MILITARY PERSONNEL

Maximilian von Edelsheim

1897 - 1994

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Maximilian von Edelsheim (6 July 1897 – 26 April 1994) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He negotiated the surrender of German forces to the Americans at the bridge at Tangermünde on the Elbe River on or about May 2, 1945. The German 12th Army, under General Walther Wenck had previously done a 180 degree turn away from the Western Allies, resulting from an order to relieve Berlin from the Soviet attack. Disobeying the order, Wenck fought due East, into the Spree Forest region, toward the town of Halbe and linked up with the remnants of the German 9th Army. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maximilian von Edelsheim is the 1,507th most popular military personnel (up from 1,566th in 2019), the 3,770th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,822nd in 2019) and the 270th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Maximilian von Edelsheim ranks 1,507 out of 2,058. Before him are Moritz von Auffenberg, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Alexander Kutepov, Shōji Nishimura, Neoptolemus II of Epirus, and Antonina Makarova. After him are Mitrofan Nedelin, Johann von Tiefen, Johann Peter Beaulieu, Max Horton, Vang Pao, and Farrukh Hormizd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Maximilian von Edelsheim ranks 185. Before him are Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, Alberto Cavalcanti, Ram Prasad Bismil, J. L. B. Smith, Henry Cowell, and Zhou Fohai. After him are Ilya Ilf, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, Hersch Lauterpacht, Lya De Putti, and Johannes Winkler. Among people deceased in 1994, Maximilian von Edelsheim ranks 182. Before him are Lew Hoad, William Conrad, Patrick O'Neal, Aurora Mardiganian, Jānis Krūmiņš, and Karel Kryl. After him are Lilia Skala, Madeleine Renaud, Mercedes Comaposada, Carmen McRae, Lili Damita, and Noah Beery Jr..

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maximilian von Edelsheim ranks 3,772 out of 7,253. Before him are Herbert Selpin (1904), Ludwig von Pastor (1854), Fahriye Evcen (1986), Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757), Rolf Wolfshohl (1938), and Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810). After him are Harry Rosenbusch (1836), Andreas Kaplan (1977), Johannes Brenz (1499), Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel (1804), Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau (1738), and Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Maximilian von Edelsheim ranks 270. Before him are Conrad Albrecht (1880), Maurice d'Elbée (1752), Friedrich von Ingenohl (1857), Pavle Jurišić Šturm (1848), Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller (1897), and Curt Haase (1881). After him are Erich Bey (1898), Traugott Herr (1890), Otto von Emmich (1848), Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615), Richard Heidrich (1896), and Joachim von Kortzfleisch (1890).

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