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Anton Dostler

1891 - 1945

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Anton Dostler (10 May 1891 – 1 December 1945) was a German army officer who fought in both World Wars. During World War II, he commanded several units as a General of the Infantry, primarily in Italy. After the Axis defeat, Dostler was executed for war crimes—specifically, ordering the execution of fifteen American prisoners of war in March 1944 during the Italian Campaign. Dostler was tried during the first Allied war crimes trials to be held after the end of the war in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Dostler is the 611th most popular military personnel (down from 586th in 2019), the 1,565th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,438th in 2019) and the 111th most popular German Military Personnel.

Anton Dostler was an officer in the German army during World War II. He was executed for war crimes after being found guilty of ordering the execution of 15 captured American soldiers.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Anton Dostler ranks 611 out of 2,058. Before him are Oda Nobuhide, Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Alexander von Kluck, Živojin Mišić, Hitoshi Imamura, and Abdallah ibn Sa'd. After him are Ettore Bastico, Henri Gatien Bertrand, Maarten Tromp, Müezzinzade Ali Pasha, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, and Charles Sweeney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Anton Dostler ranks 51. Before him are Yevhen Konovalets, Bronislava Nijinska, Michael Polanyi, Alexander Wienerberger, Cole Porter, and Pier Luigi Nervi. After him are Hu Shih, Kurt von Tippelskirch, Jacques Lipchitz, John Heartfield, Takijirō Ōnishi, and Olga Khokhlova. Among people deceased in 1945, Anton Dostler ranks 108. Before him are Georg Kaiser, Walter Bradford Cannon, Philipp Bouhler, Eduard Bloch, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, and Charles Spearman. After him are Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Richard Glücks, Takeichi Nishi, Walter Krüger, Takijirō Ōnishi, and Lord Alfred Douglas.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Anton Dostler ranks 1,565 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), Florian Schneider (1947), Hans-Gert Pöttering (1945), Anton von Werner (1843), Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp (1631), and Albert of Aix (1060). After him are Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1867), Adam Olearius (1603), Robert Siodmak (1900), Duke Pius August in Bavaria (1786), Karl August Wittfogel (1896), and Marita Koch (1957).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Anton Dostler ranks 111. Before him are Franz von Hipper (1863), Ernst Lindemann (1894), Walter Rauff (1906), Günther Blumentritt (1892), Herta Bothe (1921), and Alexander von Kluck (1846). After him are Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888), Kurt Franz (1914), Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911), Hans Speidel (1897), Heinz Lammerding (1905), and Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891).

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