Hugo Sperrle

Military Commander

1885 – 1953

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Who was Hugo Sperrle?

Hugo Sperrle was a German field marshal of the Luftwaffe during World War II. His forces were deployed solely on the Western Front and the Mediterranean throughout the war. By 1944 he had become Supreme Commander of the Luftwaffe in the West, but was subsequently dismissed when his heavily outnumbered forces were not able to significantly hamper the Allied landings in Western Europe.

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Born
Feb 7, 1885
Ludwigsburg
Nationality
  • Germany
  • Nazi Germany
  • Weimar Republic
  • German Empire
Lived in
  • Ludwigsburg
Died
Apr 2, 1953
Munich

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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