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Hans von Seeckt

1866 - 1936

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Johannes "Hans" Friedrich Leopold von Seeckt (22 April 1866 – 27 December 1936) was a German military officer who served as Chief of Staff to August von Mackensen and was a central figure in planning the victories Mackensen achieved for Germany in the east during the First World War. During the years of the Weimar Republic he was chief of staff for the Reichswehr from 1919 to 1920 and commander in chief of the German Army from 1920 until he resigned in October 1926. During this period he engaged in the reorganization of the army and laid the foundation for the doctrine, tactics, organization, and training of the German army. By the time Seeckt left the German Army in 1926 the Reichswehr had a clear, standardized operational doctrine, as well as a precise theory on the future methods of combat which greatly influenced the military campaigns fought by the Wehrmacht during the first half of the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans von Seeckt is the 239th most popular military personnel (down from 231st in 2019), the 619th most popular biography from Germany (down from 564th in 2019) and the 50th most popular German Military Personnel.

Hans von seeckt was a German general and military theorist. He is most famous for his work in rebuilding the German army after World War I, and for his work in developing the blitzkrieg tactic.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hans von Seeckt ranks 239 out of 2,058. Before him are Erich Hoepner, Ishida Mitsunari, Franz Stangl, Pausanias, Benedict Arnold, and Sun Jian. After him are Lysander, Toyotomi Hideyori, Maximilian von Weichs, Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, Wu Sangui, and Slobodan Praljak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Hans von Seeckt ranks 14. Before him are Alfred Werner, Charles Nicolle, Benedetto Croce, Jacinto Benavente, Giovanni Agnelli, and Beatrix Potter. After him are Aleksandr Ulyanov, Aby Warburg, Princess Viktoria of Prussia, Lev Shestov, Nathan Söderblom, and Antoine Meillet. Among people deceased in 1936, Hans von Seeckt ranks 25. Before him are Alexander Glazunov, G. K. Chesterton, Albert Fish, Ottorino Respighi, Louis Blériot, and José Antonio Primo de Rivera. After him are Elsa Einstein, Karl Kraus, Premchand, Buenaventura Durruti, Andrija Mohorovičić, and Moritz Schlick.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans von Seeckt ranks 619 out of 7,253. Before him are Emile Berliner (1851), Horst Wessel (1907), Paul Breitner (1951), Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), and Feodor Lynen (1911). After him are Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Till Lindemann (1963), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Wolfgang Paul (1913), Henri Nestlé (1814), and Georg Wittig (1897).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hans von Seeckt ranks 50. Before him are Henning von Tresckow (1901), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Kurt Meyer (1910), Friedrich Olbricht (1888), Wilhelm List (1880), and Erich Hoepner (1886). After him are Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), Kurt Student (1890), Erhard Milch (1892), Karl-Otto Koch (1897), and Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895).

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