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Dietrich von Saucken

1892 - 1980

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Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Kasimir Dietrich von Saucken (16 May 1892 – 27 September 1980) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 2nd Army and the Army East Prussia. Turning down an offer to escape by air, he surrendered to the Red Army in May 1945. Saucken was the last officer to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds of Nazi Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dietrich von Saucken is the 759th most popular military personnel (up from 795th in 2019), the 621st most popular biography from Russia (up from 655th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Dietrich von Saucken ranks 759 out of 2,058. Before him are Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Ma Dai, Carmine Crocco, Julius von Payer, Pavel Sudoplatov, and Giovanni Andrea Doria. After him are Henri Gouraud, Marcantonio Colonna, Yasuji Okamura, Ion Mihai Pacepa, Wolfgang Lüth, and Karol Świerczewski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Dietrich von Saucken ranks 90. Before him are Arnold Hauser, Guo Moruo, Vita Sackville-West, Konstantin Paustovsky, Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, and Basil Rathbone. After him are Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Erich Brandenberger, Takeo Takagi, Richard Neutra, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Radola Gajda. Among people deceased in 1980, Dietrich von Saucken ranks 82. Before him are Raoul Walsh, V. V. Giri, Elvira de Hidalgo, Tex Avery, Masayoshi Ōhira, and Marie Under. After him are Ernst Busch, Ida Kamińska, Marino Marini, Valko Chervenkov, Sergey Taboritsky, and Olga Chekhova.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Dietrich von Saucken ranks 621 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Schmorell (1917), Valerian Kuybyshev (1888), Grigory Margulis (1946), Agrippina Vaganova (1879), Sergei Ivanov (1953), and Vladislav Tretiak (1952). After him are Andrey Korotayev (1961), Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (1691), Jean Béraud (1849), Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (1864), Vasily Degtyaryov (1880), and Tode Mongke (1282).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Dietrich von Saucken ranks 52. Before him are Werner Kempf (1886), Markian Popov (1902), Mikhail Skobelev (1843), Sergey Akhromeyev (1923), Werner Ostendorff (1903), and Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev (1843). After him are Nikolai Kuznetsov (1904), Boris Sheremetev (1652), Nikolay Gumilyov (1886), Nikolai Ogarkov (1917), Mikhail Miloradovich (1771), and Nikolay Voronov (1899).

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