MILITARY PERSONNEL

Hasso von Manteuffel

1897 - 1978

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Hasso Eccard Freiherr von Manteuffel (14 January 1897 – 24 September 1978) was a German baron born to the Prussian noble von Manteuffel family and was a general during World War II who commanded the 5th Panzer Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds of Nazi Germany. After the war, he was elected to the Bundestag (West German legislature) and was the defense-policy spokesman of the Free Democratic Party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hasso von Manteuffel has received more than 1,076,767 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Hasso von Manteuffel is the 273rd most popular military personnel (down from 233rd in 2019), the 646th most popular biography from Germany (down from 533rd in 2019) and the 58th most popular German Military Personnel.

von manteuffel is most famous for his role in the Battle of the Bulge.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hasso von Manteuffel ranks 273 out of 2,058. Before him are Pedro de Alvarado, Erich Hoepner, Orda Khan, Robert Nivelle, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, and Pedro de Valdivia. After him are Raimondo Montecuccoli, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Hans-Joachim Marseille, Svetozar Boroević, Okita Sōji, and Werner Mölders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Hasso von Manteuffel ranks 34. Before him are Paul Delvaux, Kurt Daluege, Karl Gebhardt, Ivan Bagramyan, Otto Strasser, and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood. After him are Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Georg Wittig, Karl-Otto Koch, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Patrick Blackett, and Kirill Meretskov. Among people deceased in 1978, Hasso von Manteuffel ranks 25. Before him are Houari Boumédiène, Margaret Mead, Willy Messerschmitt, Ronnie Peterson, Vincent du Vigneaud, and Mohammed Daoud Khan. After him are Jim Jones, Harold Lasswell, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Nazli Sabri, József Bozsik, and Herta Oberheuser.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hasso von Manteuffel ranks 646 out of 7,253. Before him are Erich Hoepner (1886), John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503), Erich Mielke (1907), Erich Koch (1896), Manfred Gerlach (1928), and Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910). After him are John of Saxony (1801), Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919), Herbert Kroemer (1928), Magda Schneider (1909), Bettina von Arnim (1785), and Werner Forssmann (1904).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hasso von Manteuffel ranks 58. Before him are Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), Hans von Seeckt (1866), Otto Carius (1922), Karl Wolff (1900), Otto Günsche (1917), and Erich Hoepner (1886). After him are Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919), Werner Mölders (1913), Maurice de Saxe (1696), Karl-Otto Koch (1897), Kurt Meyer (1910), and Walther Wenck (1900).

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