MILITARY PERSONNEL

Henning von Tresckow

1901 - 1944

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Henning Hermann Karl Robert von Tresckow (German: [ˈhɛ.nɪŋ fɔn ˈtʁeːs.koː] ; 10 January 1901 – 21 July 1944) was a German military officer with the rank of major general in the German Army who helped organize German resistance against Adolf Hitler. He attempted to assassinate Hitler on 13 March 1943 and drafted the Valkyrie plan for a coup against the German government. He was described by the Gestapo as the "prime mover" behind the plot of 20 July 1944 to assassinate Hitler. He committed suicide at Królowy Most on the Eastern Front upon learning of the plot's failure. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henning von Tresckow is the 206th most popular military personnel (down from 205th in 2019), the 541st most popular biography from Germany (down from 509th in 2019) and the 44th most popular German Military Personnel.

Hennig von Tresckow was a colonel in the German army and a member of the German resistance during World War II. He was a key conspirator in the 1944 assassination plot against Adolf Hitler.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Henning von Tresckow ranks 206 out of 2,058. Before him are Zhou Yu, Chūichi Nagumo, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Alfred von Schlieffen, Syagrius, and Chester W. Nimitz. After him are Dietrich von Choltitz, Alexandre de Beauharnais, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, William Halsey Jr., Gotthard Heinrici, and Auguste de Marmont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Henning von Tresckow ranks 37. Before him are Witold Pilecki, Ricardo Zamora, Simon Kuznets, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, and Princess Sophie of Hohenberg. After him are Salvatore Quasimodo, Margaret Mead, Andrey Vlasov, Robert Bresson, Arthur Liebehenschel, and José Leandro Andrade. Among people deceased in 1944, Henning von Tresckow ranks 33. Before him are Milena Jesenská, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Chūichi Nagumo, and Aristide Maillol. After him are Arthur Eddington, Friedrich Olbricht, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Frank Marshall, Wang Jingwei, and Erich Hoepner.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Henning von Tresckow ranks 541 out of 7,253. Before him are Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), Maria Anna of Neuburg (1667), Hans Baldung (1484), Ulrike Meinhof (1934), Theodor Morell (1886), and Hans Fritzsche (1900). After him are Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), Kurt Meyer (1910), Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817), Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1858), and Jochen Rindt (1942).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Henning von Tresckow ranks 44. Before him are Ernst Busch (1885), Joachim Peiper (1915), Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848), Paul Hausser (1880), Georg von Küchler (1881), and Alfred von Schlieffen (1833). After him are Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Kurt Meyer (1910), Friedrich Olbricht (1888), Wilhelm List (1880), Erich Hoepner (1886), and Hans von Seeckt (1866).

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