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Otto Carius

1922 - 2015

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Otto Carius (27 May 1922 – 24 January 2015) was a German tank commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He fought on the Eastern Front in 1943 and 1944 and on the Western Front in 1945. Carius is considered a "panzer ace", some sources credited him with destroying more than 150 enemy tanks, although Carius, in an interview claims he had around 100 kills or less. This was also due to the fact that he did not count kills as a commander, and rather only as a gunner. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Carius is the 276th most popular military personnel (down from 235th in 2019), the 688th most popular biography from Germany (down from 566th in 2019) and the 59th most popular German Military Personnel.

Otto Carius is most famous for being a German tank commander during World War II. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Otto Carius ranks 276 out of 2,058. Before him are Sejanus, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Lothar Rendulic, Karl Wolff, Oskar Dirlewanger, and Robert Nivelle. After him are Otto Günsche, Johannes Blaskowitz, J. E. B. Stuart, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Sun Bin, and Alvin York.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Otto Carius ranks 39. Before him are Telly Savalas, Clair Cameron Patterson, Vittorio Gassman, Jason Robards, Ahmed Sékou Touré, and Stanley Cohen. After him are Nándor Hidegkuti, Julius Nyerere, Nikolay Basov, Miguel Muñoz, Liliane Bettencourt, and Arthur Ashkin. Among people deceased in 2015, Otto Carius ranks 34. Before him are Val Logsdon Fitch, Ulrich Beck, Khaled al-Asaad, Yoichiro Nambu, Manoel de Oliveira, and Richard F. Heck. After him are Tariq Aziz, Maya Plisetskaya, Zito, Eduardo Galeano, Alcides Ghiggia, and Wes Craven.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Carius ranks 688 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Karl Wolff (1900), Ottmar Hitzfeld (1949), Dietrich Eckart (1868), Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), and Georg Büchner (1813). After him are Simon Marius (1573), Arno Breker (1900), Hans Holbein the Elder (1465), Otto Günsche (1917), Widukind (755), and George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Otto Carius ranks 59. Before him are Kurt Student (1890), Erhard Milch (1892), Karl-Otto Koch (1897), Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), Karl Wolff (1900), and Oskar Dirlewanger (1895). After him are Otto Günsche (1917), Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), Reinhard Gehlen (1902), Werner Mölders (1913), Hugo Sperrle (1885), and Eduard Dietl (1890).

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