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Alexander von Falkenhausen

1878 - 1966

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Alexander Ernst Alfred Hermann Freiherr von Falkenhausen (29 October 1878 – 31 July 1966) was a German general and military advisor to Chiang Kai-shek. He was an important figure during the Sino-German cooperation to reform the Chinese army. In 1938, Germany ended its support for China under pressure from Japan, and Falkenhausen was forced to return home. Back in Europe, he later became the head of the military government of Belgium from 1940 to 1944 during its German occupation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander von Falkenhausen is the 457th most popular military personnel (up from 617th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Poland (up from 317th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Polish Military Personnel.

Alexander von Falkenhausen is most famous for being the German military governor of Belgium during World War I. He is also known for his work as a military strategist and for his role in the development of German military doctrine.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alexander von Falkenhausen ranks 457 out of 2,058. Before him are Lucius Artorius Castus, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, Alfred Redl, Arthur III, Duke of Brittany, Friedrich Dollmann, and Osman Nuri Pasha. After him are Cao Ren, Nogi Maresuke, Zhang He, Otto von Below, Mikhail Kirponos, and Elisabeth Volkenrath.

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Among people born in 1878, Alexander von Falkenhausen ranks 32. Before him are Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Gustav Radbruch, Louis Chevrolet, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Jan Łukasiewicz, and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. After him are Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, Frank Jarvis, Sadriddin Ayni, Milan Hodža, Eileen Gray, and Elizabeth Arden. Among people deceased in 1966, Alexander von Falkenhausen ranks 38. Before him are Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Carlo Carrà, Alfred Naujocks, Brian O'Nolan, and D. T. Suzuki. After him are Charlotte Cooper, Hannes Kolehmainen, Battista Farina, Gino Severini, Herbert Gille, and Ludwig Binswanger.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Alexander von Falkenhausen ranks 246 out of 1,694. Before him are Władysław II the Exile (1105), Zbigniew Boniek (1956), Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865), Arnold Zweig (1887), Martin Agricola (1486), and Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930). After him are Johanna Schopenhauer (1766), Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822), Otto von Below (1857), Hans Modrow (1928), Elisabeth Volkenrath (1919), and Akiba Rubinstein (1880).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Alexander von Falkenhausen ranks 22. Before him are Rochus Misch (1917), Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (1889), Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885), Hermann Balck (1893), Otto Kretschmer (1912), and Vasily Sokolovsky (1897). After him are Otto von Below (1857), Elisabeth Volkenrath (1919), Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (1889), Erich Fellgiebel (1886), Rüdiger von der Goltz (1865), and Eberhard von Mackensen (1889).

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