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Hugo Sperrle

1885 - 1953

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Hugo Wilhelm Sperrle (7 February 1885 – 2 April 1953) was a German military aviator in World War I and a Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Luftwaffe during World War II. Sperrle joined the Imperial German Army in 1903. He served in the artillery upon the outbreak of World War I. In 1914 he joined the Luftstreitkräfte as an observer then trained as a pilot. Sperrle ended the war at the rank of Hauptmann (Captain) in command of an aerial reconnaissance attachment of a field army. In the inter-war period Sperrle was appointed to the General Staff in the Reichswehr, serving the Weimar Republic in the aerial warfare branch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Sperrle is the 330th most popular military personnel (up from 351st in 2019), the 814th most popular biography from Germany (down from 807th in 2019) and the 64th most popular German Military Personnel.

Hugo Sperrle was a German general in World War II. He was most famous for his involvement in the Battle of Britain.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hugo Sperrle ranks 330 out of 2,058. Before him are Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Timothy Laurence, Jiang Wei, Nearchus, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, and Georg von Trapp. After him are Nikolai Yudenich, William D. Leahy, Eduard Dietl, Kul Tigin, Arthur Nebe, and Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Hugo Sperrle ranks 38. Before him are Sabina Spielrein, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Karl Radek, Sinclair Lewis, Hermann Weyl, and Alexander Löhr. After him are Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Erich von Stroheim, Tamara Karsavina, Giacomo Matteotti, Luigi Russolo, and Otto Klemperer. Among people deceased in 1953, Hugo Sperrle ranks 20. Before him are Django Reinhardt, Ivan Bunin, Vladimir Tatlin, Hans Fritzsche, Francis Picabia, and Raoul Dufy. After him are Erich Mendelsohn, Richard Walther Darré, Robert A. Taft, Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, and Lewis Fry Richardson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hugo Sperrle ranks 814 out of 7,253. Before him are James Last (1929), Rudolf Otto (1869), Georg Jellinek (1851), Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722), Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700), and Peter Kürten (1883). After him are Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (1865), Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851), Eduard Dietl (1890), Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869), and Arthur Nebe (1894).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hugo Sperrle ranks 64. Before him are Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), Otto Carius (1922), Otto Günsche (1917), Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), Reinhard Gehlen (1902), and Werner Mölders (1913). After him are Eduard Dietl (1890), Arthur Nebe (1894), Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim (1905), Georg von Frundsberg (1473), and Walther Wenck (1900).

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