The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General Hans Valentin Hube

Hube, Hans Valentin

Colonel-General

* 29th of October 1890

† 21st of April 1944

Promotions

1934-06-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1936-08-01 Colonel
1940-06-01 Major-General
1942-04-08 Lieutenant-General
1942-10-01 General of Panzer Troops
1944-04-01 Colonel-General

Service

1932-10-01 1934-10-01 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment
1934-10-01 1935-01-01 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, Infantry regiment Deutsch-Eylau
1935-01-01 1939-10-18 Chief of Infantry Training Staff, Döberitz
1939-10-18 1940-06-04 Commanding Officer 3rd Infantry Regiment [France]
1940-06-04 1940-08-06 General Officer Commanding 16th Infantry Division
1940-08-12 1942-09-15 General Officer Commanding 16th Panzer Division
1942-09-15 1942-10-01 Acting General Officer Commanding XIV Panzer Corps [Eastern Front]
1942-10-01 1943-01-08 General Officer Commanding XIV Panzer Corps [Eastern Front]
1943-03-05 1943-08-17 General Officer Commanding XIV Panzer Corps [Italy]
1943-07-12 1943-08-17 General Officer Commanding Group Hube [Sicily]
1943-07-17 1943-08-17 General Officer Commanding German Troops on Sicily
1943-10-23 1944-02-15 Acting General Officer Commanding 1st Panzer Army [Eastern Front]
1944-02-15 1944-04-21 General Officer Commanding 1st Panzer Army [Eastern Front]
1944-04-21 Killed in an air crash
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