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Walther von Reichenau

1884 - 1942

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Walter Karl Gustav August Ernst von Reichenau (8 October 1884 – 17 January 1942) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Heer (Army) of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was nicknamed "The Bull" (German: Der Bulle). Reichenau commanded the 6th Army, during the invasions of Belgium and France. During Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, he continued to command the 6th Army as part of Army Group South as it captured Ukraine and advanced deep into the USSR. While in command of the 6th Army during Operation Barbarossa in 1941, he issued the notorious Severity Order which encouraged German soldiers to murder Jewish civilians on the Eastern Front. Reichenau's troops cooperated with the SS Einsatzgruppen in the commission of the massacre of over 33,000 Jews at Babi Yar, and assisted with other crimes against humanity that occurred in areas under his command during the Holocaust. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walther von Reichenau is the 108th most popular military personnel (up from 227th in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from Germany (up from 558th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Military Personnel.

Walther von Reichenau was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a highly decorated officer in World War I and World War II, rising to the rank of Field Marshal. He was in command of the Sixth Army during Operation Barbarossa.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Walther von Reichenau ranks 108 out of 2,058. Before him are John of Austria, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Hattori Hanzō, Mardonius, Võ Nguyên Giáp, and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. After him are Yonatan Netanyahu, Heinrich Müller, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Claude Auchinleck, and Hephaestion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Walther von Reichenau ranks 12. Before him are Edvard Beneš, İsmet İnönü, Bronisław Malinowski, Édouard Daladier, Peter Debye, and Max Brod. After him are Claude Auchinleck, Anton Drexler, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Theodor Heuss, Friedrich Bergius, and Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Among people deceased in 1942, Walther von Reichenau ranks 11. Before him are Edith Stein, José Raúl Capablanca, Jean Baptiste Perrin, William Henry Bragg, Bronisław Malinowski, and Robert Musil. After him are Anton Drexler, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Fritz Todt, Robert Bosch, William G. Morgan, and Franz Boas.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walther von Reichenau ranks 301 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst Ruska (1906), Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), Michael Ende (1929), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Frederica of Hanover (1917), and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742). After him are Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), Heinrich Müller (1900), Franz Marc (1880), Kurt von Schleicher (1882), Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834), and Wilm Hosenfeld (1895).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Walther von Reichenau ranks 23. Before him are Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), Albert Kesselring (1885), Walther von Brauchitsch (1881), Wilhelm Canaris (1887), John of Austria (1547), and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742). After him are Heinrich Müller (1900), Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876), Erich Hartmann (1922), Ferdinand Schörner (1892), Hermann Hoth (1885), and Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881).

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