MILITARY PERSONNEL

Wilhelm Falley

1897 - 1944

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Wilhelm Falley (25 September 1897 – 6 June 1944) was the first German general to be killed during the Normandy landings in France. He was commander of the 91st Infantry Division. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Falley is the 1,073rd most popular military personnel (up from 1,168th in 2019), the 2,775th most popular biography from France (up from 2,960th in 2019) and the 104th most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Wilhelm Falley ranks 1,073 out of 2,058. Before him are Abdul Fatah Younis, Rostam Farrokhzad, Martin Gottfried Weiss, Otto Lasch, Semyon Kurkotkin, and Maximilian de Angelis. After him are Arthur Rostron, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, Charles Eugène de Croÿ, Thomas Nelson Jr., and Danylo Apostol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Wilhelm Falley ranks 135. Before him are Eric Knight, Elisabeth Bergner, Bulbul, Georgy Shpagin, Agustín Lara, and Georgios Grivas. After him are Lazare Ponticelli, Edith Head, Zhang Guotao, Paul Ben-Haim, Valentin Kataev, and Tan Malaka. Among people deceased in 1944, Wilhelm Falley ranks 148. Before him are Felix Nussbaum, Alberts Kviesis, Andrey Sheptytsky, Helmut Lent, Tanya Savicheva, and Carl Flesch. After him are Joseph Caillaux, Max Nettlau, Walter Heitz, Franz Kutschera, J. Walter Christie, and Riccardo Zandonai.

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In France

Among people born in France, Wilhelm Falley ranks 2,775 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Astruc (1684), Alan IV, Duke of Brittany (1060), Childebrand I (695), Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903), Paul Émile Chabas (1869), and Jean d'Ormesson (1925). After him are Charles Rogier (1800), Claude Rich (1929), Musidora (1889), Albert Vanhoye (1923), Édouard Branly (1844), and Louis Billot (1846).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Wilhelm Falley ranks 104. Before him are Jean-Étienne Championnet (1762), Georges Guynemer (1894), Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (1740), Felice Pasquale Baciocchi (1762), Henri Mathias Berthelot (1861), and Pierre Dupont de l'Étang (1765). After him are Gaston Billotte (1875), Jacques Massu (1908), Abraham Duquesne (1610), Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1675), Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (1798), and Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon (1765).

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