Manfred von Richthofen was born on May 2, 1892 in Breslau, Germany as the son of Major Albrecht von Richthofen, a Prussian nobleman and his wife, Kunigunde. Manfred was the eldest of three sons. At the age of eleven he was enrolled into the military school at Wahlstatt and then attended the Royal Military Academy at Lichterfelde. Manfred was a far better athlete than he was a scholar, and applied his horseback riding skills to become a …showed first 75 words of 1187 total…

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