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Hans von Salmuth

1888 - 1962

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Hans Eberhard Kurt Freiherr von Salmuth (11 November 1888 – 1 January 1962) was a German general of the Wehrmacht during World War II. Salmuth commanded several armies on the Eastern Front, and the Fifteenth Army in France during the D-Day invasion. Following the war, he was tried in the High Command Trial, as part of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials. He was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 20 years. He was released in 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans von Salmuth is the 796th most popular military personnel (up from 884th in 2019), the 2,108th most popular biography from France (up from 2,287th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hans von Salmuth ranks 796 out of 2,058. Before him are David Farragut, Helmuth von Pannwitz, Nikolay Gumilyov, Hans Karl von Diebitsch, John Hanning Speke, and Gustav Horn, Count of Pori. After him are Emiliano Mercado del Toro, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan, Soemu Toyoda, Cleombrotus, and Hermann Priess.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Hans von Salmuth ranks 75. Before him are Vicki Baum, Prince Oskar of Prussia, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, Valerian Kuybyshev, and Jan Syrový. After him are Inayatullah Khan, Hans Richter, Wellington Koo, Milan Stojadinović, Domenico Tardini, and Paul Morand. Among people deceased in 1962, Hans von Salmuth ranks 60. Before him are Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg, Lei Feng, Albert Sarraut, Frederick Schule, Emil Artin, and Wilhelm Ackermann. After him are Louis Raymond, Muhammad VIII al-Amin, Trygve Gulbranssen, Wilhelm Ohnesorge, E. E. Cummings, and Poul Nielsen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hans von Salmuth ranks 2,108 out of 6,770. Before him are Philippe Petit (1949), Emmanuelle Seigner (1966), Ado of Vienne (800), Jean-Louis Schlesser (1948), Guy Roux (1938), and Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta (1866). After him are Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750), Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808), François Périer (1919), Joseph Diez Gergonne (1771), Jacques Cazotte (1719), and Léon Flameng (1877).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Hans von Salmuth ranks 83. Before him are Billy Mitchell (1879), Heinz Harmel (1906), Raoul Salan (1899), Henri Gouraud (1867), Charles Huntziger (1880), and Rudolf Schmundt (1896). After him are Barthélemy Catherine Joubert (1769), William Iron Arm (1010), Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784), Marcellin Marbot (1782), Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712), and Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725).

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