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Walter Heitz

1878 - 1944

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Walter Heitz (8 December 1878 – 9 February 1944) was a German general (Generaloberst) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who served as President of the Reich Military Court and commanded part of the 6th Army in the Battle of Stalingrad. A decorated World War I officer and supporter of Nazism, Heitz advanced rapidly under the Third Reich. In 1936, he became the president of the Reich Military Court. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Heitz has received more than 195,736 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Heitz is the 786th most popular military personnel (up from 849th in 2019), the 1,960th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,213th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Walter Heitz ranks 786 out of 1,468. Before him are Artaphernes, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Lala Şahin Pasha, Yang Kyoungjong, and Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia. After him are Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, Gordon Gollob, Stepa Stepanović, Sanada Masayuki, Wilhelm Adam, and Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Walter Heitz ranks 64. Before him are C. Rajagopalachari, Horacio Quiroga, Hans Ledwinka, Eino Leino, Paul Troost, and Lionel Barrymore. After him are Manuel L. Quezon, Alfréd Hajós, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, Carl Sandburg, and Erich Mühsam. Among people deceased in 1944, Walter Heitz ranks 109. Before him are Hannah Szenes, Pavel Haas, Fritz Witt, Emanuel Ringelblum, Heinz Brandt, and Ethel Smyth. After him are Hans Krása, Manuel L. Quezon, Kaj Munk, Paul Masson, Lina Cavalieri, and Frank Marshall.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Heitz ranks 1,960 out of 6,142. Before him are Ami Boué (1794), Christian Otto Mohr (1835), Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1630), Maurice de Hirsch (1831), Edmund Veesenmayer (1904), and Tobias Mayer (1723). After him are Prince Albert of Prussia (1837), Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694), Friedrich Naumann (1860), Christoph Probst (1919), Friedrich Wieck (1785), and Johann Georg Gmelin (1709).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Walter Heitz ranks 153. Before him are Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875), Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (1891), Heinrich Bär (1913), Georg Lindemann (1884), Ludwig Crüwell (1892), and Ludwig von Reuter (1869). After him are Wilhelm Adam (1877), Karl Ernst (1904), Martin Gottfried Weiss (1905), Otto von Lossow (1868), Gustav-Adolf von Zangen (1892), and Hans Cramer (1896).

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