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Johannes Blaskowitz

1883 - 1948

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Johannes Albrecht Blaskowitz (10 July 1883 – 5 February 1948) was a German Generaloberst during World War II. After joining the Imperial German Army in 1901, Blaskowitz served throughout World War I, where he earned the Iron Cross for bravery. During WWII, Blaskowitz led the 8th Army during the Invasion of Poland and was the Commander in Chief of Occupied Poland from 1939 to 1940. During the war, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. Blaskowitz wrote several memoranda to the German high command objecting to the criminal conduct of the Einsatzgruppen on the Eastern Front, and he handed out death sentences to SS members for crimes against Polish civilians. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Blaskowitz is the 278th most popular military personnel (down from 190th in 2019), the 220th most popular biography from Russia (down from 170th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Johannes Blaskowitz was a German general and military commander in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Johannes Blaskowitz ranks 278 out of 2,058. Before him are Lothar Rendulic, Karl Wolff, Oskar Dirlewanger, Robert Nivelle, Otto Carius, and Otto Günsche. After him are J. E. B. Stuart, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Sun Bin, Alvin York, Omar Bradley, and Raimondo Montecuccoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Johannes Blaskowitz ranks 32. Before him are Maurice Utrillo, Napoleon Hill, Mohammed Nadir Shah, Wang Jingwei, Andrey Vyshinsky, and Celâl Bayar. After him are Angela Hitler, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Douglas Fairbanks, Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, Peter Kürten, and Nina Ricci. Among people deceased in 1948, Johannes Blaskowitz ranks 28. Before him are Folke Bernadotte, Arthur Liebehenschel, Maria Mandl, Ruth Benedict, Jan Masaryk, and Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta. After him are Karl Gebhardt, Babe Ruth, Umberto Giordano, John J. Pershing, Kurt Schwitters, and Georges Bernanos.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Johannes Blaskowitz ranks 220 out of 3,761. Before him are Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853), Nikolai Vavilov (1887), Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863), Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839), Vasily Blokhin (1895), and Fritz Albert Lipmann (1899). After him are Vasily I of Moscow (1371), Alexei Navalny (1976), Armin Mueller-Stahl (1930), Vitaly Ginzburg (1916), Gustav Bauer (1870), and Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Johannes Blaskowitz ranks 16. Before him are Pyotr Bagration (1765), Semyon Budyonny (1883), Felix Steiner (1896), Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), Gotthard Heinrici (1886), and Andrey Vlasov (1901). After him are Yermak Timofeyevich (1532), Vasily Stalin (1921), Vasily Blyukher (1889), Nikolai Yudenich (1862), Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856), and Valery Gerasimov (1955).

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