[PzLdr]

Wolfram Von Richtofen made his bones with the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War. By the time of Case White, he was acknowledged as the German expert on dive bombing and close air support.I believe it was his units that supported Guderian's attack across the Meuse at Sedan in 194o. He commanded Fliegerkorps VIII on the Eastern Front, and was the front line Luftwaffe commander during the Stalingrad operation. He argued against trying to support the 6th Army by air when it was encircled, and then served in the Med. A critic of the Army's over reliance on air support, he coined the phrase "They want my dive bombers when they could throw grenades"

I believe the Allies had mustard gas on ships off the Normandy coast on D-Day, in case the Germans used gas to repel the attack. Luckily, the Luftwaffe failed to show up in any force, and the ships weren't hit.

Richtofen developed an inoperable brain tumor, and was retired in 1944. He died before the end of the war

[wildcatf4f3]

OK, here comes---its Bush's fault...........(sorry)

[SAMWolf]

Wolfram von Richthofen was a distant cousin of the late Manfred von Richthofen and one of only a few select officers in the Luftwaffe to have attained the highest rank of Generalfeldmarschall.