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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Hoth has received more than 751,278 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Hoth is the 122nd most popular military personnel (down from 98th in 2019), the 302nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 236th in 2019) and the 26th 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 122 out of 2,058. Before him are Vasily Chuikov, Cimon, Gaius Julius Caesar, Erich von Falkenhayn, Jean Lannes, and André Masséna. After him are Michael Wittmann, Hiroo Onoda, Nestor Makhno, Yakov Dzhugashvili, Werner von Blomberg, and Yūsuf Balasaguni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Hermann Hoth ranks 10. Before him are György Lukács, Alban Berg, Albert Kesselring, George S. Patton, Umberto Nobile, and Ezra Pound. After him are Karen Horney, Julius Streicher, Robert Delaunay, Faisal I of Iraq, Chester W. Nimitz, and André Maurois. Among people deceased in 1971, Hermann Hoth ranks 11. Before him are Jim Morrison, Paul Karrer, György Lukács, Audie Murphy, Lawrence Bragg, and Fernandel. After him are Arne Tiselius, Theodor Svedberg, Mátyás Rákosi, Lin Biao, Giorgos Seferis, and Harold Lloyd.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Hoth ranks 302 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl May (1842), Helmut Schmidt (1918), Franz Marc (1880), Robert Bunsen (1811), Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955). After him are Michael Wittmann (1914), Moses Mendelssohn (1729), Sepp Dietrich (1892), Baldur von Schirach (1907), Henry the Lion (1129), and Christian III of Denmark (1503).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hermann Hoth ranks 26. Before him are Albert Kesselring (1885), Heinrich Müller (1900), Wilhelm Canaris (1887), John of Austria (1547), Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876), and Klaus Barbie (1913). After him are Michael Wittmann (1914), Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881), Franz Halder (1884), Ferdinand Schörner (1892), August von Mackensen (1849), and Ludwig Beck (1880).

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