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{{Infobox Military Person
|name=Eugen Meindl
|born={{birth date|1892|7|16|df=y}}
|died={{death date and age|1951|1|24|1892|7|16|df=y}}
|placeofbirth=[[Donaueschingen]]
|placeofdeath=[[Munich]]
|image=[[Image:Gen meindl 1941.jpg|230px]]
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance={{flagicon|German Empire}} [[German Empire]] (to 1918)<br>{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Weimar Republic]] (to 1933)<br>{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Nazi Germany]]
|branch=[[Luftwaffe]]
|serviceyears=1912&ndash;1945
|rank=General der Fallschirmtruppe
|commands=
|unit=
|battles=[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]
*[[Battle of Crete]]
|awards=[[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross|Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords]]
|laterwork=}}
 
'''Eugen Meindl''' ([[16 July]] [[1892]] &ndash; [[24 January]] [[1951]]) was a highly decorated German [[Fallschirmjäger]] and [[general]] during [[World War II]].
 
==Biography==
Eugen Meindl was born in [[Donaueschingen]]. He served with the artillery from [[July 27]], [[1912]]. In [[World War I]] he commanded a platoon and later a battery and subsequently served as adjutant with the 67th Artillery Regiment and with the Artillery Commander, 52nd Corps.
 
Meindl served with various artillery units in the [[Reichswehr]]. Promoted to Hauptmann on [[August 1]], [[1924]], he was assigned to the Reichwehr Ministry on [[September 14]], [[1926]] and spent the ten years there before being promoted to [[Major]].
 
On [[November 10]], [[1939]] [[Oberstleutnant]] Meindl was named commander of the 112th Mountain Artillery Regiment in [[Graz]]. As an [[Oberst]] he led the “Meindl Group” and made his very first parachute jump at Narvik. His transfer to the [[Luftwaffe]] followed on [[November 28]], [[1940]], even though he had been commander of the “Assault Regiment Meindl” of the parachute troops since August 9.
The airborne [[Battle of Crete|invasion of Crete]] saw Meindl jump near the Platanias Bridge, where he was shot through the chest. Major [[Edgar Stentzler]] led the regiment until Oberst [[Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke]] arrived.
 
On [[February 26]], [[1942]] [[Generalmajor]] Meindl became commander of the newly formed Luftwaffe Division Meindl in Russia and on September 26 he took over XII Fliegerkorps (later I Luftwaffe Field Corps).
 
Meindl distinguished himself in the winter fighting in Russia, was named in the [[Wehrmachtbericht]] and on [[November 5]], [[1943]] was promoted to commanding general of II Parachute Corps, which he led in the west on the invasion front and later at [[Cleve]] and in the Reichswald. Meindl’s corps fought with distinction at Goch and in the [[Wesel]] bridgehead. Meindl was taken prisoner and held until [[September 29]], [[1947]]. He died in [[Munich]].
 
==Awards==
* [[Wound Badge]] in Black
* [[Cuff title|"Kreta" Cuffband]]
* [[German Cross]] in Gold (27 July 1942)
* [[Iron Cross]] 2nd and 1st Class
* [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross|Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords]]
** Knight's Cross (14 June 1941)
** 564th Oak Leaves (31 August 1944)
** 155th Swords (8 May 1945)
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
<div class="references-small">
* Berger, Florian (2000). ''Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges''. Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). ''Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945''. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Kurowski, Franz. ''Knights of the Wehrmacht Knight's Cross Holders of the Fallschirmjäger''. Schiffer Military. ISBN 0-88740-749-8.
* Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit (2001). ''Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II''. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.
* Scherzer, Veit (2007). ''Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives'' (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
</div>
 
==External links==
{{commonscat|Eugen Meindl}}
* [http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Luftwaffe/M/Meindl-Eugen.htm Eugen Meindl @ Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939-45]
* [http://www.camp198.fsnet.co.uk/General%20der%20Fallschirmtruppe%20Eugen%20Meindl.htm Eugen Meindl @ ISLAND FARM SPECIAL CAMP: XI POWS HELD AT BRIDGEND]
 
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[[Category:Recipients of the German Cross]]
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