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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke

1889 - 1968

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Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (24 January 1889 – 4 July 1968) was a German general of paratroop forces during World War II. He led units in Crete, North Africa, Italy, the Soviet Union and France, and was captured by American forces at the conclusion of the Battle for Brest in September 1944. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, one of only 27 people in the Nazi German military so decorated. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke has received more than 239,791 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke is the 717th most popular military personnel (down from 658th in 2019), the 1,749th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,689th in 2019) and the 134th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke ranks 717 out of 1,468Before him are Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Sosthenes of Macedon, Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, Stanisław Sosabowski, Melita Norwood, and Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha. After him are Hikmat Mirzayev, Christian de Castries, Walter Weiß, Erich Rudorffer, James Bowie, and Surena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke ranks 68Before him are Harry Nyquist, Takeo Kurita, Zoltán Tildy, Alexander Vertinsky, Efim Bogoljubov, and Rezső Seress. After him are Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, R. G. Collingwood, Pierre Reverdy, Léon Brillouin, Pavel Dybenko, and Frans Masereel. Among people deceased in 1968, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke ranks 54Before him are Upton Sinclair, John Heartfield, Leopold Infeld, Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, Tivadar Soros, and Rezső Seress. After him are Franz Pfeffer von Salomon, Fedor Tokarev, Nikolay Voronov, Jean Hyppolite, Cassandre, and Konstantin Paustovsky.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke ranks 1,749 out of 6,142Before him are Oswald Achenbach (1827), Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), Heino (1938), Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898), and Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752). After him are Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony (1730), Johannes Sturm (1507), Christian Leopold von Buch (1774), Hans Staden (1525), Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1536), and Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (1344).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke ranks 134Before him are Adolf Heusinger (1897), Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg (1759), Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891), Max Immelmann (1890), Fritz Klingenberg (1912), and Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (1886). After him are Erich Rudorffer (1917), Erich Brandenberger (1892), Heinrich Eberbach (1895), Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737), Friedrich Hossbach (1894), and Heinz Hitler (1920).