Johannes Blaskowitz
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Person
- Born
- 1883-07-10
- Died
- 1948-02-05
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5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 64,727x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,451x
- LINCS: A linear constraint solver for molecular simulations
· 1997 · cited 14,355x
- Fast, scalable generation of high‐quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega
· 2011 · cited 14,251x
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Key facts
- Born
- Johannes Albrecht Blaskowitz , ( 1883-07-10 ) 10 July 1883, Paterswalde , East Prussia , Germany
- Died
- 5 February 1948 (1948-02-05) (aged 64), Nuremberg , Germany
- Allegiance
- German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
- Branch
- Prussian Army , Imperial German Army , Reichswehr , German Army
- Service years
- 1901–1945
- Rank
- Generaloberst
- Commands
- 8th Army , 9th Army , 1st Army , Army Group G , Army Group H
- Conflicts
- World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of Wola Cyrusowa Battle of the Bzura Siege of Warsaw (1939) Battle of France Case Anton Operation Lila Operation Dragoon Siegfried Line campaign Lorraine Campaign Operation Nordwind
- Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Relations
- ∞ 1906 Anna Emilie Mathilde Riege; 2 children
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Key dates
- Born
- 10 July 1883
- Died
- 5 February 1948
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johannes
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Bolshaya Polyana
- Place of death
- Nuremberg
- Occupation
- soldier
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- 1939 Invasion of Poland
Article
Johannes Albrecht Blaskowitz (10 July 1883 – 5 February 1948) was a German Generaloberst (colonel general) during World War II. After joining the Imperial German Army in 1901, Blaskowitz served throughout World War I, where he earned the Iron Cross for bravery. During WWII, Blaskowitz led the 8th Army during the Invasion of Poland and was the Commander in Chief of Occupied Poland from 1939 to 1940. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He commanded Army Group G during the Allied invasion of Southern France and Operation Nordwind, the last major German offensive of World War II on the Western Front. Blaskowitz later commanded the remnants of Army Group H as it withdrew to Northern Netherlands before surrendering to Allied forces.
During the war, Blaskowitz wrote several memoranda to the German high command objecting to the Holocaust and criminal conduct of the SS Einsatzgruppen on the Eastern Front, as well, he court-martialed SS members for war crimes against Jewish and Polish civilians. As a result of these actions against the SS, Adolf Hitler limited Blaskowitz's future commands and career advancement. After the war, he was charged with war crimes in the High Command Trial at Nuremberg. Despite the fact he would have most likely been acquitted, he died by suicide during the trial on 5 February 1948.
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