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Walther von Brauchitsch

1881 - 1948

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Walther Heinrich Alfred Hermann von Brauchitsch (4 October 1881 – 18 October 1948) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) and Commander-in-Chief (Oberbefehlshaber) of the German Army during the first two years of World War II. Born into an aristocratic military family, he entered army service in 1901. During World War I, he served with distinction on the corps-level and division-level staff on the Western Front. After the 1933 Nazi seizure of power, Brauchitsch was put in charge of Wehrkreis I, the East Prussian military district. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walther von Brauchitsch has received more than 1,506,655 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Walther von Brauchitsch is the 90th most popular military personnel (up from 127th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 310th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Military Personnel.

Walther von Brauchitsch was a German field marshal and commander-in-chief of the army. He is most famous for his role in the Battle of France in 1940.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Walther von Brauchitsch ranks 90 out of 2,058. Before him are Yi Sun-sin, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Ivan Konev, Subutai, Erich Hartmann, and Hattori Hanzō. After him are Hephaestion, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Nero Claudius Drusus, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Albert Kesselring, and Heinrich Müller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Walther von Brauchitsch ranks 15. Before him are Anna Pavlova, Alexander Kerensky, Hans Kelsen, Enver Pasha, Ludwig von Mises, and Kliment Voroshilov. After him are Roger Martin du Gard, Clinton Davisson, Guccio Gucci, Fernand Léger, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, and Sveinn Björnsson. Among people deceased in 1948, Walther von Brauchitsch ranks 9. Before him are Mileva Marić, Osamu Dazai, Edvard Beneš, Franz Lehár, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, and Hideki Tojo. After him are Edgar de Wahl, Antonin Artaud, Folke Bernadotte, Andrei Zhdanov, Nikolai Berdyaev, and Karl Brandt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walther von Brauchitsch ranks 243 out of 7,253. Before him are Georgius Agricola (1494), Erich Hartmann (1922), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), Paul Heyse (1830), Herbert Marcuse (1898), and Carl Schmitt (1888). After him are Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), Leopold von Ranke (1795), Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), Simone Signoret (1921), Albert Kesselring (1885), and Alexandra Feodorovna (1872).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Walther von Brauchitsch ranks 19. Before him are Alfred Jodl (1890), Walter Model (1891), Erich Raeder (1876), Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), and Erich Hartmann (1922). After him are Albert Kesselring (1885), Heinrich Müller (1900), Wilhelm Canaris (1887), John of Austria (1547), Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876), and Klaus Barbie (1913).

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