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Walther Wenck

1900 - 1982

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Walther Wenck (German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈvɛŋk]; 18 September 1900 – 1 May 1982) was a German military officer and industrialist. He was the youngest General of the branch (General der Truppengattung) in the German Army and a staff officer during World War II. At the end of the war, he commanded the German Twelfth Army that took part in the Battle of Berlin. Wenck left the military after surrendering to the Allies. He was asked to become Inspector General of the Bundeswehr as West Germany was re-arming in 1957, but declined to take the post when conditions he set were not met, such as the Inspector General being the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, not just an administrative leader. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walther Wenck is the 368th most popular military personnel (down from 316th in 2019), the 884th most popular biography from Germany (down from 728th in 2019) and the 70th most popular German Military Personnel.

Walther Wenck was an SS officer who served in the German Army during World War II. He was a general in the Waffen-SS and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Walther Wenck ranks 368 out of 2,058. Before him are Duško Popov, Boris Shaposhnikov, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, and Guillaume Brune. After him are Ban Chao, Paul von Rennenkampf, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Hans-Joachim Marseille, and Götz von Berlichingen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Walther Wenck ranks 46. Before him are Arno Breker, Choe Yong-gon, Chiune Sugihara, Anna Seghers, Jiro Miyake, and Edward Stettinius Jr.. After him are Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Julien Green, Zelda Fitzgerald, Edith Frank, Pridi Banomyong, and Pedro Cea. Among people deceased in 1982, Walther Wenck ranks 43. Before him are Cevdet Sunay, Hans Selye, Ivan Bagramyan, Jiro Horikoshi, Lee Strasberg, and Varlam Shalamov. After him are Ahmad al-Khatib, John Belushi, Peter Weiss, Hermann Balck, Helen of Greece and Denmark, and E. H. Carr.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walther Wenck ranks 884 out of 7,253. Before him are Saloninus (242), William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493), Margot Frank (1926), Carl Reinecke (1824), Engelbert Humperdinck (1854), and Birutė Galdikas (1946). After him are Alfred Hugenberg (1865), Fritz Perls (1893), Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), William Stern (1871), Kurt Zeitzler (1895), and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Walther Wenck ranks 70. Before him are Hugo Sperrle (1885), Eduard Dietl (1890), Arthur Nebe (1894), Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim (1905), and Georg von Frundsberg (1473). After him are Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919), Götz von Berlichingen (1480), Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870), Erich Priebke (1913), Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755), and Hans-Valentin Hube (1890).

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