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Erich Marcks

1891 - 1944

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Erich Marcks (6 June 1891 – 12 June 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He authored the first draft of the operational plan, Operation Draft East, for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, advocating what was later known as A-A line as the goal for the Wehrmacht to achieve, within nine to seventeen weeks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich Marcks has received more than 295,999 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Marcks is the 1,549th most popular military personnel (down from 1,196th in 2019), the 3,764th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,054th in 2019) and the 278th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Erich Marcks ranks 1,549 out of 2,058. Before him are Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov, Alfredo Astiz, Trần Văn Trà, Fritz Darges, Farrukh Hormizd, and Thomas Gage. After him are Michel-Joseph Maunoury, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Josip Filipović, James Somerville, Friedrich Schulz, and Benjamin Briggs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Erich Marcks ranks 156. Before him are Charley Patton, Victoria Kent, Franz Kaiser, Adolf Busch, Emil Julius Gumbel, and Galaktion Tabidze. After him are Fréhel, Sam Jaffe, Grunya Sukhareva, Federico Moreno Torroba, Alexander Volkov, and William F. Albright. Among people deceased in 1944, Erich Marcks ranks 217. Before him are Edith Durham, Aino Ackté, Adam von Trott zu Solz, Dénes Kőnig, Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau, and Isabelino Gradín. After him are Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Hendrik Willem van Loon, Tokutaro Ukon, Maurice Paléologue, Arthur Blake, and Johan Pitka.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Marcks ranks 3,764 out of 7,253. Before him are Emil Julius Gumbel (1891), Matilda of France (943), Fritz Darges (1913), Ruth Fischer (1895), Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg (1852), and Peter Thiel (1967). After him are Norbert Lammert (1948), Alexander, Prince of Lippe (1831), Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel (1804), Glückel of Hameln (1646), Wolf Hoffmann (1959), and Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (1495).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Erich Marcks ranks 278. Before him are Franz Bäke (1898), Joachim von Kortzfleisch (1890), Johann von Werth (1591), Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller (1897), Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810), and Fritz Darges (1913). After him are Maximilian von Edelsheim (1897), Rudolf von Bünau (1890), Friedrich von Ingenohl (1857), Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer (1900), Friedrich Sixt von Armin (1851), and Hans Felber (1889).

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