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Hans-Valentin Hube

1890 - 1944

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Hans-Valentin Hube (29 October 1890 – 21 April 1944) was a German general during World War II who commanded armoured forces in the invasions of Poland, France and the Soviet Union. In the course of the war, Hube led the 16th Infantry Division, the XIV Panzer Corps and the 1st Panzer Army, rising to the rank of Generaloberst. He died in an air crash on 21 April 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans-Valentin Hube is the 401st most popular military personnel (down from 347th in 2019), the 967th most popular biography from Germany (down from 802nd in 2019) and the 76th most popular German Military Personnel.

Hans-Valentin Hube was a German general who is most famous for leading the Sixth Army in the 1942 Battle of Stalingrad.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hans-Valentin Hube ranks 401 out of 2,058Before him are Hermann Balck, Gustav Wagner, Gerhard Barkhorn, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, and Bonifacius. After him are Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Jean II Le Maingre, Francisco de Miranda, Xanthippus of Carthage, Honda Tadakatsu, and Kirill Meretskov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Hans-Valentin Hube ranks 42Before him are Ronald Fisher, Elsa Schiaparelli, Rachele Mussolini, Anthony Fokker, Michael Collins, and Beniamino Gigli. After him are Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Groucho Marx, Jacques Ibert, Alfredo Ottaviani, Moša Pijade, and Habibullāh Kalakāni. Among people deceased in 1944, Hans-Valentin Hube ranks 63Before him are Leo Baekeland, Ida Tarbell, Cécile Chaminade, Jakob von Uexküll, Jean Giraudoux, and Mildred Harris. After him are Kasturba Gandhi, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Vera Menchik, Walter Nowotny, George Stinney, and Thomas Curtis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans-Valentin Hube ranks 967 out of 7,253Before him are Karl Bühler (1879), Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823), Sigmund Jähn (1937), Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792), Karl Abraham (1877), and Georg Elser (1903). After him are Prince Augustus William of Prussia (1722), Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173), Josef Terboven (1898), Josef Albers (1888), Julius Schreck (1898), and Gottfried Semper (1803).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hans-Valentin Hube ranks 76Before him are Walther Wenck (1900), Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919), Götz von Berlichingen (1480), Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870), Erich Priebke (1913), and Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755). After him are Erich Kempka (1910), Günther Lütjens (1889), Günther Prien (1908), Reinhard Scheer (1863), Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886), and August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760).