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Hermann Hoth

1885 - 1971

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Hermann Hoth (12 April 1885 – 25 January 1971) was a German army commander, war criminal, and author. He served as a high-ranking panzer commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II, playing a prominent role in the Battle of France and on the Eastern Front. Contemporaries and later historians consider Hoth one of the most talented armoured warfare commanders of the war. He was a strong believer in Nazism, and units under his command committed several war crimes including the murder of prisoners of war and civilians. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Hoth is the 133rd most popular military personnel (down from 122nd in 2019), the 356th most popular biography from Germany (down from 302nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular German Military Personnel.

Hermann Hoth was a German general who led the 3rd Panzer Group during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hermann Hoth ranks 133 out of 2,058. Before him are Stilicho, Muhammad bin Qasim, Semyon Timoshenko, Cimon, Louis-Nicolas Davout, and Vasily Chuikov. After him are Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Axel von Fersen the Younger, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Narses, and Ludwig Beck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Hermann Hoth ranks 13. Before him are Alban Berg, Karen Blixen, György Lukács, Albert Kesselring, George S. Patton, and François Mauriac. After him are Julius Streicher, Hugo Boss, Robert Delaunay, George de Hevesy, Karen Horney, and André Maurois. Among people deceased in 1971, Hermann Hoth ranks 14. Before him are John Boyd Orr, György Lukács, Wendell Meredith Stanley, Audie Murphy, Giorgos Seferis, and Fernandel. After him are J. D. Bernal, Theodor Svedberg, Arne Tiselius, Mátyás Rákosi, Harold Lloyd, and D. B. Cooper.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Hoth ranks 356 out of 7,253. Before him are Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945), Christian V of Denmark (1646), Otto of Bavaria (1848), Arno Allan Penzias (1933), Paul Hindemith (1895), and Klaus Meine (1948). After him are Hans Fischer (1881), Julius Streicher (1885), Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850), Rudolf Carnap (1891), Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881), and Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hermann Hoth ranks 28. Before him are Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), Walther von Reichenau (1884), Heinrich Müller (1900), Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876), Erich Hartmann (1922), and Ferdinand Schörner (1892). After him are Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881), Ludwig Beck (1880), August von Mackensen (1849), Franz Halder (1884), Helmuth Weidling (1891), and Hermann Fegelein (1906).

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