Hans von Salmuth
Military Person
1888 – 1962
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Who was Hans von Salmuth?
Hans Eberhard Kurt von Salmuth was a German general during World War II. A lifelong professional soldier, he served his country as a junior officer in World War I, a staff officer in the inter-war period and early World War II, and an army level commander. General von Salmuth commanded several different armies on the Eastern Front and his final command was the Fifteenth Army in France during and shortly after the D-Day invasion. After the war he spent five years in prison for war crimes.
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- Born
- Nov 11, 1888
Metz - Nationality
- Germany
- Nazi Germany
- German Empire
- Lived in
- Lorraine
- Metz
- Died
- Jan 1, 1962
Heidelberg
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on July 23, 2013
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