MILITARY PERSONNEL

Maximilian von Edelsheim

1897 - 1994

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Maximilian von Edelsheim (6 July 1897 – 26 April 1994) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He negotiated the surrender of German forces to the Americans at the bridge at Tangermünde on the Elbe River on or about May 2, 1945. The German 12th Army, under General Walther Wenck had previously done a 180 degree turn away from the Western Allies, resulting from an order to relieve Berlin from the Soviet attack. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maximilian von Edelsheim has received more than 49,068 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Maximilian von Edelsheim is the 1,565th most popular military personnel, the 3,822nd most popular biography from Germany and the 279th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Maximilian von Edelsheim ranks 1,565 out of 2,058. Before him are Mikhail Yegorov, Oleg Salyukov, Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, John Frost, Duke Alexander of Oldenburg, and Natalya Kovshova. After him are Charles Warren, Jinichi Kusaka, Filipp Oktyabrsky, Juan Modesto, Aleksandr Baryatinsky, and Erich Buschenhagen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Maximilian von Edelsheim ranks 191. Before him are Ilya Ilf, Gene Tunney, Isabelino Gradín, Friedrich Schulz, Janaki Ammal, and Ramón Gil. After him are Hersch Lauterpacht, Walter Pidgeon, Pierre Fresnay, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Rosa Ponselle, and Shovkat Mammadova. Among people deceased in 1994, Maximilian von Edelsheim ranks 187. Before him are Vladimir Melanin, Ivan Sidorenko, Luis Donaldo Colosio, Carmen McRae, Phoumi Vongvichit, and Helen Stephens. After him are Erich Buschenhagen, Ștefan Dobay, Carlos Lleras Restrepo, Jānis Krūmiņš, Nicky Hopkins, and Ralph Ellison.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maximilian von Edelsheim ranks 3,822 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Georg Halske (1814), Wolfgang Kleff (1946), Blixa Bargeld (1959), Walter Kempowski (1929), Ludowika Jakobsson (1884), and Petra Schürmann (1933). After him are Karl-Heinz Körbel (1954), Gustav Hartlaub (1814), Jörg Immendorff (1945), Oda of Haldensleben (901), Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (1935), and Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1805).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Maximilian von Edelsheim ranks 279. Before him are Joachim von Kortzfleisch (1890), Johann von Werth (1591), Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller (1897), Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810), Fritz Darges (1913), and Erich Marcks (1891). After him are Rudolf von Bünau (1890), Friedrich von Ingenohl (1857), Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer (1900), Friedrich Sixt von Armin (1851), Hans Felber (1889), and Werner Teske (1942).

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