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Walther Wever | |
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Born | Wilhelmsort, Bromberg district | 11 November 1887
Died | 3 June 1936 Dresden-Klotzsche | (aged 48)
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Service | Luftwaffe |
Rank | Generalleutnant |
Commands | Chief of the Luftwaffe General Staff |
Battles / wars | World War I |
Relations | Walther Wever (son) |
Walther Wever (11 November 1887 – 3 June 1936) was a pre-World War II Luftwaffe Commander. He was an early proponent of the theory of strategic bombing as a means to wage war, while supporting the theories of Giulio Douhet. He died in an air crash in 1936.