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Carl Hilpert

1888 - 1947

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Carl Hilpert (12 September 1888 – 1 February 1947) was a German general during World War II. When World War II broke out in September 1939, Hilpert became chief of the staff of Armeeabteilung A on 9 September 1939 under the command of Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, who was tasked with securing the western border with Belgium and the Netherlands. After its dissolution on 3 October, the staff was used to form the South Border Section Command in Kraków, where Hilpert remained active, before taking up the post of chief of staff of the 1st Army under Erwin von Witzleben on 5 February 1940. With this association, Hilpert took part in the Battle of France and after its successful completion on 1 October 1940, he was promoted to lieutenant general. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Hilpert has received more than 193,174 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Carl Hilpert is the 1,163rd most popular military personnel (down from 988th in 2019), the 2,844th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,485th in 2019) and the 217th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Carl Hilpert ranks 1,163 out of 2,058. Before him are Stjepan Sarkotić, Otto von Knobelsdorff, Archelaus, Anton Tus, Khiuaz Dospanova, and Grigory Kotovsky. After him are Alexander of Lyncestis, Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, Juan Yagüe, Wilhelm Falley, Juan Martín Díez, and Otto Lasch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Carl Hilpert ranks 110. Before him are Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria, José Félix Estigarribia, Domenico Tardini, Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Léon Scieur, and Sophus Nielsen. After him are Marcel L'Herbier, Michał Sopoćko, Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, Lead Belly, Sigfried Giedion, and Árpád Szakasits. Among people deceased in 1947, Carl Hilpert ranks 102. Before him are Richard Heidrich, Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Attilio Ferraris, Ferdinand Zecca, Ludwig Kübler, and Anton Schall. After him are Evelyn McHale, Andrei Shkuro, Theodore Romzha, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, Fiorello H. La Guardia, and Georg von Trapp.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Hilpert ranks 2,844 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853), Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1482), Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg (1673), Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony (1617), Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (1671), and Friedrich August Stüler (1800). After him are Anton Walter (1752), Carl Tanzler (1877), Adolph Kolping (1813), Gustav-Adolf von Zangen (1892), Anne Buydens (1919), and Anton Flettner (1885).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Carl Hilpert ranks 217. Before him are August Schmidhuber (1901), Richard Heidrich (1896), Max Pauly (1907), Ludwig Kübler (1889), Otto Deßloch (1889), and Otto von Knobelsdorff (1886). After him are Gustav-Adolf von Zangen (1892), Eduard Wagner (1894), Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch (1888), Josias von Heeringen (1850), Wilhelm Batz (1916), and Werner Goldberg (1919).

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