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Hasso von Manteuffel

1897 - 1978

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Hasso Eccard Freiherr von Manteuffel (14 January 1897 – 24 September 1978) was a German baron born to the Prussian noble von Manteuffel family and was a general during World War II who commanded the 5th Panzer Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds of Nazi Germany. After the war, he was elected to the Bundestag (West German legislature) and was the defense-policy spokesman of the Free Democratic Party. A proponent of West German rearmament, he was responsible for coining the new name for the post-World War II West German armed forces, the Bundeswehr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hasso von Manteuffel is the 287th most popular military personnel (down from 273rd in 2019), the 727th most popular biography from Germany (down from 646th in 2019) and the 61st most popular German Military Personnel.

von manteuffel is most famous for his role in the Battle of the Bulge.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hasso von Manteuffel ranks 287 out of 2,058. Before him are Sun Bin, Alvin York, Omar Bradley, Raimondo Montecuccoli, Otto Liman von Sanders, and John Demjanjuk. After him are Italo Gariboldi, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Titus Labienus, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Maurice Benyovszky, and Reinhard Gehlen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Hasso von Manteuffel ranks 40. Before him are Karl-Otto Koch, Soong Mei-ling, Janaki Ammal, Karl Gebhardt, Otto Strasser, and Jimmie Rodgers. After him are Plaek Phibunsongkhram, John Cockcroft, Ivan Bagramyan, Paul Delvaux, John Franklin Enders, and Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco. Among people deceased in 1978, Hasso von Manteuffel ranks 29. Before him are Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Kurt Student, Ronnie Peterson, Willy Messerschmitt, Jomo Kenyatta, and Houari Boumédiène. After him are Sisavang Vatthana, Charles Best, Harold Lasswell, Jim Jones, Tamara Karsavina, and James B. Conant.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hasso von Manteuffel ranks 727 out of 7,253. Before him are Nina Hagen (1955), Werner Sombart (1863), Hermann von Salza (1170), Henry Morgenthau Sr. (1856), Louis Spohr (1784), and Moritz Schlick (1882). After him are Erich Koch (1896), Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937), Rudolf Schenker (1948), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), Johann Deisenhofer (1943), and Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hasso von Manteuffel ranks 61. Before him are Karl-Otto Koch (1897), Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), Karl Wolff (1900), Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), Otto Carius (1922), and Otto Günsche (1917). After him are Reinhard Gehlen (1902), Werner Mölders (1913), Hugo Sperrle (1885), Eduard Dietl (1890), Arthur Nebe (1894), and Wilhelm Bittrich (1894).

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