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Hans von Salmuth

1888 - 1962

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Hans Eberhard Kurt Freiherr von Salmuth (11 November 1888 – 1 January 1962) was a German general of the Wehrmacht during World War II. Salmuth commanded several armies on the Eastern Front, and the Fifteenth Army in France during the D-Day invasion. Following the war, he was tried in the High Command Trial, as part of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials. He was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 20 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans von Salmuth has received more than 228,029 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Hans von Salmuth is the 884th most popular military personnel (down from 865th in 2019), the 2,287th most popular biography from France (up from 2,288th in 2019) and the 89th most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hans von Salmuth ranks 884 out of 2,058. Before him are Ziba Ganiyeva, Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Siegfried von Feuchtwangen, Nikolay Shchors, Artaphernes, and Carmine Crocco. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Henry Tandey, Heinrich Eberbach, Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Boris Gromov, and Claude Alexandre de Bonneval.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Hans von Salmuth ranks 89. Before him are Prince Axel of Denmark, Royal Rife, Victor Goldschmidt, Gunichi Mikawa, Chōjun Miyagi, and Hans Richter. After him are Milan Stojadinović, Masaharu Homma, Paul Morand, S. S. Van Dine, Francesco Baracca, and Odile Defraye. Among people deceased in 1962, Hans von Salmuth ranks 68. Before him are Antoine Pevsner, Wilhelm Ackermann, Louis Massignon, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, Michel de Ghelderode, and Karl Rapp. After him are Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa, Tod Browning, Enrico Mattei, Henri Wallon, Trygve Gulbranssen, and Milan Vidmar.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hans von Salmuth ranks 2,287 out of 6,770. Before him are Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608), Jean-Pierre Jarier (1946), Philippe Leroy (1930), Jérôme Lejeune (1926), Claude Cahun (1894), and François Berléand (1952). After him are Jean Chacornac (1823), Georges Claude (1870), Edgar Faure (1908), Pierre Henry (1927), Claire Denis (1946), and Jean Paulhan (1884).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Hans von Salmuth ranks 89. Before him are Felice Pasquale Baciocchi (1762), Henri Gouraud (1867), Rudolf Schmundt (1896), Jacques Massu (1908), Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1771), and Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784). After him are Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1675), Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy (1571), Georges Guynemer (1894), Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725), Dominique Vandamme (1770), and Pierre Dupont de l'Étang (1765).

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