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Günther Blumentritt

1892 - 1967

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Günther Blumentritt (10 February 1892 – 12 October 1967) was an officer in World War I, who became a Staff Officer under the Weimar Republic and went on to serve as a general in the German Army during World War II. He served throughout the war, mostly on the Western Front, and mostly as a Staff Officer, though he was eventually given his own Corps and made a General der Infanterie. Blumentritt was instrumental in planning the 1939 German invasion of Poland and the 1940 invasion of France, he participated in Operation Barbarossa, and afterward commanded a major role for planning the defense of the Atlantic Wall and Normandy. After the war, Blumentritt gave an affidavit at the Nuremberg Trials, though he never testified in person, and then later helped in the rearmament of Germany during the Cold War and the development of the modern German army. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Günther Blumentritt is the 594th most popular military personnel (down from 590th in 2019), the 1,520th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,461st in 2019) and the 108th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Günther Blumentritt ranks 594 out of 2,058. Before him are Kenji Doihara, Jisaburō Ozawa, Walter Rauff, James Paul Moody, Gongsun Zan, and George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney. After him are Herta Bothe, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, David Elazar, Yu Jin, Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, and Artaphernes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Günther Blumentritt ranks 74. Before him are Mikhail Gurevich, Tazio Nuvolari, Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Alfonsina Storni, and Marcel Dassault. After him are César Vallejo, Andrés Nin Pérez, J. B. S. Haldane, Paul Abraham, S. R. Ranganathan, and Josyf Slipyj. Among people deceased in 1967, Günther Blumentritt ranks 72. Before him are Léon M'ba, Gus Grissom, Tamara Bunke, Julius Schaub, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, and Géza Lakatos. After him are Marcel Aymé, Roger B. Chaffee, Primo Carnera, Osvaldo Moles, Stanisław Sosabowski, and Forough Farrokhzad.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Günther Blumentritt ranks 1,520 out of 7,253. Before him are Joachim Fest (1926), Hermann Weingärtner (1864), Rudolf Arnheim (1904), Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1741), Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887), and Carl Stumpf (1848). After him are Herta Bothe (1921), George Müller (1805), Andreas Achenbach (1815), Otto V, Duke of Bavaria (1346), Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676), and Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin (1673).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Günther Blumentritt ranks 108. Before him are Max Hoffmann (1869), Hans Baur (1897), Günther Korten (1898), Franz von Hipper (1863), Ernst Lindemann (1894), and Walter Rauff (1906). After him are Herta Bothe (1921), Alexander von Kluck (1846), Anton Dostler (1891), Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888), Kurt Franz (1914), and Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911).

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