Hermann Hoth
German general (1885-1971)
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- Fame55.6
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- Germany rank#219
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Lived 1885–1971, aged 86Germany
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A panzer commander whose tactical skill helped shatter Soviet armies in 1941, whose units murdered prisoners and civilians as policy, and who walked free nine years after conviction to write books arguing the Wehrmacht's hands were clean.
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Born in Prussia in 1885, Hoth spent World War I in staff positions and rose slowly through the ranks until Hitler's arrival accelerated everything. He became a motorization advocate and led armoured forces through Poland and France, then commanded the 3rd Panzer Group into the Soviet Union in 1941, where he helped destroy multiple Red Army formations. By October 1941, heading the 17th Army, he openly pushed for annihilation warfare, the killing of partisans without mercy, and the murder of Jews. He led the 4th Panzer Army at Stalingrad, failed to break the encirclement in November 1942, fought…
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