Paul Deichmann (27 August 1898 – 10 January 1981) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, an award for bravery or superior leadership service.

Life

Deichmann was born in Fulda on 27 August 1898 and was educated with the cadet corps. He entered the German Imperial Army as a Fähnrich in the 86th Regiment of Fusiliers on 29 March 1916, and was commissioned a Leutnant a week prior to his eighteenth birthday. In the following August he began service with Luftstreitkräfte as an observer, and continued this duty to the end of World War I. After the end of the war, Deichmann joined a Freikorps fighting in Courland and was accepted into the Reichswehr in May 1920. On 1 October 1920, he transferred to the 3rd Prussian Infantry Regiment, and in August 1925 was promoted to Oberleutnant. He was temporarily released from the Army in 1928 and returned to active duty in 1931 with the 1st Infantry Regiment, and was promoted to Hauptmann in 1933. With the official establishment of the German Luftwaffe on 1 October 1934, he entered the Reich Air Ministry.

WWII

Post-WWII

Deichmann was released as a POW on 22 December 1947, having already completed his first writings for the Operational History (German) Section of the Historical Division of the United States Army. From 1952 to 1958, he was the control officer and therefore head of the "German Air Force Monograph Project" of the USAF Historical Division in Karlsruhe. He was then appointed head of a historical study group (Studiengruppe) at the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr (FüAkBw), where he also gave numerous lectures.

Death

General der Flieger (ret.) Deichmann died on 10 January 1981 in Hamburg.

Awards and decorations

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