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Hans-Ulrich Rudel

1916 - 1982

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Hans-Ulrich Rudel (2 July 1916 – 18 December 1982) was a German ground-attack pilot during World War II and a post-war neo-Nazi activist. The most decorated German pilot of the war and the only recipient of the Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, Rudel was credited with the destruction of 519 tanks, one battleship, one cruiser, 70 landing craft and 150 artillery emplacements. He claimed nine aerial victories and the destruction of more than 800 vehicles. He flew 2,530 ground-attack missions exclusively on the Eastern Front, usually flying the Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bomber. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans-Ulrich Rudel is the 93rd most popular military personnel (up from 113th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 63rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Military Personnel.

Hans-Ulrich Rudel was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II. He was a highly decorated officer and was the most successful ground-attack pilot in the history of aerial warfare.

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Among military personnels, Hans-Ulrich Rudel ranks 93 out of 2,058. Before him are Ivan Konev, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, José de San Martín, Subutai, Alexander Suvorov, and Albert Kesselring. After him are Walther von Brauchitsch, Wilhelm Canaris, George S. Patton, Edward Smith, Ahmad Sanjar, and Nestor Makhno.

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Among people born in 1916, Hans-Ulrich Rudel ranks 11. Before him are Kirk Douglas, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Gregory Peck, Aldo Moro, Gough Whitlam, and Elena Ceaușescu. After him are Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Francis Crick, Roald Dahl, Ahmed Ben Bella, João Havelange, and Olivia de Havilland. Among people deceased in 1982, Hans-Ulrich Rudel ranks 13. Before him are Philip Noel-Baker, Henry Fonda, Carl Orff, Anna Freud, Roman Jakobson, and Arthur Rubinstein. After him are Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Philip K. Dick, William Giauque, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Vasily Chuikov, and Karl von Frisch.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Hans-Ulrich Rudel ranks 52 out of 1,694. Before him are Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768), Casimir III the Great (1310), Kurt Alder (1902), Faustina Kowalska (1905), Paul Ehrlich (1854), and Kurt Lewin (1890). After him are Emanuel Lasker (1868), Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895), Donald Tusk (1957), Billy Wilder (1906), Ernst Cassirer (1874), and Jakob Böhme (1575).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Hans-Ulrich Rudel ranks 5. Before him are Erich Ludendorff (1865), Fedor von Bock (1880), Manfred von Richthofen (1892), and Günther von Kluge (1882). After him are Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896), Werner von Blomberg (1878), Erwin von Witzleben (1881), Erich von Falkenhayn (1861), Anton Denikin (1872), Władysław Sikorski (1881), and Alfred von Tirpitz (1849).

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