He joined the [[Nazi]] Party in 1923 and participated in the [[Beer Hall Putsch]] with [[Adolf Hitler]]. Following the failure of the attempted coup he fled to [[Sweden]], returning to [[Germany]] in 1927 under amnesty. He was elected to the [[Reichstag]] in 1928 and became its President on 30 August 1932. Goering founded the [[Gestapo]], was in command of the German Air Force (''[[Luftwaffe]]'') during [[World War II]], and was in charge of the [[Four Year Plan]]. In one of the biggest blunders of the war, Goering convinced Hitler not to advance on the trapped allied forces at the [[Battle of Dunkirk]] because he wanted the airforce to share in the glory of their destruction. Most of the trapped forces were taken aboard ships to England to fight another day. | He joined the [[Nazi]] Party in 1923 and participated in the [[Beer Hall Putsch]] with [[Adolf Hitler]]. Following the failure of the attempted coup he fled to [[Sweden]], returning to [[Germany]] in 1927 under amnesty. He was elected to the [[Reichstag]] in 1928 and became its President on 30 August 1932. Goering founded the [[Gestapo]], was in command of the German Air Force (''[[Luftwaffe]]'') during [[World War II]], and was in charge of the [[Four Year Plan]]. In one of the biggest blunders of the war, Goering convinced Hitler not to advance on the trapped allied forces at the [[Battle of Dunkirk]] because he wanted the airforce to share in the glory of their destruction. Most of the trapped forces were taken aboard ships to England to fight another day. |