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Friedrich Christiansen

1879 - 1972

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Friedrich Christiansen (12 December 1879 – 3 December 1972) was a German general who served as commander of the German Wehrmacht in the occupied Netherlands during World War II. Christiansen was a World War I flying ace and the only seaplane pilot to receive the Pour le Mérite. He joined the Nazi Party in the interwar period, eventually rising to the rank of Korpsführer of the National Socialist Flyers Corps. After the German invasion of the Netherlands, Christiansen was appointed as the Wehrmachtbefehlshaber (Chief Military Commander) in the Netherlands. In response to attacks by the Dutch Resistance, he ordered reprisals against Dutch civilians such as the Putten raid. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Christiansen is the 1,381st most popular military personnel (down from 1,373rd in 2019), the 3,451st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,325th in 2019) and the 255th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Friedrich Christiansen ranks 1,381 out of 2,058. Before him are Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Akashi Motojiro, Harukichi Hyakutake, Kanji Ishiwara, Henri Saint Cyr, and Megabyzus. After him are Wisimar, Alexey Maresyev, Avraham Adan, Hulusi Akar, Holland Smith, and Serhiy Tkach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Friedrich Christiansen ranks 122. Before him are Alan Gardiner, Kazimieras Būga, Hermann Barrelet, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Prince Mirko of Montenegro, and Frank Bridge. After him are Joseph Canteloube, Kafū Nagai, Maud Menten, Petros Persakis, Ellen Gleditsch, and Clemente Micara. Among people deceased in 1972, Friedrich Christiansen ranks 127. Before him are Pierre Brasseur, Robert H. MacArthur, Milton L. Humason, August Zaleski, Stanislaus Kobierski, and Deniz Gezmiş. After him are Carlo Agostoni, Solomon Lefschetz, Louis J. Mordell, Raúl Leoni, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, and Joseph Cornell.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Christiansen ranks 3,453 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Talhoffer (1420), Heinrich Hübschmann (1848), Hugo Schiff (1834), Rolf Singer (1906), Johann Ernst Glück (1652), and Manfred Weber (1972). After him are Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827), Ludwig Richter (1803), Princess Amelia of Great Britain (1711), Franz Blücher (1896), Otto Pfister (1937), and Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1300).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Friedrich Christiansen ranks 255. Before him are Rolf Carls (1885), Otto Ciliax (1891), Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen (1815), Maximilian Fretter-Pico (1892), Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg (1661), and Franz Bäke (1898). After him are Erwin Rösener (1902), Hans Jordan (1892), Kurt von der Chevallerie (1891), Fritz Julius Kuhn (1896), Karl von Einem (1853), and Josef Kammhuber (1896).

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