Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hermann Wilhelm Goring (also spelled Goering) (Ltspkr.png listen) (12 January 1893 - 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader and a leading member of the Nazi Party. Among many offices, he was Hitler's designated successor and commander of the Luftwaffe (German Air Force). With twenty-two confirmed kills as a fighter pilot, he was a veteran of the First World War and recipient of the coveted Pour le Merite ("The Blue Max"). He was the last commander of "The Red Baron," Manfred von Richthofen's Jagdgeschwader 1 air squadron. Following the end of the Second World War, Goring was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials. He was sentenced to death by hanging, but committed suicide by cyanide ingestion the night before he was due to be hanged.