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Erich Marcks

1891 - 1944

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Erich Marcks (6 June 1891 – 12 June 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He authored the first draft of the operational plan, Operation Draft East, for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, advocating what was later known as A–A line as the goal for the Wehrmacht to achieve, within nine to seventeen weeks. Marcks studied philosophy in Freiburg in 1909. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Marcks is the 1,551st most popular military personnel (down from 1,550th in 2019), the 3,884th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,764th in 2019) and the 280th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Erich Marcks ranks 1,551 out of 2,058. Before him are Al-Ashraf Kujuk, Fritz Darges, Juan Modesto, Maria Quitéria, Publius Canidius Crassus, and Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal. After him are Attaces, Alexander Rodimtsev, George Lawrence Price, Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten, Nikola Ivanov, and Ryszard Kukliński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Erich Marcks ranks 175. Before him are William Christian Bullitt Jr., Edward Bernard Raczyński, Fréhel, Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Alberto Savinio, and W. Averell Harriman. After him are Hugo Lahtinen, Yevgeny Polivanov, Miguel Pro, David Sarnoff, Hans von Funck, and Edmund Goulding. Among people deceased in 1944, Erich Marcks ranks 220. Before him are Anna Kolesárová, Maurice Paléologue, Dénes Berinkey, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Dadasaheb Phalke, and Harry Langdon. After him are Ker-Xavier Roussel, Ralph H. Fowler, Prince Gustav of Denmark, Prafulla Chandra Ray, Isabelino Gradín, and Alime Abdenanova.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Marcks ranks 3,886 out of 7,253. Before him are Michael Gielen (1927), Johann Julius Walbaum (1724), Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald (1902), Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1655), Wolfgang Becker (1954), and Princess Amalie of Saxony (1794). After him are Per Mertesacker (1984), Julian Draxler (1993), Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708), Jean Dufresne (1829), Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe (1852), and Walter Noddack (1893).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Erich Marcks ranks 280. Before him are Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615), Richard Heidrich (1896), Joachim von Kortzfleisch (1890), Gustav Fehn (1892), Fritz Darges (1913), and Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810). After him are Johann von Werth (1591), Werner Voss (1897), Hans von Funck (1891), Otto Deßloch (1889), Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (1887), and Hans Felber (1889).

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