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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Günther von Kluge

1882 - 1944

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Günther Adolf Ferdinand von Kluge (30 October 1882 – 19 August 1944) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) during World War II who held commands on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. He commanded the 4th Army of the Wehrmacht during the invasion of Poland in 1939 and the Battle of France in 1940, earning a promotion to Generalfeldmarschall. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Günther von Kluge has received more than 1,165,747 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Günther von Kluge is the 76th most popular military personnel (down from 62nd in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Poland (down from 28th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Polish Military Personnel.

Günther von Kluge was most famous for his role in the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Moscow, and the Battle of Kursk.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Günther von Kluge ranks 76 out of 1,468. Before him are Ferdinand Foch, Seleucus I Nicator, Edward Smith, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, and Michel Ney. After him are Ivan Konev, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Ahmad Sanjar, Eugène de Beauharnais, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, and Wilhelm Canaris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Günther von Kluge ranks 15. Before him are Lili Elbe, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Georgi Dimitrov, Max Born, Ion Antonescu, and Emmy Noether. After him are Melanie Klein, Kurt von Schleicher, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Umberto Boccioni, Edward Hopper, and Abd el-Krim. Among people deceased in 1944, Günther von Kluge ranks 12. Before him are Romain Rolland, Claus von Stauffenberg, Abdulmejid II, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, William James Sidis, and Richard Sorge. After him are Reza Shah, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Alexis Carrel, Marc Bloch, and Ludwig Beck.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Günther von Kluge ranks 38 out of 1,454. Before him are Kurt Lewin (1890), Irena Sendler (1910), Marie Leszczyńska (1703), Bronisław Malinowski (1884), Leonid Kravchuk (1934), and Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456). After him are Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916), Rudolf Virchow (1821), Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928), Rudolf Clausius (1822), Sigismund II Augustus (1520), and Lech Kaczyński (1949).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Günther von Kluge ranks 4. Before him are Manfred von Richthofen (1892), Fedor von Bock (1880), and Erich Ludendorff (1865). After him are Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916), Erich von Falkenhayn (1861), Werner von Blomberg (1878), Anton Denikin (1872), Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1899), Alfred von Tirpitz (1849), Erwin von Witzleben (1881), and Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755).

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