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. Ramcke's career was unusual in that he served in all three branches of the German armed forces.Ramcke was an ardent Nazi who committed war crimes in Crete and France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke has received more than 237,366 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke is the 776th most popular military personnel (down from 717th in 2019), the 1,911th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,748th in 2019) and the 140th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Over the past year Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke has had the most page views in the with 26,078 views, followed by German (22,100), and Japanese (4,768). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (241.60%), Breton (77.73%), and Egyptian Arabic (66.02%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke ranks 776 out of 2,058. Before him are Dan Halutz, Walter Stennes, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Joseph E. Johnston, Ettore Bastico, and Qin Liangyu. After him are Cleombrotus, Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, Markos Botsaris, Sosthenes of Macedon, Alphonse Juin, and Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke ranks 71. Before him are R. G. Collingwood, María Capovilla, Alma Karlin, Khudiram Bose, Philippe Thys, and Harry Nyquist. After him are Pavel Dybenko, Frans Masereel, Ernst Niekisch, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Efim Bogoljubov, and Kenwa Mabuni. Among people deceased in 1968, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke ranks 59. Before him are Franz Pfeffer von Salomon, Upton Sinclair, Konstantin Paustovsky, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Nikolay Voronov, and Hans F. K. Günther. After him are Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, Mario Roatta, Augustin Bea, Boris Lyatoshinsky, Santos Iriarte, and Hitoshi Imamura.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke ranks 1,911 out of 7,253. Before him are Willi Hennig (1913), Ernst Engel (1821), Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg (1821), Guido Buchwald (1961), Elvira Madigan (1867), and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1667). After him are Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach (1800), Ulrich von Hassell (1881), Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1647), Simon Mayr (1763), Ulric Neisser (1928), and Frederick of Utrecht (780).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke ranks 140. Before him are Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (1886), Herbert Kappler (1907), Oswald Boelcke (1891), Albert Leo Schlageter (1894), Friedrich Hossbach (1894), and Walter Stennes (1895). After him are Otto von Lossow (1868), Georg Lindemann (1884), Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891), Erich Rudorffer (1917), Hans Hartwig von Beseler (1850), and Julius Jacob von Haynau (1786).

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