Early life Hermann Göring was born in Bavaria in 1893. “His father was a member of the colonial service in Africa.” His mother abandoned him when he was six weeks old and did not care for her child for three years. At a very young age, he wanted to become a soldier. He graduated from a military education center, where he was sent at the age of sixteen. He was found to have a very high intelligence quotient of 138. During and after World War I, Goring remained with his troops when World War I began in 1914. During World War I, he became famous for being a hero of war. During this period, he was an airplane pilot. “He won numerous awards for his bravery and was the last commander of the legendary Richthofen fighter squadron.” Between 1924 and 1921, he studied at the University of Munich at the end of the war. From 1924 to 1929 he lived in Sweden. Before returning to Germany, Göring's behavior was peculiar as the war broke out. Because of this different attitude, Göring became addicted to drugs, became lazy and fat. Göring was detected as an ex...