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Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt

1887 - 1943

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Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (13 July 1887 – 9 May 1943) was a German general (General of the Infantry) during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt became ill in November 1942 and returned to Germany. He died in a hospital in Berlin. Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt was a descendant of Danish-Holsteiner nobility. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt is the 1,580th most popular military personnel (down from 1,310th in 2019), the 3,982nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,174th in 2019) and the 285th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt ranks 1,580 out of 2,058. Before him are Robert Gould Shaw, Otto Deßloch, François Le Fort, Tommy Franks, Yakov Smushkevich, and Erich Abraham. After him are Bernardo de Gálvez, Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin, François Perrier, Vasyl Makukh, Baba Nobuharu, and Hans Felber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt ranks 175. Before him are Ernst Toch, Marianne Moore, Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics, Prince Gustav of Denmark, Peter Arshinov, and Giorgio Zampori. After him are Oskar Luts, Alan Cunningham, Joseph Orbeli, Antonio Moreno, Reginald Owen, and Thoralf Skolem. Among people deceased in 1943, Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt ranks 146. Before him are Kočo Racin, Leonhard Stejneger, Ernst Trygger, Dora Gerson, Lucien Démanet, and Doris Miller. After him are Helen Herron Taft, Kristjan Raud, Kiyotsugu Hirayama, Aleš Hrdlička, Damrong Rajanubhab, and Mihailo Petrović.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt ranks 3,984 out of 7,253. Before him are Andrey Osterman (1686), Jacques Mieses (1865), Cem Özdemir (1965), Walter Momper (1945), Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1674), and Stefan Reuter (1966). After him are Heinrich Zille (1858), Wolfgang Staudte (1906), Wilferd Madelung (1930), Eva Justin (1909), Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1786), and Carl Peters (1856).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt ranks 285. Before him are Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810), Erich Marcks (1891), Johann von Werth (1591), Werner Voss (1897), Hans von Funck (1891), and Otto Deßloch (1889). After him are Hans Felber (1889), Gerhard von Schwerin (1899), Leonhard Kaupisch (1878), Erick-Oskar Hansen (1889), Rudolf von Bünau (1890), and Karl Allmendinger (1891).

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