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Adolf Heusinger

1897 - 1982

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Adolf Bruno Heinrich Ernst Heusinger (a.k.a. Adolf Horn while in Gehlen Org.; 4 August 1897 – 30 November 1982) was a German military officer whose career spanned the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, West Germany and NATO. He joined the German Army as a volunteer in 1915 and later became a professional soldier. He served as the Operations Chief within the general staff of the High Command of the German Army in the Wehrmacht from 1938 to 1944. He was then appointed acting Chief of the General Staff for two weeks in 1944 following Kurt Zeitzler's resignation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Heusinger is the 534th most popular military personnel (up from 561st in 2019), the 1,354th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,363rd in 2019) and the 101st most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Adolf Heusinger ranks 534 out of 2,058. Before him are Franz Böhme, Fyodor Ushakov, Viktor Lutze, Dmitry Pavlov, John Franklin, and Jan Pieterszoon Coen. After him are Lautaro, Oghul Qaimish, Mamai, Köten, Max Hoffmann, and Ante Gotovina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Adolf Heusinger ranks 67. Before him are Herbert Gille, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Theodor Busse, Ngô Đình Thục, Yeghishe Charents, and Dmitry Pavlov. After him are Sepp Herberger, Yuri Kondratyuk, Hans Baur, Marcel Petiot, Karl Löwith, and Bernard Lyot. Among people deceased in 1982, Adolf Heusinger ranks 63. Before him are Mario Del Monaco, Vladimir K. Zworykin, Sobhuza II, Kristján Eldjárn, Giovanni Benelli, and Colin Chapman. After him are Marty Feldman, Elis Regina, Patrick Dewaere, Giovanni Ferrari, Percy Williams, and Eduardo Frei Montalva.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf Heusinger ranks 1,354 out of 7,253. Before him are Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876), Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1704), Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (1447), and Wilhelm Müller (1794). After him are Heidi Klum (1973), Princess Auguste of Bavaria (1877), Hans von Ohain (1911), Franciscus Sylvius (1614), Sepp Herberger (1897), and Oskar Morgenstern (1902).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Adolf Heusinger ranks 101. Before him are Alfred von Waldersee (1832), Adolf Strauss (1879), Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1721), Theodor Busse (1897), Otto Kumm (1909), and Viktor Lutze (1890). After him are Max Hoffmann (1869), Hans Baur (1897), Günther Korten (1898), Franz von Hipper (1863), Ernst Lindemann (1894), and Walter Rauff (1906).

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