The Complete Blue Max : A Chronological Record of the Holders of the Pour le Mérite, Prussia's Highest Military Order, from 1740 to 1918

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brazier, Kevin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany. Heer. Luftstreitkräfte--Biography.

Germany.

Orden Pour le Mâerite--Aerial operations, German--Germany--Biography.

Orden Pour le Mâerite.

Orden Pour le Mâerite--Biography.

Fighter pilots.

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Pen and Sword, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hermann Göring, Erwin Rommel, Manfred von Richthofen, Paul von Hindenburg, Helmuth von Moltke, Ernst Junger, Max Immelmann - they were among the most famous individuals to be awarded the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order, the Pour le Mérite, better known as the 'Blue Max'. Until the end of the Great War the Blue Max was the most prestigious accolade, a German serviceman could wish for. Yet fictions and myths about the Blue Max have obscured its long and fascinating history. Kevin Brazier, in this comprehensive account of the Pour le Mérite and of the men who received it, aims to set

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 - A Short History of the Medal; CHAPTER 2 - Roll of Honour: a chronological list of Pour le Mérite holders, 1740-1812; CHAPTER 3 - Roll of Honour: a complete chronological list of all Pour le Mérite holders, 1813-1913; CHAPTER 4 - Roll of Honour: a complete chronological list of all Pour le Mérite holders, 1914-1918; CHAPTER 5 - Campaigns of the Pour le Mérite; Leutnant Karl ALLMENRÖDER 'Karlcken' (30 victories); Oberleutnant Ernst Freiherr von ALTHAUS 'Hussar Althaus' (9 victories)

Leutnant Paul BAÜMER 'The Iron Eagle' (43 victories)Leutnant Oliver Freiherr von BEAULIEU-MARCONNAY 'Bauli' (25 victories); Oberleutnant Fritz BERNERT 'Otto' (27 victories); Oberleutnant Hans BERR (10 victories); Oberleutnant Rudolf BERTHOLD 'The Iron Knight' (44 victories); Leutnant der Reserve Walter BLUME (28 victories); Hauptmann Oswald BOELCKE (40 victories); Oberleutnant Oskar Freiherr von BOENIGK (26 victories); Leutnant der Reserve Erwin BÖHME (24 victories); Rittmeister Karl BOLLE (36 victories); Leutnant der Reserve Heinrich BONGARTZ (33 victories); Hauptmann Ernst von BRANDENBURG

Leutnant Franz BÜCHNER (40 victories)Leutnant der Reserve Julius BUCKLER (36 victories); Hauptmann Hans-Joachim BUDDECKE 'The Hunting Falcon' (13 victories); Leutnant Walter von BÜLOW-BOTHKAMP 'Jonny Bülow' (28 victories); Kapitänleutnant Horst Freiherr Treusch von BUTTLAR-BRANDENFELS; Kapitänleutnant zur See Friedrich CHRISTIANSEN (13 victories); Leutnant Carl DEGELOW 'Charly' (30 victories); Leutnant der Reserve Albert DOSSENBACH (15 victories); Oberleutnant Eduard Ritter von DOSTLER (26 victories); Leutnant der Reserve Wilhelm FRANKL (20 victories); Oberleutnant Hermann FRICKE

Leutnant der Reserve Heinrich GONTERMANN (39 victories)Oberleutnant Hermann GÖRING 'The Iron Man' (22 victories); Oberleutnant Robert Ritter von GREIM (28 victories); Leutnant der Reserve Wilhelm GRIEBSCH; Hauptmann Jürgen von GRONE; Leutnant Walter HÖHNDORF (12 victories); General der Kavallerie Ernst von HOEPPNER; Oberleutnant Erich HOMBURG; Leutnant Hans-Georg HORN; Oberleutnant Max IMMELMANN 'The Eagle of Lille' (17 victories); Leutnant Josef JACOBS (48 victories); Hauptmann Alfred KELLER; Leutnant Hans KIRSCHSTEIN (27 victories); Oberleutnant Otto KISSENBERTH (20 victories)

Leutnant Hans KLEIN (22 victories)Kapitänleutnant Rudolf KLEINE; Hauptmann Hermann KÖHL; Leutnant Otto KÖNNECKE (35 victories); Oberleutnant Heinrich KROLL (33 victories); Leutnant der Reserve Arthur LAUMANN (28 victories); Leutnant der Reserve Gustav LEFFERS (9 victories); Oberst Hermann von der LEITH-THOMSEN (born Hermann THOMSEN); Hauptmann Leo LEONHARDY 'The Iron Commander'; Hauptmann Bruno LOERZER (44 victories); Oberleutnant Erich LÖWENHARDT (54 victories); Oberleutnant Carl MENCKHOFF (39 victories); Leutnant Max Ritter von MÜLLER (36 victories); Oberleutnant Albert MÜLLER-KAHLE

Leutnant Max Ritter von MULZER (10 victories)

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ISBN:

9781783465910

1783465913

9781783830572

1783830573

OCLC:

864849746