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Josef Harpe

1887 - 1968

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Josef Harpe (21 September 1887 – 14 March 1968) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 9th Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. Harpe served on the Eastern Front, where he commanded XXXXI Panzer Corps and the 9th Army. From September 1944 to January 1945 Army Group A, when he was relieved of his command due to the inability of German forces to stop the Soviet Vistula–Oder Offensive. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Harpe is the 477th most popular military personnel (up from 503rd in 2019), the 1,197th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,242nd in 2019) and the 90th most popular German Military Personnel.

Josef Harpe is most famous for being a German serial killer who was executed in 1803.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Josef Harpe ranks 477 out of 2,058. Before him are Theodoros Kolokotronis, Herberts Cukurs, Gusztáv Jány, Emilio De Bono, Artur Phleps, and Ernst von Mansfeld. After him are Gan Ning, Yamagata Aritomo, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Lazare Hoche, Matthäus Hetzenauer, and Charles Leclerc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Josef Harpe ranks 58. Before him are Bernardo Houssay, Arnold Zweig, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, Hans Oster, and Julian Huxley. After him are Giovanni Gronchi, Mitsuru Ushijima, Blaise Cendrars, Annette Kellermann, Josef Čapek, and Frederick Fleet. Among people deceased in 1968, Josef Harpe ranks 42. Before him are Lucio Fontana, Giovanni Messe, Vittorio Pozzo, Ramon Novarro, Arnold Zweig, and Romano Guardini. After him are Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Nick Adams, Georgios Papandreou, Charles Chaplin Jr., Leopold Infeld, and George Hackenschmidt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Josef Harpe ranks 1,197 out of 7,253. Before him are Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526), Conrad II of Italy (1074), Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), Princess Marianne of the Netherlands (1810), Severinus of Noricum (410), and Godfrey Kneller (1646). After him are Carsten Niebuhr (1733), Manuel Neuer (1986), Engelbert Kaempfer (1651), Johann Philipp Reis (1834), Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (1757), and Johann Georg Pisendel (1687).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Josef Harpe ranks 90. Before him are Günther Rall (1918), Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887), Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887), Friedrich Dollmann (1882), Johannes Frießner (1892), and Levin August von Bennigsen (1745). After him are Herbert Gille (1897), Karl von Bülow (1846), Christian Wirth (1885), Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (1594), Alfred von Waldersee (1832), and Adolf Strauss (1879).

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