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Hans Speidel

1897 - 1984

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Hans Speidel (28 October 1897 – 28 November 1984) was a German military officer who successively served in the armies of the German Empire, Nazi Germany and West Germany. The first general officer of the Bundeswehr, he was a key player in West German rearmament during the Cold War as well as West Germany's integration into NATO and international negotiations on European and Western defence cooperation in the 1950s. He served as Commander of the Allied Land Forces Central Europe (COMLANDCENT) from 1957 to 1963 and then as President of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs from 1964. Speidel joined the Imperial German Army in 1914, seeing action during World War I, and served in the Reichswehr during the interwar period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Speidel is the 649th most popular military personnel (down from 638th in 2019), the 1,644th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,573rd in 2019) and the 115th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hans Speidel ranks 649 out of 2,058. Before him are Hisaichi Terauchi, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, Ugo Cavallero, Viktor Pavičić, Richard Winters, and Roger of Lauria. After him are Chris Kyle, Pang De, Pavel Batitsky, Stanisław Sosabowski, Saitō Hajime, and Alexander Pokryshkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Hans Speidel ranks 89. Before him are Judith Anderson, Winifred Wagner, Lepke Buchalter, Thornton Wilder, Károly Kerényi, and Mukhtar Auezov. After him are Einar Gerhardsen, Richard Russell Jr., Shoghi Effendi, Johann Rattenhuber, Chen Cheng, and Husni al-Za'im. Among people deceased in 1984, Hans Speidel ranks 58. Before him are Janet Gaynor, Kim Il, Jackie Coogan, Walter Rauff, Josyf Slipyj, and Yigael Yadin. After him are Pavel Batitsky, Pierre Gemayel, Chaïm Perelman, Count Basie, Mark W. Clark, and Raoul Salan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Speidel ranks 1,644 out of 7,253. Before him are Diane Kruger (1976), Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911), Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1738), Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1761), Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (1948), and Adolf Bastian (1826). After him are Wilhelm Zaisser (1893), Princess Margaret of Prussia (1872), Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg (1706), Georg Kerschensteiner (1854), Ludwig Borchardt (1863), and Christian Leopold von Buch (1774).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hans Speidel ranks 115. Before 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). After him are Heinz Lammerding (1905), Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891), Fritz Bayerlein (1899), Franz Hössler (1906), Georg Stumme (1886), and Wilhelm Adam (1877).

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