(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generaloberst Hermann Hoth
Born: 12 Apr 1885 in Neuruppin
Died: 25 Jan 1971 in Goslar
Promotions:
F�hnrich (27 Feb 1904); Leutnant (27 Jan 1905); Oberleutnant (19 Jun 1912); Hauptmann (08 Nov 1914); Major (01 Jan 1924); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1929); Oberst (01 Feb 1932); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1934); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1936); General der Infanterie (01 Nov 1938); Generaloberst (19 Jul 1940)
Career:
Cadey-Corps Potsdam, Gro�-Lichterfelde (1896-1904)
Entered Army Service (27 Feb 1904)
Passed Out the Cadet-Corps as F�hnrich in the 72nd Infantry-Regiment (4. Th�ringische), Torgau (27 Apr 1904-1907)
Detached to the War-School Danzig (00 Apr 1904-01 Feb 1905)
Adjutant of II. Battalion of the 72nd Infantry-Regiment (1907-01 Oct 1913)
Detached to the War Acadamy (01 Oct 1910-21 Jul 1913)
Detached to the 3rd Foot-Artillery-Regiment (22 Jul 1913-17 Sep 1913)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 72nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-01 Apr 1914)
Detached to the Grand General Staff (01 Apr 1914-02 Aug 1914)
Transferred into the Replacement Army General Staff & Assigned to the General Staff of Army High Command 8 (02 Aug 1914-25 Dec 1914)
While retainingprevious Position, transferred into the Army General Staff (25 Dec 1914-20 Jan 1915)
Officer of the Army (20 Jan 1915-06 Feb 1915)
Signals-Officer with Army High Command 10 (06 Feb 1915-06 Sep 1915)
Transferred into the General-Staff of XVII. Reserve-Corps (06 Sep 1915-14 May 1916)
At the same time, Battalion-Leader in the 342nd Infantry-Regiment (20 Mar 1916-21 Apr 1916)
While retaining previous Position, Placed to the Disposal of the Field Flight Chief (14 May 1916-20 May 1916)
Detached to Experiment & Exercise Park 1, West Tergnion (20 May 1916-00 Jun 1916)
Leader of the 49th Flying-Training-Battalion with the General Staff of the Commanding General of the Air Force (00 Jun 1916-10 Aug 1916)
Detached to Army High Command 2 (10 Aug 1916-26 Oct 1916)
Transferred into the Staff of the Commanding General of the Air Force (26 Oct 1916-09 Aug 1918)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 30th Infantry-Division (09 Aug 1918-28 Aug 1919)
Leader of 14th Company of the Volunteer Landesj�gerkorps (General Maercker) (28 Aug 1919-24 Dec 1919)
General-Staff-Officer with Command-Office VI (24 Dec 1919-09 Mar 1920)
Company-Chief in the 32nd Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (09 Mar 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Company-Chief in the 18th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment, Paderborn (01 Oct 1920-07 Dec 1920)
Detached to the RWM (07 Dec 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Transferred as General-Staff-Officer to the RWM, Organisation-Department (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1923)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of Infantry-Leader II, Stettin (01 Oct 1923-08 May 1925)
Detached to the RWM (08 May 1925-01 Oct 1925)
Advisor in the Training-Department/RWM, T 4 (01 Oct 1925-01 Jan 1929)
Detached to Artillery-Course for Night-Artillery in J�terbog (05 Oct 1925-31 Oct 1925)
Detached to Combat School Course in D�beritz (09 Oct 1928-01 Nov 1928)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 4th Infantry-Regiment, Stargard/Pomerania (01 Jan 1929-01 Nov 1930)
Transferred to the Staff of Group-Command 1, Ia, Berlin (01 Nov 1930-01 Oct 1932)
Detached to Firing Course for heavy Infantry-Weapons in D�beritz (06 Oct 1931-23 Oct 1931)
Commander of the 17th Infantry-Regiment, Braunschweig (01 Oct 1932-01 Aug 1933)
Transferred into the 6th Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1933-01 Oct 1933)
Transferred to Military-Region-Command L�beck (01 Oct 1933-01 Feb 1934)
Commandant of L�beck (01 Feb 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Infantry-Leader III, Liegnitz (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 18th Division (15 Oct 1935-01 Apr 1938)
Placed to the Disposal of OKH (01 Apr 1938-01 Nov 1938)
Detached to the Formation-Staff of XV. Army-Corps (01 Nov 1938-10 Nov 1938)
Commanding General of XV. Army-Corps (10 Nov 1938-13 May 1940)
Commander of Panzer-Group Hoth (14 May 1940-30 Jun 1940)
Commanding General of XV. Army-Corps (30 Jun 1940-16 Nov 1940)
Commander of Panzer-Group 3 (16 Nov 1940-05 Oct 1941)
Commander-in-Chief of the 17th Army (05 Oct 1941-15 May 1942)
Commander-in-Chief of the 4th Panzer-Army (15 May 1942-03 Nov 1943)
At the same time, Commander-in-Chief Army-Group Hoth (4th Panzer-Army & IV. Romanian Army-Corps) (22 Nov 1942-00 Jan 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (10 Dec 1943-00 Apr 1945)
Commander Erz Mountains under Army High Command 7 (00 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In US Captivity (08 May 1945-27 Oct 1948)
Sentenced to 15 Years Imprisonment in the Nuremberg Trials (Case Number 12 (OKW) ) because of Alleged War Crimes and imprisoned in Landsberg, Lech (27 Oct 1948-07 Apr 1954)
Released (07 Apr 1954)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz (6): am 27.10.1939 als General der Infanterie und Kommandierender General des XV. Armee-Korps
- Eichenlaub (25): am 17.07.1941 als Generaloberst und Befehlshaber der Panzergruppe 3 (direkt durch Adolf Hitler)
- Schwerter (35): am 15.09.1943 als Generaloberst und Oberbefehlshaber der 4. Panzerarmee
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 16.08.1918
- 1914 EK I: 02.08.1915
- 1914 EK II: 20.09.1914
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- T�rkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- RK des Kgl. Bulgar. Milit�r-Verdienstordens
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I: 27.09.1939
- Spange zum EK II: 21.09.1939
- Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber
- Kgl. Rum�n. Orden "Michael der Tapfere" III. Klasse: 06.11.1942


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