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Werner von Blomberg

1878 - 1946

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Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg (2 September 1878 – 13 March 1946) was a German general and politician who served as the first Minister of War in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1938. Blomberg had served as Chief of the Truppenamt, equivalent to the German General Staff, during the Weimar Republic from 1927 to 1929. Blomberg served on the Western Front during World War I and rose through the ranks of the Reichswehr until he was appointed chief of the Truppenamt. Despite being dismissed from the Truppenamt, he was later appointed Defence Minister by President Paul von Hindenburg in January 1933. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Werner von Blomberg is the 142nd most popular military personnel (down from 127th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Poland (up from 76th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Polish Military Personnel.

Werner von Blomberg was a German soldier and Nazi officer who served as the Minister of War from 1934 to 1938. He is most famous for his role in the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair, in which he was forced to resign after being accused of having an affair with a woman who was not his wife.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Werner von Blomberg ranks 142 out of 2,058. Before him are Axel von Fersen the Younger, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Narses, Ludwig Beck, Abu Muslim, and August von Mackensen. After him are Franz Halder, Bohemond I of Antioch, André Masséna, Erwin von Witzleben, Yakov Dzhugashvili, and Minamoto no Yoshitsune.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Werner von Blomberg ranks 8. Before him are Janusz Korczak, Martin Buber, John B. Watson, Reza Shah, Gustav Stresemann, and Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia. After him are Manuel L. Quezon, Pancho Villa, André Citroën, Alfred Döblin, Robert Walser, and Lucien Febvre. Among people deceased in 1946, Werner von Blomberg ranks 20. Before him are Mikhail Kalinin, Alexander Alekhine, John Logie Baird, Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, and Manuel de Falla. After him are Fritz Sauckel, Gertrude Stein, Karl Haushofer, Draža Mihailović, Ferenc Szálasi, and Paul Langevin.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Werner von Blomberg ranks 75 out of 1,694. Before him are Friedrich Bergius (1884), Andrzej Wajda (1926), Christian Wolff (1679), Emil von Behring (1854), Yitzhak Shamir (1915), and Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906). After him are Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Erwin von Witzleben (1881), Benoit Mandelbrot (1924), Erich von Falkenhayn (1861), Konrad Emil Bloch (1912), and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Werner von Blomberg ranks 7. Before him are Erich Ludendorff (1865), Fedor von Bock (1880), Manfred von Richthofen (1892), Günther von Kluge (1882), Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916), and Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896). After him are Erwin von Witzleben (1881), Erich von Falkenhayn (1861), Anton Denikin (1872), Władysław Sikorski (1881), Alfred von Tirpitz (1849), and Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755).

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