Given the question: Facts: - caption: kurt student - battles: world war i world war ii - death date: 1 july 1978 -lrb- aged 88 -rrb- - allegiance: -lrb- to 1945 -rrb- to 1918 -rrb- -lrb- to 1933 -rrb- -lrb- - commands: 7 . flieger-division xi . fliegerkorps 1 . fallschirmarmee - rank: generaloberst - awards: house iron cross with oak leaves order of hohenzollern knight 's cross of the - birth date: 12 may 1890 - serviceyears: 1910 -- 45 - name: kurt student - branch: imperial german army reichswehr luftwaffe - image: bundesarchiv crop.jpg bild 146-1979-128-26 , bernhard-hermann ramcke , kurt student - death place: lemgo , north rhine-westphalia , west germany - birth place: birkholz , german empire now borow , lubusz voivodeship , poland , province of brandenburg , kingdom of prussia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of kurt student .
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kurt student -lrb- 12 may 1890 -- 1 july 1978 -rrb- was a german '' luftwaffe '' general who fought as a fighter pilot during the first world war and as the commander of german '' fallschirmjager '' -lrb- paratroopers -rrb- during the second world war .he was convicted of war crimes for his actions in crete .he received the knight 's cross of the iron cross with oak leaves -lrb- -rrb- .the knight 's cross of the iron cross and its higher grade oak leaves were awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .he lost the first major airborne operation of wwii , the battle for the hague in may 1940 , where he narrowly escaped capture .