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Walter Heitz

1878 - 1944

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Walter Heitz (8 December 1878 – 9 February 1944) was a German general (Generaloberst) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He served as President of the Reich Military Court and commanded part of the 6th Army in the Battle of Stalingrad. A decorated World War I officer and supporter of Nazism, Heitz advanced rapidly under the Third Reich. In 1936, he became the president of the Reich Military Court. At the age of 60, Heitz took command of the VIII Army Corps and participated in the Invasion of Poland, the Battle of France and Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Heitz is the 1,086th most popular military personnel (down from 832nd in 2019), the 2,721st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,056th in 2019) and the 195th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Walter Heitz ranks 1,086 out of 2,058. Before him are Max Pauly, Rasim Delić, August Schmidhuber, Khiuaz Dospanova, Gaston Billotte, and Emilio Eduardo Massera. After him are Uzi Narkiss, Petar Bojović, Mikhail Katukov, Siegfried von Feuchtwangen, Horatio Gates, and Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Walter Heitz ranks 102. Before him are Wallace Hartley, Mirra Alfassa, Maxie Long, Stamen Grigorov, Michel Théato, and Georgios Kondylis. After him are Egon Friedell, Ernst Alexanderson, Kurt Goldstein, Theodoros Pangalos, Jack Johnson, and Otto Freundlich. Among people deceased in 1944, Walter Heitz ranks 151. Before him are Helmut Lent, Tanya Savicheva, Carl Flesch, Wilhelm Falley, Joseph Caillaux, and Max Nettlau. After him are Franz Kutschera, J. Walter Christie, Riccardo Zandonai, Léon Brunschvicg, Noor Inayat Khan, and Lupe Vélez.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Heitz ranks 2,722 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Pauly (1907), August Schmidhuber (1901), Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729), Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (1751), Charlotte von Stein (1742), and Carl Hagenbeck (1844). After him are Georg Hilmar (1876), Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), Gustav Hartlaub (1814), Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1662), Kurt Schmitt (1886), and Adolf Mayer (1843).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Walter Heitz ranks 195. Before him are Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (1899), Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow (1782), Eugen Meindl (1892), Martin Gottfried Weiss (1905), Max Pauly (1907), and August Schmidhuber (1901). After him are Siegfried von Feuchtwangen (1300), Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1632), Otto Baum (1911), Oskar von Hutier (1857), Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (1684), and Alfred Wünnenberg (1891).

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