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MILITARY PERSONNEL

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 24,567 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Strauss is the 605th most popular military personnel (up from 622nd in 2019), the 1,481st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,559th in 2019) and the 118th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Adolf Strauss ranks 605 out of 1,468. Before him are Otto von Kotzebue, Seishirō Itagaki, Lautaro, Ashraf Marwan, Demosthenes, and Günther Blumentritt. After him are Jawhar, Nikolay Gumilyov, Ludwig von Benedek, Wilhelm Rediess, Ernst Linder, and Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Adolf Strauss ranks 53. Before him are William Beveridge, Paul Poiret, Max Schreck, Edward Steichen, Bedřich Hrozný, and Hisaichi Terauchi. After him are Alfred Korzybski, Nikolai Medtner, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, William Fox, Ethel Barrymore, and Agrippina Vaganova. Among people deceased in 1973, Adolf Strauss ranks 64. Before him are Shirali Muslimov, Karl Löwith, Mikhail Kalatozov, Veronica Lake, Edward Steichen, and Mary Wigman. After him are Asger Jorn, Dickinson W. Richards, Jacques Lipchitz, Károly Kerényi, Milunka Savić, and Alexander Orlov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf Strauss ranks 1,481 out of 6,142. Before him are Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676), August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798), Gerberga of Saxony (913), Matthias Erzberger (1875), Rupert of Salzburg (650), and Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord (1878). After him are Michael Schenker (1955), Henry III, Margrave of Meissen (1218), Carl Heinrich Graun (1704), Joos van Cleve (1485), Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825), and Paul Rée (1849).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Adolf Strauss ranks 118. Before him are Nicolaus von Below (1907), Kurt Franz (1914), Ernst Barkmann (1919), Fritz Bayerlein (1899), Hans Speidel (1897), and Günther Blumentritt (1892). After him are Wilhelm Rediess (1900), Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld (1651), Hans Langsdorff (1894), Herbert Kappler (1907), Georg Stumme (1886), and Wilhelm Schepmann (1894).

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