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Otto Liman von Sanders

1855 - 1929

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Otto Viktor Karl Liman von Sanders (German: [ˈɔtoː ˈliːman fɔn ˈzandɐs]; 17 February 1855 – 22 August 1929) was an Imperial German Army general who served as a military adviser to the Ottoman Army during the First World War. He was born to Jewish noble family and like many other Prussians from aristocratic families, he joined the military and rose through the ranks to General. In 1918 he commanded an Ottoman army during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. On the whole Sanders provided only limited help to the Ottoman forces. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Liman von Sanders is the 285th most popular military personnel (down from 257th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Poland (down from 135th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Polish Military Personnel.

Otto Liman von Sanders was a German general who served as the military advisor to the Ottoman Empire during World War I. He was most famous for his role in the Battle of Gallipoli.

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Among military personnels, Otto Liman von Sanders ranks 285 out of 2,058. Before him are J. E. B. Stuart, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Sun Bin, Alvin York, Omar Bradley, and Raimondo Montecuccoli. After him are John Demjanjuk, Hasso von Manteuffel, Italo Gariboldi, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Titus Labienus, and Theodore Roosevelt Jr..

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Among people born in 1855, Otto Liman von Sanders ranks 7. Before him are Archduchess Sophie of Austria, Ferdinand Tönnies, King C. Gillette, Andrew Mellon, Émile Verhaeren, and Houston Stewart Chamberlain. After him are John Browning, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, Percival Lowell, Ernest Chausson, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, and Paul Deschanel. Among people deceased in 1929, Otto Liman von Sanders ranks 19. Before him are Emile Berliner, Émile Loubet, Thomas Burke, Maria Christina of Austria, Aby Warburg, and Princess Viktoria of Prussia. After him are Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Thorstein Veblen, Antoine Bourdelle, Mercédès Jellinek, Wyatt Earp, and Sadhu Sundar Singh.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Otto Liman von Sanders ranks 150 out of 1,694. Before him are Alexander Bogdanov (1873), Adolph Menzel (1815), Witold Gombrowicz (1904), Albert Marth (1828), Géza I of Hungary (1040), and Bolesław Bierut (1892). After him are Isabella Jagiellon (1519), Hanna Schygulla (1943), Christa Wolf (1929), Albrecht von Roon (1803), Władysław I the Elbow-high (1260), and William I of Württemberg (1781).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Otto Liman von Sanders ranks 15. Before him are Erich von Falkenhayn (1861), Anton Denikin (1872), Władysław Sikorski (1881), Alfred von Tirpitz (1849), Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755), and Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1899). After him are Rochus Misch (1917), Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (1889), Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885), Hermann Balck (1893), Otto Kretschmer (1912), and Vasily Sokolovsky (1897).

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