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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 267,061 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Marcks is the 1,196th most popular military personnel (down from 1,139th in 2019), the 3,057th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,984th in 2019) and the 222nd most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Erich Marcks ranks 1,196 out of 1,468. Before him are Josias von Heeringen, Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, Walter Short, Ivan Tyulenev, and Hubert Lanz. After him are August Karl von Goeben, Friedrich Christiansen, Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, Tomás de Zumalacárregui, Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov, and Jacob Heinrich von Flemming.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Erich Marcks ranks 122. Before him are Alfred Neubauer, Charles Bickford, Julius Leber, Scott Bradley, Earl Warren, and Mischa Elman. After him are Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, Julio Baghy, Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Béla Imrédy, Vladimir Petlyakov, and Wan Waithayakon. Among people deceased in 1944, Erich Marcks ranks 175. Before him are Sára Salkaházi, Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven, Thomas Curtis, Alexandre Villaplane, Endre Kabos, and Félix Éboué. After him are Leone Ginzburg, Anna Kolesárová, George David Birkhoff, René Daumal, Eduard Wagner, and Harry Langdon.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Marcks ranks 3,057 out of 6,142. Before him are Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1529), Felix Hoppe-Seyler (1825), Waldemar Cierpinski (1950), Erich Neumann (1905), Herman Rarebell (1949), and Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1846). After him are Hans-Jochen Vogel (1926), Johann Niemann (1913), Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1599), August Karl von Goeben (1816), Benjamin List (1968), and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt (1574).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Erich Marcks ranks 222. Before him are Joachim Lemelsen (1888), Werner Goldberg (1919), Reinhard Hardegen (1913), Fritz Darges (1913), Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615), and Josias von Heeringen (1850). After him are August Karl von Goeben (1816), Friedrich Christiansen (1879), Karl Koller (1898), Rolf Carls (1885), Eduard Wagner (1894), and Maurice d'Elbée (1752).

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