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Joachim Lemelsen

1888 - 1954

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Joachim Lemelsen (28 September 1888 – 30 March 1954) was a German general during World War II who rose to army-level command. During Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, troops of the XLVII Motorized Corps under his command executed the criminal Commissar Order, prompting Lemelsen to complain: "Soon the Russians will get to hear about the countless corpses lying along the routes taken by our soldiers (...). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joachim Lemelsen has received more than 125,414 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Joachim Lemelsen is the 1,332nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,140th in 2019), the 3,234th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,910th in 2019) and the 248th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Joachim Lemelsen ranks 1,332 out of 2,058. Before him are Tommy Franks, Paul Bader, Leo of Tripoli, Kit Carson, Yevfimiy Putyatin, and Gustav Fehn. After him are Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, François de Créquy, Adherbal, Amédée Courbet, Guido Starhemberg, and Remus von Woyrsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Joachim Lemelsen ranks 125. Before him are Archduchess Isabella of Austria, Friedrich Wolf, Hans Graf von Sponeck, Antonio Ascari, Francisco Canaro, and Viktor Kingissepp. After him are Kan Kikuchi, Barry Fitzgerald, Kaarel Eenpalu, Mary Eristavi, Lotte Lehmann, and Thomas C. Kinkaid. Among people deceased in 1954, Joachim Lemelsen ranks 79. Before him are M. N. Roy, Rudolf Beran, Machine Gun Kelly, Clara Westhoff, Hugo Eckener, and B. C. Forbes. After him are Saburō Kurusu, Hella Wuolijoki, Omer Nishani, Émile Mâle, Samuel Jones, and Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joachim Lemelsen ranks 3,234 out of 7,253. Before him are Elia Levita (1469), Albert Niemann (1834), Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826), Paul Bader (1883), Walter Hasenclever (1890), and Gustav Fehn (1892). After him are Freimut Börngen (1930), Jürgen Croy (1946), Lorenz Heister (1683), Anita Berber (1899), Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1738), and Louis III, Duke of Württemberg (1554).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Joachim Lemelsen ranks 248. Before him are Rolf Carls (1885), Friedrich Kirchner (1885), Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (1887), August Karl von Goeben (1816), Paul Bader (1883), and Gustav Fehn (1892). After him are Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen (1815), Maximilian Fretter-Pico (1892), Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt (1669), Friedrich Christiansen (1879), Constantin von Alvensleben (1809), and Erich Bey (1898).

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