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Portrait of Colonel-General Hermann Hoth

Hoth, Hermann

Colonel-General

* 12th of April 1885

† 25th of January 1971

Promotions

1929-02-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1932-02-01 Colonel
1934-10-01 Major-General
1936-10-01 Lieutenant-General
1938-11-01 General of Infantry
1940-07-19 Colonel-General

Service

1929-01-01 1930-11-01 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment
1930-11-01 1932-10-01 Chief of Operations (Ia), Group Command 1
1932-10-01 1933-08-01 Commanding Officer 17th Infantry Regiment
1933-08-01 1933-10-01 Attached to 6th Infantry Regiment
1933-10-01 1934-02-01 Attached to Military Region Lübeck
1934-02-01 1934-10-01 Commandant of Lübeck
1934-10-01 1935-10-15 Infantry Leader III
1935-10-15 1938-04-01 General Officer Commanding 18th Division
1938-04-01 1938-11-01 At disposal of the Army High Command OKH
1938-11-01 1938-11-10 attached to XV Corps
1938-11-10 1940-05-13 General Officer Commanding XV Corps [Poland - France]
1940-05-14 1940-06-30 General Officer Commanding PAnzer Group Hoth [France]
1940-06-30 1940-11-16 General Officer Commanding XV Corps
1940-11-16 1941-10-05 General Officer Commanding 3rd Panzer Group [Eastern Front]
1941-10-05 1942-05-15 General Officer Commanding 17th Army [Eastern Front]
1942-05-15 1943-11-03 General Officer Commanding 4th Panzer Army [Eastern Front]
1942-11-22 1943-01-XX Commander in Chief Army Groupment Hoth
1943-12-10 1945-04-XX Unemployed
1945-04-XX 1945-05-08 General Officer Commanding Erz Mountains
1945-05-08 1948-10-27 Prisoner of War, US Captivity
1948-10-27 Condemned to 15th years imprisonment for War Crimes
1954-04-07 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299909