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Hermann Balck

1893 - 1982

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Georg Otto Hermann Balck (7 December 1893 – 29 November 1982) was a highly decorated officer of the German Army who served in both World War I and World War II, rising to the rank of General der Panzertruppe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Balck is the 395th most popular military personnel (down from 315th in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from Poland (down from 161st in 2019) and the 19th most popular Polish Military Personnel.

Hermann Balck was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He is most famous for his command of the 6th Panzer Army during the Battle of Normandy.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hermann Balck ranks 395 out of 2,058. Before him are Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Erich Priebke, Jean-Andoche Junot, Laskarina Bouboulina, Carl Spaatz, and Charles Lee. After him are Gustav Wagner, Gerhard Barkhorn, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Bonifacius, and Hans-Valentin Hube.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Hermann Balck ranks 44. Before him are Andrés Segovia, Lili Boulanger, Emmy Göring, Fritz Perls, Hans Fallada, and James B. Conant. After him are Viktor Shklovsky, Hattie McDaniel, Ana Pauker, Mae West, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, and Ernst Toller. Among people deceased in 1982, Hermann Balck ranks 47. Before him are Lee Strasberg, Varlam Shalamov, Walther Wenck, Ahmad al-Khatib, John Belushi, and Peter Weiss. After him are Helen of Greece and Denmark, E. H. Carr, Bachir Gemayel, Thelonious Monk, Meša Selimović, and John Cheever.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Hermann Balck ranks 206 out of 1,694. Before him are Siegbert Tarrasch (1862), Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756), Richard Abegg (1869), Frederick I of Württemberg (1754), Grzegorz Lato (1950), and Ignacy Mościcki (1867). After him are Felix Hausdorff (1868), Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749), Aleksandra Ekster (1882), Hans Lammers (1879), Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651), and Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Hermann Balck ranks 19. Before him are Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755), Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1899), Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Rochus Misch (1917), Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (1889), and Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885). After him are Otto Kretschmer (1912), Vasily Sokolovsky (1897), Alexander von Falkenhausen (1878), Otto von Below (1857), Elisabeth Volkenrath (1919), and Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (1889).

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