# Gotthard Heinrici

> A German general whose name became shorthand for holding impossible lines: Heinrici earned the Wehrmacht's reputation as its best defensive tactician, the man they sent when retreat wasn't allowed and the front was already collapsing.

*German general (1886–1971)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/gotthard-heinrici

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1886-12-25
- **Died:** 1971-12-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Feodor August Gotthard Heinrici was born on 25 December 1886 and spent the Second World War becoming the German army's go-to expert when a position needed holding against long odds. By 1945, with the Reich crumbling, he was given Army Group Vistula — a formation scraped together from the shattered remnants of Army Group A and Army Group Center — and told to defend Berlin from Soviet forces pushing west from the Vistula River. It was the kind of assignment that defined his war: arrive late, inherit wreckage, delay the inevitable. He died on 10 December 1971.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 21.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Historical Figures, #Other, #Germany, #Europe, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57205)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Heinrici)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Gotthard%20Heinrici)
- [Gotthard Heinrici](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Heinrici)
- [غوتهارد هاينريتسي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%8A)
- [جوتهارد هاينريكى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89)
- [Готхард Гайнрыцы](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%86%D1%8B)
- [Готхард Хайнрици](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8)
- [Gotthard Heinrici](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Heinrici)
- [Gotthard Heinrici](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Heinrici)
- [Gotthard Heinrici](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Heinrici)
- [Γκόταρντ Χάινριτσι](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%A7%CE%AC%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B9)
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- [Gotthard Heinrici](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Heinrici)
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- [Gotthard Heinrici](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Heinrici)
- [ゴットハルト・ハインリツィ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%84%E3%82%A3)
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- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gotthard_Heinrici)
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