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Eugen Albert Max Meindl was born 16. July 1892 in the town of Donaueschingen in Baden-Württemberg. 27. July 1912 to become a cadet württemberské army and after graduating from the War academy he was 17. February 1914 promoted to the rank of lieutenant and joined the service at 5. bádenského field artillery regiment. During 1. world war he served in the regiment of the function of an artillery officer and the commander of the battery, at the end of the war he served as adjutant at 52. an artillery headquarters. In addition to the other distinctions received Iron cross 2. and 1. class. In 1919 he entered with the rank of lieutenant in the Reichswehru, where he held command and staff functions in the field artillery and in the years 1933 to 1935 he taught (as a major) at the artillery school in Jüteborgu. Here is also 1. October 1934 became a member of the Wehrmacht. 15. October 1935 was appointed commander of the artillery battalion and 10. November 1938 the commander of 112. regiment of mountain artillery in the Graz – and in April 1939 he was promoted to colonel. The regiment he commanded during the Polish campaign and the attack on Norway. 7. June 1940 colonel Meindl, without graduated from paratrooper training, voluntarily jumped in Narvik with parašutistickým the away team, which was to strengthen the british forces beleaguered Dietlovy forces. The british, however, between their units quietly evacuated and Dietlova troops entered 8. June 1940 to vyklizeného Narvik. At this time Meindl received two clasps to the Iron crosses. At the beginning of August 1940 gave up the command of the regiment and was transferred to the "führer's backup". At his own request, became 1. September 1941, a member of the Luftwaffe, he graduated from parachute training and took over the command of the Kluzákového attack regiment 1. 1. January 1941 he was promoted to first general's rank. 20. in may 1941, during operation Mercury,the attack on Crete, landed Meindlův regiment on parachutes and sailplanes DSF 230 in the vicinity of the airport of Maleme. Major general Meindl was shortly after landing badly wounded by machine-gun fire, and command of his battle group took over the colonel Ramcke. 21. June 1941 was Eugen Meindl awarded the Knight's cross. After he had recovered from his injuries, took over the Meindl back in command of your kluzákového regiment. In the winter of 1941/1942 then commanded on the eastern front "Battle group Meindl," which was compiled from field regiments the Luftwaffe and was later renamed the Meindlovu division of the air force. The bulk of the division fought on the right wing Demjanského outcropping. For the combat action on the eastern front received the Meindl 27. July 1942 German cross in gold. 26. September 1942 he was appointed commanding general XIII. air corps, along with . the field corps of the air force and 1. February 1943 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. In November 1943 it was his headquarters was renamed to the II. airborne corps, which remained until the end of the war under the Meindlovým command. 1. April 1944 was followed by a promotion to general of the airborne troops. After the Allied landing in Normandy 6. June 1944 was II. airborne corps, which was subordinated to the 3. paradesantní division and 17. the division of the panzer grenadiers of the SS Götz von Berlichingen, deployed against us forces in the area Saint Lô and participated in heavy fighting the next two months. After the destruction in the pocket of the Falaise II. airborne corps in Germany reorganized and subsequently deployed to the Netherlands, where in September 1944 faced the allied landing in the area Nijmegen (Operation Market-Garden). A great command during the fighting at the Falaise took Meindl 31 August 1944 an oak branch to the Knight's cross. After the rest of the war led Meindl torso of his corps in the battles in Holland and Germany and 8. may 1945, received as a 155. a German soldier swords to the Knight's cross. The period from 25. may 1945 to 29. September 1947 spent in the anglo-american captivity as prisoner number 451 668. Eugen Meindl died 24. January 1951 in Munich.
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