Talk:Erhard Milch

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General Milch and General Udet were not great friends. There was intense rivialry in the Reich Aeronautics Ministry as Milch thought he was a superior organizer then Udet. Before Udet shot himself he wrote in lipstick on the headboard of his bed, " Man of steel you lied to me", this is in reference to Goring. and "Milch you Bastard".--4.224.132.169 13:43, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)Terry Thompson

I don't think it is fair to blame Milch for the loss of German air superiority during the war. The culprit was Udet, who was "Reichsluftzeugmeister", and in this position responsible for mistakes in the production process. Udet became RLZM in 1936. In 1937, the jet plane was ready for production. Wonder how the war had ended if Germany had started it in 1939 with Me 262 instead of Me 109!

It has long been established that the Me 262 was far from ready for production in 1937. In any event those who have made the claim to the contrary, blamed the failure to deploy this ostensibly `ready` plane on Hitler's insistence that Me 262 be employed as a bomber as well as a fighter which through design off-gear, rather than any muddling by either Udet or Milch. When ultimately deployed the Me 262 proved poorly mnouverable, mechanically irreliable in the extreme, an insatiable fuel guzzler and exhorbitantly expensive to boot. It should therefore be classified along with the rest the Reich's near-defeat `Miracle weapons` as a rouge white elephant. It is however correct that the frequent changes in orders which kept industry more retooling than producing, were the fault of the bungling Udet not Milch's. 88.153.95.29 09:23, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

"Rebdorf prison" does not appear to be a real place - not appearing on any non-wikipedia google hits (Except a kid's research paper that appears plagarized from Wiki anyways - anybody have any idea where he was really sent? Sherurcij 06:18, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jewish parent

This article states that Milch's father was Jewish. However, Louis L. Snyder, in his Encyclopedia of the Third Reich, states that Milch's mother was the Jewish parent. Any citations to prove that this article is in fact the correct version? -- Necrothesp 18:46, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

There is no disputing that Milch's father was Jewish. Snyder as well as Robert Wistrich claimes that Milch's mother Clara nee' Rosenau was also geneologically Jewish which would make Erhard Milch a `full Jew` according to Nazi race lawesSoz101 17:30, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 1933-1939

In This Section There is no reference or source of the information in that Goering was responsible of pushing the evident that Erhard Milch's father is another one . and that's why it should be quoted with need citation or removed. --Hiens 11:04, 26 July 2007 (UTC) In fact, there is no reference at all for any of the statements in this section —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.104.115.49 (talk) 00:34, 7 February 2008 (UTC)