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Henri Gerard Winkelman: Quick Facts

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Born August 17, 1876 • Maastricht • Netherlands
Died December 27, 1952 (aged 76) • Netherlands
Role In Battle of France • World War II
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Bernhard, prince of the Netherlands, prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld
prince of the Netherlands
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Karel Doorman
Dutch admiral
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Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich
Dutch admiral
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Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
prime minister of the Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Wilhelmina
queen of the Netherlands
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Dirk Jan de Geer
prime minister of the Netherlands
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal
Kesselring
Albert Kesselring
German field marshal
Gerd von Rundstedt in German military uniform and cap, shown in a black-and-white portrait.
Gerd von Rundstedt
German field marshal
Heinz Guderian
Heinz Guderian
German general
Manstein, Erich von
Erich von Manstein
German general
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Maxime Weygand
French general
Bock, Fedor von
Fedor von Bock
German military officer
Kleist, Paul Ludwig von
Paul Ludwig von Kleist
German general
Gamelin, Maurice
Maurice Gamelin
French army commander
Reichenau, Walther von
Walther von Reichenau
German general
Brauchitsch, Walther von
Walther von Brauchitsch
German military officer
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
United States military officer
Portrait of Adolf Hitler in a collared shirt and tie, facing forward with a serious expression, circa 1933.
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany

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