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Kurt Zeitzler

1895 - 1963

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Kurt Zeitzler (9 June 1895 – 25 September 1963) was a Chief of the Army General Staff in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Zeitzler was almost exclusively a staff officer, serving as chief of staff in a corps, army, and army group. In September 1942, he was selected by Adolf Hitler as Chief of the Army General Staff, replacing Franz Halder. In early 1943 he was one of the key figures in the decision to launch Operation Citadel, the last major German attack on the Eastern Front, which ended in defeat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Zeitzler has received more than 319,216 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Kurt Zeitzler is the 3,511th most popular politician (down from 3,016th in 2019), the 943rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 836th in 2019) and the 283rd most popular German Politician.

Kurt Zeitzler was a German general and the Chief of the General Staff of the Army during World War II. He was responsible for the planning of Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kurt Zeitzler ranks 3,511 out of 15,577. Before him are Ambrosius Aurelianus, Yolande of Aragon, Dred Scott, Sumu-abum, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, and Prince Henry of Prussia. After him are Aelia Eudoxia, Victor, Prince Napoléon, Wittiza, Zumbi, Violet Jessop, and Andrzej Duda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Kurt Zeitzler ranks 65. Before him are Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Lázaro Cárdenas, Edna Purviance, Richard Barthelmess, Friedrich Jeckeln, and Vinoba Bhave. After him are André Frédéric Cournand, Lewis Milestone, Robert Graves, Marcel Pagnol, Wilhelm Gustloff, and B. H. Liddell Hart. Among people deceased in 1963, Kurt Zeitzler ranks 34. Before him are Theodore von Kármán, Richard Baer, Jacques Hadamard, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, Richard Barthelmess, and Józef Gosławski. After him are Oleg Penkovsky, Pedro Armendáriz, Karl Bühler, Piero Manzoni, William Beveridge, and Alois Hudal.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Kurt Zeitzler ranks 943 out of 6,142. Before him are Albert of Saxony (1828), Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (1835), Josef Terboven (1898), William V, Duke of Bavaria (1548), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601), and Prince Henry of Prussia (1862). After him are Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), Hans Scholl (1918), Karl Rahner (1904), Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), Emil Maurice (1897), and Klaus Hasselmann (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Kurt Zeitzler ranks 283. Before him are Albert of Saxony (1828), Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (1835), Josef Terboven (1898), William V, Duke of Bavaria (1548), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601), and Prince Henry of Prussia (1862). After him are Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), Emil Maurice (1897), Harald Quandt (1921), Lothar von Richthofen (1894), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728), and Hans Oster (1887).

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