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Richard Schimpf (16 May 1897 – 30 December 1972) was a paratroop general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. On 8 March 1945, he negotiated a surrender to American troops at Bad Godesberg, handing himself and the city over without a shot being fired.Hansen, Randall (2014). Disobeying Hitler: German Resistance After Operation Valkyrie, pp. 180-181. He joined the post war West German Air Force in 1957 and retired in 1962 as a Generalmajor.
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Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (5 August 1940) & 1st Class (17 February 1941)Thomas & Wegmann 1986, p. 254.
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 October 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 3. Fallschirmjäger Division Fellgiebel 2000, p. 307. Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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