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Hermann Hoth (12 April 1885 – 25 January 1971) was a German army commander, war criminal, and author. He served as a high-ranking panzer commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II, playing a prominent role in the Battle of France and on the Eastern Front. Contemporaries and later historians consider Hoth one of the most talented armoured ...
The Army Group's 2nd Panzer Group under Colonel General Heinz Guderian and the 3rd Panzer Group under Colonel General Hermann Hoth decimated the Soviet frontier defenses, defeated all Soviet counter-attacks and encircled four Soviet Armies of the Red Army 's Western Front near Białystok and Minsk by 30 June.
In October 1941, the army came under the command of Hermann Hoth, who was convicted post-war in the High Command Trial. [1] Hoth was an active supporter of the war of annihilation (Vernichtungskrieg [de]) against the Soviet Union. He called upon his men to understand the need for "harsh punishment of Jewry".
The plan involved forces of Army Group South, at this time far north of their ultimate area of responsibility. The attack would be spearheaded by the 4th Panzer Army under the command of General Hermann Hoth. Hoth's highly mobile forces would move rapidly eastward to Voronezh and then turn southeast to follow the Don to Stalingrad.
The 4th Panzer Army was commanded by General Hermann Hoth, while the First Panzer Army fell under the leadership of General Eberhard von Mackensen. [46] The 6th, 11th and 17th Panzer Divisions were commanded by Generals Walther von Hünersdorff, [47] Hermann Balck [48] and Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, [49] respectively.
Pages in category "German Army generals of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 502 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) (next page)
The following is an incomplete list of German colonel generals. Generals later promoted to general field marshal (GFM) are not included.
The XV Army Corps / XV AK (German: XV. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the German Army before and in the early stages of World War II. It was set up on 10 October 1938. It was also known as Gruppe Hoth / Panzergruppe Hoth during the invasion of France. It was reorganized into Panzergruppe 3 on 16 November 1940.