Richard Schimpf Explained

Richard Schimpf
Birth Date:	16 May 1897
Allegiance:
Branch:	Luftwaffe German Air Force
Rank:	Generalleutnant (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)
Commands:	21st Luftwaffe Field Division 3rd Parachute Division
Battles:	World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Richard Schimpf (16 May 1897 – 30 December 1972) was a paratroop general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. On 8 March 1945, he negotiated a surrender to American troops at Bad Godesberg, handing himself and the city over without a shot being fired.^[1] He joined the post war West German Air Force in 1957 and retired in 1962 as a Generalmajor.

Awards and decorations

• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (5 August 1940) & 1st Class (17 February 1941)^[2]

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 October 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 3. Fallschirmjäger Division ^[3]
• Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

References

Bibliography

• Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 2000 . 1986 . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile . 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 . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.

• Book: Thomas . Franz . Wegmann . Günter . 1986 . Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil II: Fallschirmjäger . The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part II: Paratroopers . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-1461-8.

Notes and References

1. Hansen, Randall (2014). Disobeying Hitler: German Resistance After Operation Valkyrie, pp. 180-181.
2. Thomas & Wegmann 1986, p. 254.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 307.