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Born November 12, 1492 • Holstein • Germany
Died December 12, 1565 (aged 73) • Germany
Role In Count’s War
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Reinhard Gehlen
German general
Portrait of Adolf Hitler in a collared shirt and tie, facing forward with a serious expression, circa 1933.
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Painting by Jakob Seisenegger showing Emperor Charles V in ornate Renaissance attire standing beside a large hunting dog, with a green curtain in the background.
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Frederick William
Frederick William
elector of Brandenburg
Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff
German general
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German political leader and convicted war criminal
Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal
Adolf Eichmann listening to an Israeli court's verdict
Adolf Eichmann
German military official
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg
president of Weimar Republic
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi leader
Franz Halder, 1938.
Franz Halder
German general
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
German Nazi official
Paulus, Friedrich
Friedrich Paulus
German military officer
Kesselring
Albert Kesselring
German field marshal
Otto IV
Otto IV
Holy Roman emperor
Sigismund
Sigismund
Holy Roman emperor
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Karl Otto Koch
German Nazi commandant
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
German military officer
Tilly, detail from an engraving by G. Kölez, 1631
Johann Tserclaes, count von Tilly
Bavarian general
Helmuth von Moltke
Helmuth von Moltke
German military commander [1848–1916]