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Carl Hilpert

1888 - 1947

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Carl Hilpert (12 September 1888 – 1 February 1947) was a German general during World War II. When World War II broke out in September 1939, Hilpert became chief of the staff of Armeeabteilung A on 9 September 1939 under the command of Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, who was tasked with securing the western border with Belgium and the Netherlands. After its dissolution on 3 October, the staff was used to form the South Border Section Command in Kraków, where Hilpert remained active, before taking up the post of chief of staff of the 1st Army under Erwin von Witzleben on 5 February 1940. With this association, Hilpert took part in the Battle of France and after its successful completion on 1 October 1940, he was promoted to lieutenant general. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Hilpert is the 1,139th most popular military personnel (up from 1,164th in 2019), the 2,869th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,844th in 2019) and the 209th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Carl Hilpert ranks 1,139 out of 2,058. Before him are Blas de Lezo, Li Ling, Ivan Sidorenko, Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Alexander von Krobatin, and FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan. After him are Quintus Labienus, Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, Dmitry Utkin, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Wilhelm Brückner, and Yitzhak Hofi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Carl Hilpert ranks 110. Before him are Herms Niel, Francesco Baracca, Royal Rife, Grigori Sokolnikov, S. S. Van Dine, and Harilal Gandhi. After him are Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria, James Waddell Alexander II, Sophus Nielsen, Kaarel Eenpalu, Marcel L'Herbier, and Ramón Gómez de la Serna. Among people deceased in 1947, Carl Hilpert ranks 103. Before him are Sándor Garbai, Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger, August Schmidhuber, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, Francesc Cambó, and Andrei Shkuro. After him are Ludwig Kübler, Lyuh Woon-hyung, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Petar Živković, Ferdinand Zecca, and Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Hilpert ranks 2,871 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875), İlkay Gündoğan (1990), Karin Balzer (1938), Willi Graf (1918), Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1735), and Otl Aicher (1922). After him are Franz Xaver von Baader (1765), Robert Volkmann (1815), Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823), Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1502), Christoph Amberger (1505), and Greta Schröder (1891).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Carl Hilpert ranks 209. Before him are Otto Weddigen (1882), Ludwig von Reuter (1869), Erwin Jaenecke (1890), August Karl von Goeben (1816), Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792), and Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt (1669). After him are Wilhelm Brückner (1884), Nicolas Luckner (1722), Hans Cramer (1896), Ludwig Kübler (1889), Günther Lützow (1912), and Alexander von Linsingen (1850).

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