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Adolf Strauss

1879 - 1973

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Adolf Kurt Ernst Strauß (6 September 1879 – 20 March 1973) was a German officer who served in the Prussian Army, the Imperial German Army, the Reichswehr, and later as a general in the Heer of Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II. As commander of the II Army Corps, Strauß participated in the German Invasion of Poland. On 30 May 1940, he was appointed commander of the 9th Army in France. Strauß participated in Operation Barbarossa with Army Group Centre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolf Strauss has received more than 24,897 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Strauss is the 483rd most popular military personnel (up from 605th in 2019), the 1,198th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,481st in 2019) and the 96th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Adolf Strauss ranks 483 out of 2,058. Before him are Tamon Yamaguchi, Peter Townsend, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Erich Fellgiebel, Alfred von Waldersee, and Yu Jin. After him are Aegidius, Jean-Charles Pichegru, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Ion Mihai Pacepa, Husein Gradaščević, and Mamai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Adolf Strauss ranks 44. Before him are Karl Bühler, Friedrich Adler, E. M. Forster, Aleksandar Stamboliyski, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, and Frederick Griffith. After him are Wanda Landowska, Boris Savinkov, Marius Jacob, Paul Poiret, Ethel Barrymore, and Max Schreck. Among people deceased in 1973, Adolf Strauss ranks 58. Before him are Howard H. Aiken, Leo Strauss, Emmy Göring, Asger Jorn, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, and Otto Klemperer. After him are Karl Löwith, Milunka Savić, Robert Siodmak, Károly Kerényi, Edward Steichen, and E. E. Evans-Pritchard.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf Strauss ranks 1,198 out of 7,253. Before him are Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (1227), Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1907), Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1781), Hermann Graf (1912), Franz Seldte (1882), and Oskar Morgenstern (1902). After him are George, Duke of Saxony (1471), Helmut Haller (1939), Radegund (518), Barbara Blomberg (1527), Margot Honecker (1927), and Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Adolf Strauss ranks 96. Before him are Viktor Lutze (1890), Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (1594), Max Hoffmann (1869), Johannes Frießner (1892), Karl von Bülow (1846), and Alfred von Waldersee (1832). After him are Günther Korten (1898), Josef Harpe (1887), Theodor Busse (1897), Ernst Lindemann (1894), Walter Rauff (1906), and Friedrich Dollmann (1882).

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