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Georg von Küchler

1881 - 1968

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Georg Carl Wilhelm Friedrich von Küchler (30 May 1881 – 25 May 1968) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, who was subsequently convicted of war crimes. He commanded the 18th Army and Army Group North during the Soviet-German war of 1941–1945. After the end of the war, he was tried in the High Command Trial, as part of the Subsequent Nuremberg trials. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg von Küchler has received more than 394,464 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Georg von Küchler is the 172nd most popular military personnel (down from 154th in 2019), the 430th most popular biography from Germany (down from 378th in 2019) and the 39th most popular German Military Personnel.

Georg von Küchler was a German field marshal who commanded the German Army Group North during the early stages of World War II. He is most famous for his role in the Battle of Narva and the Siege of Leningrad.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Georg von Küchler ranks 172 out of 2,058. Before him are Matilda of Tuscany, Paul Hausser, Dragut, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, Helmuth Weidling, and Zhao Yun. After him are Auguste de Marmont, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Akechi Mitsuhide, Michiel de Ruyter, and Hans Krebs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Georg von Küchler ranks 27. Before him are Sveinn Björnsson, Alexei Rykov, Alcide De Gasperi, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Ettore Bugatti, and Hans Fischer. After him are Juan Ramón Jiménez, Irving Langmuir, Hermann Staudinger, Maximilian von Weichs, George Enescu, and Władysław Sikorski. Among people deceased in 1968, Georg von Küchler ranks 17. Before him are Robert F. Kennedy, Trygve Lie, Max Brod, George Gamow, Karl Barth, and Salvatore Quasimodo. After him are Erwin Panofsky, Henry Hallett Dale, Enid Blyton, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Corneille Heymans, and Jim Clark.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg von Küchler ranks 430 out of 7,253. Before him are Regiomontanus (1436), Richard von Weizsäcker (1920), Ernst Abbe (1840), Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904), Max Bruch (1838), and Hans Fischer (1881). After him are Carol I of Romania (1839), Uwe Seeler (1936), Elsa Einstein (1876), Martin Waldseemüller (1470), Gerhard Domagk (1895), and Klaus Meine (1948).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Georg von Küchler ranks 39. Before him are Alfred von Schlieffen (1833), Hermann Fegelein (1906), Joachim Peiper (1915), Paul Hausser (1880), Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848), and Helmuth Weidling (1891). After him are Hans Krebs (1898), Ernst Busch (1885), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), and Henning von Tresckow (1901).

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