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Ludwig Crüwell

1892 - 1958

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Ludwig Crüwell (20 March 1892 – 25 September 1958) was a German army general who served in the Afrika Korps of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Crüwell was captured by British forces on 29 May 1942 and was interned at Trent Park, the British camp for high-ranking POW where his conversations were subject to covert surveillance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig Crüwell is the 915th most popular military personnel (down from 824th in 2019), the 2,329th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,043rd in 2019) and the 167th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ludwig Crüwell ranks 915 out of 2,058. Before him are Hermocrates, Adolphe Marbot, Frank Jack Fletcher, Walther von Lüttwitz, Prince Franz of Bavaria, and Karl Fritzsch. After him are Alphonse Juin, Michael Lippert, Won Gyun, Heinrich Eberbach, Joseph Stilwell, and Georg von der Marwitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Ludwig Crüwell ranks 106. Before him are Ivan Šubašić, Joseph Szigeti, Karl Lennart Oesch, Peljidiin Genden, Charles Vanel, and Richard Aldington. After him are Chen Gongbo, Branislaw Tarashkyevich, Reiner Stahel, Liu Bocheng, Nikolai Polikarpov, and William Powell. Among people deceased in 1958, Ludwig Crüwell ranks 57. Before him are Johannes R. Becher, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Pierre-Étienne Flandin, Franz Bardon, Peter Collins, and Grigory Petrovsky. After him are Douglas Mawson, Oscar Torp, Ernest Jones, Rudolf Rocker, Viktor Schauberger, and José Miaja.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Crüwell ranks 2,330 out of 7,253. Before him are Johannes Franz Hartmann (1865), John II, Duke of Bavaria (1341), Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875), Albert Forster (1902), Hanns Kerrl (1887), and Konrad von Thüringen (1206). After him are Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877), Wols (1913), Michael Lippert (1897), Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823), Ludwig Klages (1872), and F. C. S. Schiller (1864).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Ludwig Crüwell ranks 167. Before him are Ernst Barkmann (1919), Hermann Ehrhardt (1881), Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel (1809), Karl Mauss (1898), Erich Rudorffer (1917), and Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875). After him are Michael Lippert (1897), Heinrich Eberbach (1895), Otto Wöhler (1894), Karl Frenzel (1911), Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (1889), and Friedrich Hossbach (1894).

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