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Erich Kurt Richard Hoepner (14 September 1886 – 8 August 1944) was a German general during World War II. An early proponent of mechanisation and armoured warfare, he was a Wehrmacht army corps commander at the beginning of the war, leading his troops during the invasion of Poland and the Battle of France .
The 4th Panzer Army ( German: 4. Panzerarmee ), operating as Panzer Group 4 ( Panzergruppe 4) from its formation on 15 February 1941 to 1 January 1942, was a German panzer formation during World War II. As a key armoured component of the Wehrmacht, the army took part in the crucial battles of the German-Soviet war of 1941–45, including ...
The 20 July plot was a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the chancellor and leader of Nazi Germany, and overthrow the Nazi regime on 20 July 1944. The plotters were part of the German resistance, mainly composed of Wehrmacht officers. [1] [2] The leader of the conspiracy, Claus von Stauffenberg, planned to kill Hitler by detonating an ...
The best-known trials in the People's Court began on 7 August 1944, in the aftermath of the 20 July plot that year. The first eight men accused were Erwin von Witzleben, Erich Hoepner, Paul von Hase, Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, Helmuth Stieff, Robert Bernardis, Friedrich Klausing, and Albrecht von Hagen. The trials were held in the imposing ...
The Von Erich family’s tragedies became the perennial talking point at the famed Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas, where Kerry’s wrestling peers and fans gathered for a tribute ceremony on Feb. 19.
Friedrich Fromm. Friedrich Wilhelm Waldemar Fromm (8 October 1888 – 12 March 1945) was a German Army officer. In World War II, Fromm was Commander in Chief of the Replacement Army ( Ersatzheer ), in charge of training and personnel replacement for combat divisions of the German Army, a position he occupied for most of the war. [1]
February 19, 1993: A man holds up a portrait of Kerry Von Erich outside of the ring at the Dallas Sportatorium during a memorial for Kerry Von Erich where 3,000 fans gathered to remember the wrestler.
The Battle of the Bzura (or the Battle of Kutno) was both the largest battle [3] and Polish counter-attack [4] of the German invasion of Poland and was fought from 9 to 19 September. [5] [6] The battle took place west of Warsaw, near the Bzura River. It began as a Polish counter-offensive, which gained initial success, but the Germans ...