

Placed in charge of the economic exploitation of Russia

Goerings Green Folder laid out details of the Soviet Unions proposed economic disposal after the invasion

The entire urban population of the invaded land was to be starved to death, thus creating an agricultural surplus to feed Germany and allowing the urban populations replacement by a German upper class. Goerings Green Folder laid out details of the Soviet Unions proposed economic disposal after the invasion

For 3 days Belgrade ie ceaslesly bombed, it is razed to the ground killing 17,000

The C-in-C of Luftflotte Four, Generaloberst Alexander Lehr receives orders from Hermann Goering to wind down the air-offensive and transfer the bulk of the dive-bomber force to support the campaign in Greece

The C-in-C of Luftflotte Four, Generaloberst Alexander Lehr receives orders from Hermann Gring to wind down the air-offensive and transfer the bulk of the dive-bomber force to support the campaign in Greece

The C-in-C of Luftflotte Four, Generaloberst Alexander Lehr receives orders from Hermann Gring to wind down the air-offensive and transfer the bulk of the dive-bomber force to support the campaign in Greece. The C-in-C of Luftflotte Four, Generaloberst Alexander Lehr receives orders from Hermann Goering to wind down the air-offensive and transfer the bulk of the dive-bomber force to support the campaign in Greece

Takes Crete from the British with an airbourne assault

By the 2nd day of the invasion the Luftwaffe has destroyed 2,000 Russian aircraft

By the 2nd day of the invasion the Luftwaffe has destroyed 2,000 Russian aircraft

Claims the Luftwaffe can supply the encircled German army at Stalingrad by air

Surrenders to the US forces

Expelled from the Nazi party after trying to seize power

Stripped of all offices by Hitler after asking if he could succeed