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2 unusual facts about Münnich


Münnich

Count Burkhard Christoph von Münnich (1683 – 1767), German nobleman and general in the Russian army

Stanisław Leszczyński

On 17 March 1735, Marshal Münnich superseded Peter Lacy, and on 20 May 1735 the long-expected French fleet appeared and disembarked 2,400 men on Westerplatte.


Burkhard Christoph von Münnich

Münnich was born at Neuenhuntorf in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg in the military family of Anton Günther Mönnich (since 1688 von Münnich, an east-Frisian nobility).


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