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Erich Hoepner

1886 - 1944

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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 Heer army corps commander at the beginning of the war, leading his troops during the invasion of Poland and the Battle of France. Hoepner commanded the 4th Panzer Group on the Eastern Front during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. During the invasion of Poland, he resisted mistreatment and murder of prisoners of war, but in Russia, Hoepner called for a war of extermination. Units under his authority closely cooperated with the Einsatzgruppen and he implemented the Commissar Order that directed Wehrmacht troops to summarily execute Red Army political commissars immediately upon capture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Hoepner is the 233rd most popular military personnel (up from 268th in 2019), the 612th most popular biography from Germany (up from 640th in 2019) and the 49th most popular German Military Personnel.

Erich Hoepner was a German general who was responsible for the death of thousands of Polish civilians in 1939.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Erich Hoepner ranks 233 out of 2,058. Before him are Władysław Sikorski, Lavr Kornilov, Alfred von Tirpitz, Sun Ce, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, and Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus. After him are Ishida Mitsunari, Franz Stangl, Pausanias, Benedict Arnold, Sun Jian, and Hans von Seeckt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Erich Hoepner ranks 24. Before him are Karl Barth, René Guénon, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Theodor Morell, Gotthard Heinrici, and Archibald Hill. After him are Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Hermann Broch, Jan Masaryk, Zhu De, Karl Polanyi, and Gerda Wegener. Among people deceased in 1944, Erich Hoepner ranks 39. Before him are Henning von Tresckow, Arthur Eddington, Friedrich Olbricht, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Frank Marshall, and Wang Jingwei. After him are Antanas Smetona, Abbas II of Egypt, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Louis Renault, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, and Gustav Bauer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Hoepner ranks 612 out of 7,253. Before him are Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (1837), Gustav Heinemann (1899), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632), Robert Ritter von Greim (1892), Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892), and Katherine Oppenheimer (1910). After him are Emile Berliner (1851), Horst Wessel (1907), Paul Breitner (1951), Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), and Feodor Lynen (1911).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Erich Hoepner ranks 49. Before him are Alfred von Schlieffen (1833), Henning von Tresckow (1901), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Kurt Meyer (1910), Friedrich Olbricht (1888), and Wilhelm List (1880). After him are Hans von Seeckt (1866), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), Kurt Student (1890), Erhard Milch (1892), and Karl-Otto Koch (1897).

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