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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich Hoepner has received more than 536,035 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Erich Hoepner is the 268th most popular military personnel (down from 242nd in 2019), the 640th most popular biography from Germany (down from 556th in 2019) and the 57th 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 268 out of 2,058. Before him are Baiju, Zhang Liao, Nikolai Vatutin, Erwin von Witzleben, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, and Pedro de Alvarado. After him are Orda Khan, Robert Nivelle, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Pedro de Valdivia, Hasso von Manteuffel, and Raimondo Montecuccoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Erich Hoepner ranks 28. Before him are Hermann Broch, Gotthard Heinrici, Zhu De, Robert Robinson, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, and Sergo Ordzhonikidze. After him are Hugo Ball, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Kurt Koffka, Archibald Hill, Gerda Wegener, and Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. Among people deceased in 1944, Erich Hoepner ranks 38. Before him are Aristide Maillol, Glenn Miller, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Nikolai Vatutin, Erwin von Witzleben, and Gustav Bauer. After him are Antanas Smetona, Giovanni Gentile, Werner von Haeften, Max Jacob, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, and Emilio De Bono.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Hoepner ranks 640 out of 7,253. Before him are Wolfgang Paul (1913), George Grosz (1893), Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668), Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655), Michael Thonet (1796), and Elizabeth Alexeievna (1779). After him are John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503), Erich Mielke (1907), Erich Koch (1896), Manfred Gerlach (1928), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), and Hasso von Manteuffel (1897).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Erich Hoepner ranks 57. Before him are Walther von Reichenau (1884), Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), Hans von Seeckt (1866), Otto Carius (1922), Karl Wolff (1900), and Otto Günsche (1917). After him are Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919), Werner Mölders (1913), Maurice de Saxe (1696), Karl-Otto Koch (1897), and Kurt Meyer (1910).

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