| Hermann Hoth | |
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| 12 April 1885 — 25 January 1971 (aged 85) | |
 Generaloberst Hermann Hoth |
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| Nickname | “Papa Hoth”[1] |
| Place of birth | Neuruppin, Germany |
| Place of death | Goslar, Germany |
| Allegiance | Germany |
| Years of service | 1903 - 1945 |
| Rank | Generaloberst |
| Commands held | Third Panzer Group Seventeenth Army Fourth Panzer Army |
| Battles/wars | World War I
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| Awards | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Hermann "Papa" Hoth (12 April 1885 - 25 January 1971) was an officer in the German military from 1903 to 1945, attaining the rank of Generaloberst during World War II. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Neuruppin (nɔʏʁʊˈpiːn is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Goslar is a historic Town in Lower Saxony, Germany. 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The Battle of Kursk (Курская битва refers to a series of German and Soviet operations on the Eastern Front of World War II The 1943 Battle of Kiev describes three strategic operations (two offensive and one defensive by the Red Army and one operational counterattack by the Wehrmacht which took The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ( German language: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, often simply Ritterkreuz) was a grade of the Iron Cross Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. An officer is a member of an armed force who holds a position of authority Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A military is an Organization authorized by its Nation to use force usually including use of Weapons in defending its Country (or by attacking Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Colonel General is a senior Military rank which is used in some of the world’s militaries World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He fought in France, and is most noted for his later exploits as a panzer commander on the Eastern Front. In World War II, the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries A panzer, pronunced, is a German Tank, especially in the context of World War II. The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign Hoth commanded the 4th Panzer Army during Operation Barbarossa in 1941, and later during the Wehrmacht's 1942 summer offensive. The 4th Panzer Army (German 4Panzer-Armee) was before being designated a full army the Panzer Group 4 ( Panzergruppe 4) a German Panzer Operation Barbarossa ( Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the Codename for Nazi Germany 's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 Case Blue ( Fall Blau) was the German codename used by the German Armed Forces ( Wehrmacht) for its 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern Following the encirclment of the 6th Army in Stalingrad in November 1942, Hoth commanded the panzer army during Operation Wintergewitter. Operation Uranus was the Soviet encirclement of German forces in the Battle of Stalingrad during World War 2. The Battle of Stalingrad is a commonly used name in English sources for several large operations by Germany and its allies and Soviet forces conducted with the Events in November All Saints' Day (formerly All Hallows Day a Christian holy day is celebrated on November 1, the day after Halloween This article is about Operation Wintergewitter - Eastern Front. After Stalingrad, Hoth was involved in the Kursk counter offensive in the summer of 1943 and the Battle of Kiev. The Battle of Kursk (Курская битва refers to a series of German and Soviet operations on the Eastern Front of World War II The 1943 Battle of Kiev describes three strategic operations (two offensive and one defensive by the Red Army and one operational counterattack by the Wehrmacht which took The Fourth Panzer Army under his command at Kursk was the largest tank formation ever assembled. Hoth was dismissed from command by Adolf Hitler in 1943, only to be reinstated for a short time during the last weeks of the war. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately After the war, he served six years in prison for war crimes, and became a writer on military history. War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied Military history is a Humanities discipline within the scope of general historical recording of armed conflict in the history of humanity
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Before the war
He was born in Neuruppin, the son of an army medical officer. Neuruppin (nɔʏʁʊˈpiːn is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. He joined the army in 1903 and served in World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All He remained in the Reichswehr (the armed forces of the Weimar Republic) in the interwar period. The Reichswehr ( German for "National Defence" formed the military organisation of Germany from 1919 until 1935 when it was The term Weimar Republic ( ˈvaɪmarɐ repuˈbliːk is used by historians to signify the democratic and Republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933 Following the reorganization of the German military into the Wehrmacht in 1935, he was promoted to Major-General and appointed to command the 18th Infantry Division. Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 German 18th Infantry Division (September 1939 &ndash November 1940) Redesignated German 18th Motorised Infantry Division (November 1940
World War II
Hoth was promoted to Lieutenant-General and given command of the XV Motorised Corps from 10 November 1938, leading it in the invasion of Poland the following year. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was successful in the Western Offensive of spring 1940, and made a General on 19 July 1940. In World War II, the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
In Operation Barbarossa in 1941, Hoth commanded the Third Panzer Group, capturing Minsk and Vitebsk. Operation Barbarossa ( Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the Codename for Nazi Germany 's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II The 3rd Panzer Group was an Army size unit which served as part of the Wehrmacht during World War II. Minsk (Мінск mʲinsk Минск mʲinsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers Vitebsk, also known as Vitsyebsk ( Belarusian: Ві́цебск 'vʲitsʲepsk Russian: Ви́тебск Vitebsk In October, he replaced General Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel as commander of the Seventeenth Army in Ukraine. Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, ( 2 January, 1886 &ndash 30 August, 1944) was a German General and a member of the The German Seventeenth Army (German 17 Armee) was a World War II Field army. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. His army was driven back by the Russian offensives of early 1942 (see Second Battle of Kharkov). The Second Battle of Kharkov, so named by Wilhelm Keitel was an Axis counteroffensive against the Red Army Izium bridgehead offensive conducted from May 12 to
In June 1942, he took over from General Erich Höpner as commander of Fourth Panzer Army. Erich Hoepner ( September 14, 1886 &ndash August 8, 1944) was a German General in World War II. The 4th Panzer Army (German 4Panzer-Armee) was before being designated a full army the Panzer Group 4 ( Panzergruppe 4) a German Panzer As part of Operation Blue, the German offensive in southern Russia, the army reached the Don River at Voronezh. Case Blue ( Fall Blau) was the German codename used by the German Armed Forces ( Wehrmacht) for its 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern The Don (Дон is one of the major rivers of Russia. It rises in the town of Novomoskovsk 60 Kilometres southeast from Tula, southeast Voronezh (Воро́неж) is a large city in southwestern Russia not far from Ukraine. Hoth was then ordered to swing south to support the First Panzer Army's own crossing of the Don, and the Sixth Army's attempt to capture Stalingrad. The 1st Panzer Army (1Panzerarmee was a German Tank army that was a large armoured formation within the Wehrmacht Heer field forces during World War II The 6th Army was a German Field army which saw action in World War I and World War II. The Battle of Stalingrad is a commonly used name in English sources for several large operations by Germany and its allies and Soviet forces conducted with the
In November 1942, the Soviet winter counteroffensive smashed through the German lines and trapped the Sixth Army in Stalingrad. Operation Uranus was the Soviet encirclement of German forces in the Battle of Stalingrad during World War 2. Hoth's panzer army was the centerpiece of Operation Winter Storm, the attempt to relieve the Sixth Army, under the overall command of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein. This article is about Operation Wintergewitter - Eastern Front. Erich von Manstein ( November 24, 1887 &ndash June 9 1973) served the German military as a lifelong professional soldier The operation failed, as Soviet reinforcements and worsening weather ground down the German advance. On 25 December, the Soviets resumed their offensive, forcing the Germans back and sealing the fate of Sixth Army.
In July 1943, Hoth commanded the Fourth Panzer Army in the battle of Kursk. The Battle of Kursk (Курская битва refers to a series of German and Soviet operations on the Eastern Front of World War II His divisions, now reinforced by the II SS Panzer Corps, made a significant penetration of the Soviet lines, before being brought to a halt at Prokhorovka. The IISS-Panzerkorps was a German Waffen-SS armoured Corps which saw action on both the Eastern and Western Fronts during World The Battle of Prokhorovka was the largest tank battle in Military history, fought by armoured formations of Wehrmacht and the Red Army. Manstein urged that the attack continue, but the defeat of the German Ninth Army to the north of Kursk, heavy losses and the Allied invasion of Sicily meant that the operation was called off. The 9th Army (9 Armee was a World War II field army The 9th Army was activated on May 15, 1940 with General Johannes Blaskowitz in command The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major World War II campaign in which the Allies took Sicily from the Axis
In the aftermath of Kursk, the Red Army mounted a series of successful offensives that crossed the Dnieper, retook Kiev and pushed the Germans out of eastern Ukraine. For the rocket see Dnepr rocket. For other uses see Dnieper (disambiguation. The 1943 Battle of Kiev describes three strategic operations (two offensive and one defensive by the Red Army and one operational counterattack by the Wehrmacht which took Despite his distinguished record, Hoth, now Generaloberst, was blamed by Hitler for part of the losses, and relieved of command. Colonel General is a senior Military rank which is used in some of the world’s militaries Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately He was reassigned to the reserves in November.
In April 1945, he was recalled to active duty and assigned to command the defense of the Harz Mountains, a position he held until the end of the war. The Harz is a mountain range in central Germany It is the highest mountain chain in northern Germany occupying parts of the German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt
After the war
Following the end of the war, Hoth was put on trial at the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials, found guilty of war crimes in the High Command Trial, and on 27 October 1948 sentenced to 15 years in prison. The Subsequent Nuremberg Trials (more formally the Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals) were a series of twelve U The High Command Trial (or officially The United States of America vs Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was released in 1954 and spent his retirement writing. He died at Goslar, where he is buried. Goslar is a historic Town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern
Awards
- House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords
- Austrian Military Merit Cross (3. The House Order of Hohenzollern ( Hausorden von Hohenzollern or Hohenzollernscher Hausorden) was an order of chivalry of the House of Hohenzollern Class)
- Bavarian Military Merit Cross (2. The Bavarian Military Merit Cross ( Militär-Verdienstkreuz) was that kingdom's main decoration for bravery and military merit for enlisted soldiers Class)
- Panzer Badge in Silver
- Bugarian War Merit Order (4. The Panzer Badge was a German medal awarded to armour troops during World War II Class)
- Turkish War Merit Cross
- Wound Badge in Black
- Iron Cross 2. Wound Badge (das Verwundetenabzeichen was a German military award for wounded or frost-bitten soldiers of Reichswehr, Wehrmacht, SS and the auxiliary service For other meanings please see Iron Cross (disambiguation The Iron Cross ( was a Military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia and 1. class
- Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Knight's Cross (27 October 1939)
- 25. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ( German language: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, often simply Ritterkreuz) was a grade of the Iron Cross Oak Leaves (17 July 1941)
- 35. Swords (15 September 1943)
References
- Berger, Florian, Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2006. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
- Panzer-Operationen: Die Panzergruppe 3 und der operative Gedanke der deutschen Führung, Sommer 1941 (Heidelberg: Kurt Vowinckel Verlag, 1956)
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by none |
Commander of Panzergruppe 3 16 November 1940–4 October 1941 |
Succeeded by Generaloberst Hans-Georg Reinhardt |
| Preceded by General der Infanterie Karl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel |
Commander of 17. Armee 5 October 1941–19 April 1942 |
Succeeded by Generaloberst Hans von Salmuth |
| Preceded by Generaloberst Richard Ruoff |
Commander of 4. Panzer-Armee 31 May 1942–26 November 1943 |
Succeeded by Generaloberst Erhard Raus |
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