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Erwin Jaenecke

1890 - 1960

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Erwin Jaenecke (22 April 1890 – 3 July 1960), was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 17th Army. Jaenecke fought in the Spanish Civil War as part of the Condor Legion On 26 April 1937, Jaenecke was involved in the Bombing of Guernica. After the bombing, he reported the operation as a success."In and of itself, Guernica was a complete success for the Luftwaffe."Jaenecke served on the Eastern Front as commander of the 389th Infantry Division and later the IV Army Corps. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erwin Jaenecke has received more than 81,952 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Erwin Jaenecke is the 1,083rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,006th in 2019), the 2,639th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,545th in 2019) and the 207th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Erwin Jaenecke ranks 1,083 out of 2,058. Before him are Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi, Wilhelm Marschall, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Oskar von Hutier, José Millán-Astray, and Heinrich Ehrler. After him are Maximilian Grabner, Alfredo Guzzoni, Wesley Clark, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Nicolas Luckner, and Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Erwin Jaenecke ranks 101. Before him are Duke Kahanamoku, Robert Stroud, László Bárdossy, Mustafa Shokay, Louis Delluc, and Evert Taube. After him are Emilio Portes Gil, Jelly Roll Morton, Clarence Brown, Adolf Wagner, Harold Bride, and Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1960, Erwin Jaenecke ranks 78. Before him are Hashim al-Atassi, Cedric Gibbons, Véra Clouzot, James Montgomery Flagg, Richard Wright, and John B. Kelly Sr.. After him are Nima Yooshij, Leó Weiner, Alan Stacey, Jules Supervielle, Dirk Jan de Geer, and Leo Spitzer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erwin Jaenecke ranks 2,639 out of 7,253. Before him are John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1627), Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720), Oskar von Hutier (1857), Princess Maria Anna of Saxony (1799), Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (1271), and Heinrich Ehrler (1917). After him are John II, Count Palatine of Simmern (1492), Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834), Regina Jonas (1902), Doro (1964), Carl Ludwig Blume (1796), and Otl Aicher (1922).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Erwin Jaenecke ranks 207. Before him are Hermann Priess (1901), Walter Krüger (1892), Otto Weddigen (1882), Wilhelm Marschall (1886), Oskar von Hutier (1857), and Heinrich Ehrler (1917). After him are Nicolas Luckner (1722), Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792), Alfred Wünnenberg (1891), August Schmidhuber (1901), Richard Heidrich (1896), and Max Pauly (1907).

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