MILITARY PERSONNEL

Fritz Klingenberg

1912 - 1945

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Fritz Paul Heinrich Otto Klingenberg (17 December 1912 – 23 March 1945) was a German officer in the Waffen-SS who served with the SS Division Das Reich and was a commander of the SS Division Götz von Berlichingen. He was best known for his role in the capture of the Yugoslavian capital, Belgrade, for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. In April 1941, the German Army invaded Yugoslavia and then Greece. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fritz Klingenberg has received more than 205,226 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Fritz Klingenberg is the 1,014th most popular military personnel (down from 710th in 2019), the 2,465th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,734th in 2019) and the 192nd most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Fritz Klingenberg ranks 1,014 out of 2,058Before him are Carl Brashear, George Rooke, Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Martin Gottfried Weiss, Theodor Wisch, and Ramón de Cardona. After him are George Dewey, Ernst-Günther Baade, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Yekaterina Budanova, Jure Francetić, and Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Fritz Klingenberg ranks 128Before him are Marta Eggerth, Thorbjørn Egner, Võ Chí Công, Folco Lulli, Gil Evans, and Kathleen Ferrier. After him are Margaret Scriven, Martha Scott, Josef Blösche, Jure Francetić, Jean Françaix, and Boris Kidrič. Among people deceased in 1945, Fritz Klingenberg ranks 169Before him are Jacques Doriot, Richard Thomalla, Matome Ugaki, Gustav Flatow, Hazi Aslanov, and Achille Starace. After him are Ernst-Günther Baade, Alfred Meyer, Pavle Đurišić, Hans von Dohnanyi, Isamu Chō, and Mihail Sebastian.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Fritz Klingenberg ranks 2,465 out of 7,253Before him are Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1481), Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881), Franz von Sickingen (1481), Christiane Vulpius (1765), Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1700), and Volker Finke (1948). After him are Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1842), Dorothea Erxleben (1715), Adolf Meyer (1881), Ernst-Günther Baade (1897), Erasmus Reinhold (1511), and Albert of Saxony (1316).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Fritz Klingenberg ranks 192Before him are Hans Cramer (1896), Fritz Witt (1908), Heinrich Bär (1913), Eugen Ritter von Schobert (1883), Martin Gottfried Weiss (1905), and Theodor Wisch (1907). After him are Ernst-Günther Baade (1897), Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (1899), Ulrich Graf (1878), Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737), Otto Baum (1911), and Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow (1782).