Second in command of Nazi Germany, Hermann Göring. When he surrendered to the Americans after WWII in Europe ended he needed to be flown from where he was. They needed a bigger plane because he weighed too much. The allied pilot that took Göring described him as, “creepy”, and, effeminate.

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Second in command of Nazi Germany, Hermann Göring. When he surrendered to the Americans after WWII in Europe ended he needed to be flown from where he was. They needed a bigger plane because he weighed too much. The allied pilot that took Göring described him as, “creepy”, and, effeminate. Hermann Göring was once one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany, holding titles such as Reichsmarschall and head of the Luftwaffe. He was Hitler’s designated successor for much of the Third Reich and played a central role in the war machine. However, by the end of WWII, Göring’s fall from grace was both dramatic and humiliating. When he surrendered to American forces in May 1945, he was found in possession of a massive personal luggage haul—and was so overweight that the U.S. military had to send a larger aircraft to transport him. Göring had also become addicted to paracodeine, a morphine derivative, and reportedly took dozens of pills a day. Allied personnel who interacted with him described him as pompous, delusional, and oddly flamboyant, with one pilot calling him “effeminate” and “creepy.” At the Nuremberg Trials, Göring tried to recapture his former swagger, but his defense was ultimately futile. He was sentenced to hang, but took his own life with a cyanide capsule hours before his execution. © Historical Photos #archaeohistories