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Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel

1886 - 1944

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Carl-Heinrich Rudolf Wilhelm von Stülpnagel (2 January 1886 – 30 August 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who was an army level commander. While serving as military commander of German-occupied France and as commander of the 17th Army in the Soviet Union during Operation Barbarossa, Stülpnagel participated in German war crimes, including authorising reprisal operations against civilian population and cooperating with the Einsatzgruppen in their mass murder of Jews. He was a member of the 20 July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, being in charge of the conspirators' actions in France. After the failure of the plot, he was recalled to Berlin and attempted to commit suicide en route, but failed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel is the 432nd most popular military personnel (down from 414th in 2019), the 1,076th most popular biography from Germany (down from 989th in 2019) and the 81st most popular German Military Personnel.

Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel is most famous for his role in the July 20th plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel ranks 432 out of 2,058. Before him are La Hire, Bahram Chobin, Tarrare, Li Mu, Nicolas Chauvin, and Leonid Govorov. After him are Vjekoslav Luburić, George I Rákóczi, Pavel Nakhimov, Giovanni Messe, Walter Nowotny, and Lü Meng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel ranks 43. Before him are Aron Nimzowitsch, Marcel Dupré, Henri Coandă, Dong Biwu, Paul Tillich, and G. I. Taylor. After him are Vittorio Pozzo, Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, Alain-Fournier, Franz Rosenzweig, Garegin Nzhdeh, and Frank Lloyd. Among people deceased in 1944, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel ranks 65. Before him are Cécile Chaminade, Jakob von Uexküll, Jean Giraudoux, Mildred Harris, Hans-Valentin Hube, and Kasturba Gandhi. After him are Vera Menchik, Walter Nowotny, George Stinney, Thomas Curtis, Friedrich Dollmann, and Otto von Below.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel ranks 1,076 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370), Alfred Naujocks (1911), John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1625), Klaus Hasselmann (1931), Konrad Witz (1400), and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912). After him are Uli Hoeneß (1952), Marian Gold (1954), Franz Ziereis (1905), W. G. Sebald (1944), Franz, Duke of Bavaria (1933), and Georg Baselitz (1938).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel ranks 81. Before him are Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755), Hans-Valentin Hube (1890), Erich Kempka (1910), Günther Lütjens (1889), Günther Prien (1908), and Reinhard Scheer (1863). After him are August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760), Karl Mack von Leiberich (1752), Günther Rall (1918), Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887), Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887), and Friedrich Dollmann (1882).

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