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Fritz Bayerlein

1899 - 1970

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Fritz Hermann Michael Bayerlein (14 January 1899 – 30 January 1970) was a "quarter-Jewish" German general in the Wehrmacht, during World War II. He initially served as a staff officer, including with Erwin Rommel in the Afrika Korps. He then commanded the 3rd Panzer Division, the Panzer Lehr Division and LIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) in the European theatre. Bayerlein was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fritz Bayerlein has received more than 272,293 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Fritz Bayerlein is the 549th most popular military personnel (up from 587th in 2019), the 1,340th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,448th in 2019) and the 105th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Fritz Bayerlein ranks 549 out of 2,058. Before him are Ivan Yakubovsky, Hasdrubal Gisco, Mitsuo Fuchida, Paul Revere, Alexander von Kluck, and Vladimir Gelfand. After him are Peroz III, Karl Silberbauer, Harpagus, Franz von Hipper, Kawakami Gensai, and Valerii Zaluzhnyi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Fritz Bayerlein ranks 58. Before him are P. L. Travers, Louis Hjelmslev, Lao She, Lev Kuleshov, Andrei Platonov, and Alma Reville. After him are Brassaï, Ludwig Guttmann, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Philipp Bouhler, Georges Bidault, and Louis Chiron. Among people deceased in 1970, Fritz Bayerlein ranks 56. Before him are E. M. Forster, Lev Kuleshov, Maud Lewis, Erich Heckel, Elsa Triolet, and Percy Spencer. After him are Elyesa Bazna, Barnett Newman, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Nikolay Shvernik, Théo Sarapo, and Michael Balint.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Fritz Bayerlein ranks 1,340 out of 7,253. Before him are Sepp Piontek (1940), Christoph Cellarius (1638), Andreas Libavius (1555), Lucius Antonius Saturninus (20), Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740), and Karl Löwith (1897). After him are Fancy (1946), Princess Auguste of Bavaria (1877), Otto II, Duke of Bavaria (1206), Ludwig Prandtl (1875), Franz von Hipper (1863), and Hans Staden (1525).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Fritz Bayerlein ranks 105. Before him are Theodor Busse (1897), Ernst Lindemann (1894), Walter Rauff (1906), Friedrich Dollmann (1882), Heinz Lammerding (1905), and Alexander von Kluck (1846). After him are Franz von Hipper (1863), Hans Baur (1897), Kurt Franz (1914), Adolf Heusinger (1897), Otto Kumm (1909), and Georg Stumme (1886).

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