Hermann Hoth

Hermann Hoth was an officer in the German military from 1903 to 1945. He attained the rank of Generaloberst during World War II. He fought in France, but is most noted as a panzer commander on the Eastern Front. Hoth commanded the 3rd Panzer Group during Operation Barbarossa in 1941, and the 4th Panzer Army later during the Wehrmachts 1942 summer offensive.

Hoth was born in Neuruppin, the son of an army medical officer. He joined the army in 1903 and at the start of World War I was promoted to Captain and he won both classes of Iron Cross. He remained in the Reichswehr in the interwar period. Following the reorganization of the German military into the Wehrmacht in 1935, he was promoted to MajorGeneral and appointed to command the 18th Infantry Division.

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