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Gotthard Heinrici

1886 - 1971

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Gotthard Fedor August Heinrici (German: [ˈɡɔthaʁt haɪnˈʁiːtsi]; 25 December 1886 – 10 December 1971) was a German general during World War II. Heinrici is considered to have been the premier defensive expert of the Wehrmacht. His final command was Army Group Vistula, formed from the remnants of Army Group A and Army Group Center to defend Berlin from the Soviet armies advancing from the Vistula River. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gotthard Heinrici is the 211th most popular military personnel (up from 232nd in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Russia (up from 189th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Gottard Heinrici was a German general who served in both World War I and World War II. He is most famous for his role in the Battle of Stalingrad.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gotthard Heinrici ranks 211 out of 2,058. Before him are Chester W. Nimitz, Henning von Tresckow, Dietrich von Choltitz, Alexandre de Beauharnais, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, and William Halsey Jr.. After him are Auguste de Marmont, Kurt Meyer, Jean-Baptiste Kléber, Andrey Vlasov, Josip Jelačić, and Yūsuf Balasaguni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Gotthard Heinrici ranks 22. Before him are Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Marc Bloch, Karl Barth, René Guénon, Wilhelm Furtwängler, and Theodor Morell. After him are Archibald Hill, Erich Hoepner, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Hermann Broch, Jan Masaryk, and Zhu De. Among people deceased in 1971, Gotthard Heinrici ranks 21. Before him are J. D. Bernal, Theodor Svedberg, Arne Tiselius, Mátyás Rákosi, Harold Lloyd, and D. B. Cooper. After him are Igor Tamm, Wilhelm List, François Duvalier, Rudolf Abel, Lin Biao, and Franz Stangl.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Gotthard Heinrici ranks 180 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexey Stakhanov (1906), Gala Dalí (1894), Wladimir Köppen (1846), Alexander Oparin (1894), Vasily Smyslov (1921), and Ilya Frank (1908). After him are Igor Tamm (1895), Anna Netrebko (1971), Andrey Vlasov (1901), Alexander Herzen (1812), Ivan Krylov (1769), and Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Gotthard Heinrici ranks 14. Before him are Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961), Vasily Chuikov (1900), Pyotr Bagration (1765), Semyon Budyonny (1883), Felix Steiner (1896), and Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895). After him are Andrey Vlasov (1901), Johannes Blaskowitz (1883), Yermak Timofeyevich (1532), Vasily Stalin (1921), Vasily Blyukher (1889), and Nikolai Yudenich (1862).

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