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Kurt Zeitzler

1895 - 1963

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Kurt Zeitzler (9 June 1895 – 25 September 1963) was a Chief of the Army General Staff in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Zeitzler was almost exclusively a staff officer, serving as chief of staff in a corps, army, and army group. In September 1942, he was selected by Adolf Hitler as Chief of the Army General Staff, replacing Franz Halder. In early 1943 he was one of the key figures in the decision to launch Operation Citadel, the last major German attack on the Eastern Front, which ended in defeat. Zeitzler lost faith in Hitler's judgement, and abandoned his position in June 1944 after suffering a nervous breakdown. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Zeitzler is the 3,429th most popular politician (down from 3,343rd in 2019), the 889th most popular biography from Germany (up from 905th in 2019) and the 256th most popular German Politician.

Kurt Zeitzler was a German general and the Chief of the General Staff of the Army during World War II. He was responsible for the planning of Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.

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Among politicians, Kurt Zeitzler ranks 3,429 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexios I of Trebizond, Asma al-Assad, Isabella, Countess of Gloucester, Julia Avita Mamaea, Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, and Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen. After him are Berenice, Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours, Clovis III, Cola di Rienzo, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, and Deioces.

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Among people born in 1895, Kurt Zeitzler ranks 59. Before him are Augusto César Sandino, Albert Göring, Dickinson W. Richards, Richard Walther Darré, Nedeljko Čabrinović, and Lázaro Cárdenas. After him are Wilhelm Kempff, Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Lewis Milestone, and Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski. Among people deceased in 1963, Kurt Zeitzler ranks 34. Before him are Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Jacques Hadamard, Richard Baer, Richard Barthelmess, Rajendra Prasad, and Theodore von Kármán. After him are Karl Bühler, Oleg Penkovsky, Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, Piero Manzoni, and Michael Rockefeller.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Kurt Zeitzler ranks 889 out of 7,253. Before him are Birutė Galdikas (1946), Walther Wenck (1900), Alfred Hugenberg (1865), Fritz Perls (1893), Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), and William Stern (1871). After him are Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636), Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919), Harald Quandt (1921), Markus Wolf (1923), Götz von Berlichingen (1480), and Radegund (518).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Kurt Zeitzler ranks 256. Before him are Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823), Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1578), Henry II, Duke of Austria (1107), Saloninus (242), William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493), and Alfred Hugenberg (1865). After him are Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636), Harald Quandt (1921), Constantin Fehrenbach (1852), Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1441), Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876), and John George I, Elector of Saxony (1585).

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