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Friedrich Olbricht

1888 - 1944

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Friedrich Olbricht (4 October 1888 – 21 July 1944) was a German general during World War II. He is known for being one of the plotters involved in the 20 July Plot, an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944. Olbricht was a senior staff officer, with the rank of infantry general. He was secretly in contact with most of the leaders of the resistance. They briefed him on their various plots and he placed sympathetic officers in key positions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Olbricht is the 218th most popular military personnel (down from 216th in 2019), the 561st most popular biography from Germany (down from 531st in 2019) and the 47th most popular German Military Personnel.

Friedrich Olbricht was a German military officer and a member of the German Resistance who unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Friedrich Olbricht ranks 218 out of 2,058. Before him are Auguste de Marmont, Kurt Meyer, Jean-Baptiste Kléber, Andrey Vlasov, Josip Jelačić, and Yūsuf Balasaguni. After him are Wilhelm List, Yue Fei, Parmenion, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Rudolf Abel, and Maurice Gamelin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Friedrich Olbricht ranks 29. Before him are Eugene O'Neill, Selman Waksman, Friedrich Fromm, Inge Lehmann, F. W. Murnau, and Johannes Itten. After him are Andrei Tupolev, Gerrit Rietveld, Maurice Chevalier, Anton Makarenko, Alexander Friedmann, and Herbert Spencer Gasser. Among people deceased in 1944, Friedrich Olbricht ranks 35. Before him are Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Chūichi Nagumo, Aristide Maillol, Henning von Tresckow, and Arthur Eddington. After him are Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Frank Marshall, Wang Jingwei, Erich Hoepner, Antanas Smetona, and Abbas II of Egypt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Olbricht ranks 561 out of 7,253. Before him are Philipp Scheidemann (1865), Rabanus Maurus (780), John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (1572), Julius Lothar Meyer (1830), Gisela of Hungary (980), and Victoria of Baden (1862). After him are Otto Frank (1889), Wilhelm List (1880), Robert Bosch (1861), Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867), Karl Carstens (1914), and Horst Ludwig Störmer (1949).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Friedrich Olbricht ranks 47. Before him are Paul Hausser (1880), Georg von Küchler (1881), Alfred von Schlieffen (1833), Henning von Tresckow (1901), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), and Kurt Meyer (1910). After him are Wilhelm List (1880), Erich Hoepner (1886), Hans von Seeckt (1866), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), and Kurt Student (1890).

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