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Georg von Küchler

1881 - 1968

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Georg Carl Wilhelm Friedrich von Küchler (30 May 1881 – 25 May 1968) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, who was subsequently convicted of war crimes. He commanded the 18th Army and Army Group North during the Soviet-German war of 1941–1945. After the end of the war, he was tried in the High Command Trial, as part of the Subsequent Nuremberg trials. On 27 October 1948 he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg von Küchler is the 195th most popular military personnel (down from 172nd in 2019), the 502nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 430th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular German Military Personnel.

Georg von Küchler was a German field marshal who commanded the German Army Group North during the early stages of World War II. He is most famous for his role in the Battle of Narva and the Siege of Leningrad.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Georg von Küchler ranks 195 out of 2,058. Before him are Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Desmond Doss, Paul Hausser, Maxime Weygand, Abraha, and Gertrude Bell. After him are Captain Tom, Mikhail Frunze, Djemal Pasha, Jacques MacDonald, Zhou Yu, and Chūichi Nagumo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Georg von Küchler ranks 34. Before him are Asta Nielsen, Irving Langmuir, Alcide De Gasperi, Ettore Bugatti, L. E. J. Brouwer, and Walter Rudolf Hess. After him are Juan Ramón Jiménez, Władysław Sikorski, George Enescu, Maximilian von Weichs, King Oliver, and François Darlan. Among people deceased in 1968, Georg von Küchler ranks 18. Before him are Henry Hallett Dale, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Robert F. Kennedy, George Gamow, Trygve Lie, and Karl Barth. After him are Erwin Panofsky, Enid Blyton, Corneille Heymans, Salvatore Quasimodo, Jim Clark, and Carl Theodor Dreyer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg von Küchler ranks 502 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886), Oliver Kahn (1969), John William Friso, Prince of Orange (1687), Rudolf Dassler (1898), Gerhard Richter (1932), and Dieter Bohlen (1954). After him are Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria (1843), Erwin Panofsky (1892), Heinrich Brüning (1885), Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742), Johannes Rau (1931), and Hans von Aachen (1552).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Georg von Küchler ranks 42. Before him are Hans Krebs (1898), Maurice de Saxe (1696), Ernst Busch (1885), Joachim Peiper (1915), Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848), and Paul Hausser (1880). After him are Alfred von Schlieffen (1833), Henning von Tresckow (1901), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Kurt Meyer (1910), Friedrich Olbricht (1888), and Wilhelm List (1880).

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