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Wilhelm List

1880 - 1971

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Siegmund Wilhelm Walther List (14 May 1880 – 17 August 1971) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) of the Wehrmacht during World War II. List was a professional soldier in the Bavarian Army and served as a staff officer on the Western Front during World War I. List was a leading military training official of the Reichswehr in the interwar period. List commanded the 14th Army of the Wehrmacht in the invasion of Poland in 1939 and the 12th Army in the invasion of France in 1940 for which he was promoted to Field Marshal. List successfully commanded the 12th Army in the Balkans Campaign including the invasion of Yugoslavia and invasion of Greece in April 1941, overseeing anti-partisan operations until his resignation that October. List was appointed commander of Army Group A on the Eastern Front in July 1942, responsible for the main thrust towards the Caucasus during Case Blue. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm List is the 219th most popular military personnel (up from 222nd in 2019), the 563rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 544th in 2019) and the 48th most popular German Military Personnel.

Wilhelm List was a German field marshal during World War II. He was most famous for his invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece in 1941.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Wilhelm List ranks 219 out of 2,058. Before him are Kurt Meyer, Jean-Baptiste Kléber, Andrey Vlasov, Josip Jelačić, Yūsuf Balasaguni, and Friedrich Olbricht. After him are Yue Fei, Parmenion, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Rudolf Abel, Maurice Gamelin, and Aleksei Brusilov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Wilhelm List ranks 18. Before him are Franz Marc, Gideon Sundback, André Derain, Ludwig Beck, Manuel Azaña, and Paul Hausser. After him are Werner von Fritsch, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Premchand, Otto Weininger, Max Wertheimer, and Paul Ehrenfest. Among people deceased in 1971, Wilhelm List ranks 23. Before him are Arne Tiselius, Mátyás Rákosi, Harold Lloyd, D. B. Cooper, Gotthard Heinrici, and Igor Tamm. After him are François Duvalier, Rudolf Abel, Lin Biao, Franz Stangl, Donald Winnicott, and Jacobo Árbenz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm List ranks 563 out of 7,253. Before him are John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (1572), Julius Lothar Meyer (1830), Gisela of Hungary (980), Victoria of Baden (1862), Friedrich Olbricht (1888), and Otto Frank (1889). After him are Robert Bosch (1861), Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867), Karl Carstens (1914), Horst Ludwig Störmer (1949), Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1860), and Ulrich von Hutten (1488).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Wilhelm List ranks 48. Before him are Georg von Küchler (1881), Alfred von Schlieffen (1833), Henning von Tresckow (1901), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Kurt Meyer (1910), and Friedrich Olbricht (1888). After him are Erich Hoepner (1886), Hans von Seeckt (1866), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), Kurt Student (1890), and Erhard Milch (1892).

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