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Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller

1897 - 1947

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Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller (29 August 1897 – 20 May 1947) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He led an infantry regiment in the early stages of the war and by 1943 was commander of the 22nd Air Landing Division. Under his orders, troops of the division committed atrocities against Greek civilians. He was later commander of occupied Crete and his harsh methods of controlling the island saw him nicknamed "The Butcher of Crete." After the war he was convicted and executed by a Greek court for war crimes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller is the 1,478th most popular military personnel (up from 1,530th in 2019), the 3,713th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,684th in 2019) and the 268th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller ranks 1,478 out of 2,058. Before him are Guglielmo Pepe, Dmitry Karbyshev, Atif Dudaković, John Alcock, Thomas C. Kinkaid, and Dobromir Chrysos. After him are Momčilo Perišić, Sittas, Leo Phokas the Younger, Pavel Chichagov, Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, and Kijirō Nambu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller ranks 179. Before him are Nima Yooshij, Pierre Fresnay, Nicholas Poppe, Paavo Talvela, Karel Lamač, and Dorothy Day. After him are Alberto Cavalcanti, Ram Prasad Bismil, J. L. B. Smith, Henry Cowell, Zhou Fohai, and Maximilian von Edelsheim. Among people deceased in 1947, Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller ranks 136. Before him are George Forbes, Leevi Madetoja, Marc Mitscher, Giuseppe Volpi, K. L. Saigal, and Siegfried Kasche. After him are Rudolf Noack, Elias Katz, Emil Racoviță, Felix Timmermans, Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, and Richard Heidrich.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller ranks 3,715 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Remigius Fresenius (1818), Anna Hübler (1885), Paul Götz (1883), Friedrich von Huene (1875), Anno II (1010), and Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger (1765). After him are Carl Adam Petri (1926), Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler (1899), Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1681), Hermann Wissmann (1853), Rudolf Belling (1886), and Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1842).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller ranks 268. Before him are Friedrich Kirchner (1885), Paul Bader (1883), Conrad Albrecht (1880), Maurice d'Elbée (1752), Friedrich von Ingenohl (1857), and Pavle Jurišić Šturm (1848). After him are Curt Haase (1881), Maximilian von Edelsheim (1897), Erich Bey (1898), Traugott Herr (1890), Otto von Emmich (1848), and Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615).

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