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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg

1886 - 1974

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Leo Dietrich Franz Reichsfreiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg (2 March 1886 – 27 January 1974) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II, noted for his pioneering stance and expertise in the field of armoured warfare. He commanded the 5th Panzer Army (formalised as Panzer Group West) during the Invasion of Normandy, and later served as Inspector General of Armoured Troops. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg has received more than 328,698 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg is the 713th most popular military personnel (up from 765th in 2019), the 1,742nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,960th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg ranks 713 out of 1,468. Before him are Doc Holliday, Soemu Toyoda, Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, Fritz Klingenberg, Minamoto no Yoshitomo, and Sosthenes of Macedon. After him are Stanisław Sosabowski, Melita Norwood, Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, Hikmat Mirzayev, and Christian de Castries.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg ranks 70. Before him are Georg Stumme, Frank Nitti, Frederic Bartlett, Henry King, Gyula Gömbös, and Joe Masseria. After him are Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma, Victor McLaglen, Hugh Lofting, Edward Weston, Walter H. Schottky, and Yevgeni Preobrazhensky. Among people deceased in 1974, Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg ranks 54. Before him are Salvador Puig Antich, André Jolivet, Farid al-Atrash, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Jan Tschichold, and Lajos Zilahy. After him are Samuel Goldwyn, Bill Finger, Vasily Shukshin, Otto Braun, Konstantin Melnikov, and Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr..

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg ranks 1,742 out of 6,142. Before him are Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont (1704), Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (1072), Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1460), Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1818), Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861), and Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918). After him are Oswald Achenbach (1827), Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), Heino (1938), Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898), and Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg ranks 133. Before him are Oswald Boelcke (1891), Adolf Heusinger (1897), Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg (1759), Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891), Max Immelmann (1890), and Fritz Klingenberg (1912). After him are Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (1889), Erich Rudorffer (1917), Erich Brandenberger (1892), Heinrich Eberbach (1895), Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737), and Friedrich Hossbach (1894).

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