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Alexander von Falkenhausen

1878 - 1966

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Alexander Ernst Alfred Hermann Freiherr von Falkenhausen (29 October 1878 – 31 July 1966) was a German general and military advisor to Chiang Kai-shek. He was an important figure during the Sino-German cooperation to reform the Chinese army. In 1938, Germany ended its support for China under pressure from Japan, and Falkenhausen was forced to return home. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander von Falkenhausen has received more than 457,280 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Alexander von Falkenhausen is the 617th most popular military personnel (down from 418th in 2019), the 317th most popular biography from Poland (down from 210th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Polish Military Personnel.

Alexander von Falkenhausen is most famous for being the German military governor of Belgium during World War I. He is also known for his work as a military strategist and for his role in the development of German military doctrine.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alexander von Falkenhausen ranks 617 out of 2,058. Before him are Kirill Moskalenko, Oda Nobuhide, Huang Gai, Christian de Castries, Lauri Törni, and Mikhail Skobelev. After him are Johan Laidoner, Hubert Lyautey, Wolfgang Lüth, Takeichi Nishi, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, and Heinz Reinefarth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Alexander von Falkenhausen ranks 45. Before him are Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria, Elizabeth Arden, Milan Hodža, Mahmud Barzanji, Abdelaziz of Morocco, and Slavko Kvaternik. After him are James Oliver Curwood, Angelica Balabanoff, Franz Schreker, Eino Leino, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, and Boris Kustodiev. Among people deceased in 1966, Alexander von Falkenhausen ranks 50. Before him are Erwin Piscator, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Elizabeth Arden, Frank Lentini, Jisaburō Ozawa, and L. E. J. Brouwer. After him are Evelyn Waugh, Georges Duhamel, Sadao Araki, Demchugdongrub, Wäinö Aaltonen, and Bai Chongxi.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Alexander von Falkenhausen ranks 317 out of 1,694. Before him are Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (1797), Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński (1776), Bolesław V the Chaste (1226), Chaïm Perelman (1912), Jean Epstein (1897), and Daniel Olbrychski (1945). After him are Grażyna Bacewicz (1909), Sławomir Mrożek (1930), Stefan Wyszyński (1901), Heinz Reinefarth (1903), Bolesław IV the Curly (1120), and Lestek (870).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Alexander von Falkenhausen ranks 27. Before him are Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885), Vasily Sokolovsky (1897), Elisabeth Volkenrath (1919), Erich Fellgiebel (1886), Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (1889), and Rüdiger von der Goltz (1865). After him are Heinz Reinefarth (1903), Walther Nehring (1892), Eberhard von Mackensen (1889), Casimir Pulaski (1745), Hans Karl von Diebitsch (1785), and Maximilian von Prittwitz (1848).

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