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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 200,206 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans von Salmuth is the 865th most popular military personnel (down from 854th in 2019), the 2,295th most popular biography from France (up from 2,335th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hans von Salmuth ranks 865 out of 1,468Before him are Abu Bakr ibn Umar, David Farragut, Alexey Maresyev, Gainas, Janko Bobetko, and Joseph E. Johnston. After him are Otto Wöhler, Paik Sun-yup, Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, Julius Jacob von Haynau, and Khalil al-Wazir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Hans von Salmuth ranks 88Before him are Victor Goldschmidt, Hans Richter, Du Yuesheng, Paul Morand, Alphonse Juin, and Ramón Gómez de la Serna. After him are Royal Rife, Chōjun Miyagi, Milan Stojadinović, Richard Courant, Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and Domenico Tardini. Among people deceased in 1962, Hans von Salmuth ranks 69Before him are Kirsten Flagstad, Vita Sackville-West, Antoine Pevsner, Wilhelm Ackermann, Albert Sarraut, and Michel de Ghelderode. After him are Louis Massignon, Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Erich von Tschermak, Richard Aldington, Enrico Mattei, and Mouloud Feraoun.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hans von Salmuth ranks 2,295 out of 6,011Before him are Saint Martial (300), Victorine Meurent (1844), Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (1851), Violette Leduc (1907), Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797), and Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643). After him are Marguerite of Lorraine (1615), Benjamin Péret (1899), Henry Beaufort (1374), Gonzalo Higuaín (1987), Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (1704), and Johann Hermann (1738).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Hans von Salmuth ranks 92Before him are Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725), Henri Gouraud (1867), Maurice Sarrail (1856), Jacques Massu (1908), Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784), and Pierre Dupont de l'Étang (1765). After him are Rudolf Schmundt (1896), Marcellin Marbot (1782), Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (1740), Jacques Doriot (1898), Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon (1765), and Tarrare (1772).