Alexander Löhr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Austrian Air Force commander and German general
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Place of Birth: Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Mehedinți County, Romania
About Alexander Löhr
- Alexander Löhr (20 May 1885 – 26 February 1947) was an Austrian Air Force commander during the 1930s and, after the annexation of Austria, he was a Luftwaffe commander.
- Löhr served in the Luftwaffe during World War II and became commander-in-chief in Southeast Europe.
- Löhr was one of three former Austrians who rose to the rank of Generaloberst within the German Wehrmacht.
- The other two were Erhard Raus and Lothar Rendulic. Löhr surrendered to Yugoslav Army forces in May 1945.
- Tried and convicted of war crimes for anti-partisan reprisals committed under his command, he was executed on 26 February 1947.
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