article_snippet.sent: German president Karl Doenitz had been Hitler's choice to replace him as leader of the Nazis, a role him assumed following the dictator's suicide on April 30.
article_snippet.sent: Von Greim, 52, a WWI fighter ace, had been put in charge of the Luftwaffe after Hitler turned on Herman Goering accusing Herman Goering of treason.
article_snippet.sent: Railing against Herman Goering former comrades, Hitler summoned von Greim to Berlin and ordered von Greim to hunt down and kill Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler who von Greim believed had tried to harbour a peace deal with the Allies.
article_snippet.sent: On von Greim arrest, von Greim admitted to von Greim captors: 'I am the head of the Luftwaffe, but I have no Luftwaffe'.
article_snippet.sent: Hitler was in Hitler bunker in Berlin a few days prior to Hitler death and Hitler
article_snippet.sent: called von Greim, one of Hitler closest and most trusted allies. '
article_snippet.sent: That evening Hitler launched a rant about how Hitler right hand man Heinrich Himmler had betrayed von Greim. '
article_snippet.sent: Hitler ordered von Greim to go and kill Heinrich Himmler for treason
article_snippet.sent: then take control of the Luftwaffe following the treason of Goering. '
article_snippet.sent: Hitler had committed suicide a week earlier and Admiral Doenitz had taken charge.