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04 August / 2003 |
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The site was supplemented with the information about people. |
29 July / 2003 |
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Models of T-70, T-60, pz-2, pz-3, pz-4 were added. |
25 July / 2003 |
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Separate German and Finnish "Commanders" pages added via the main glossary page, and also added to the filtering system, now you filter your serach through the Personality like before it was possible with Weaponary. |
18 July / 2003 |
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Adding detailed drawing for the Pz IV D, fixed a few mistakes and measure moment on the frontal projection, and now Front projection available in PDF format for the print or detailed view. |
14 July / 2003 |
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Adding detailed drawing for the Pz IV (D), fixed a few mistakes and measure moment on the frontal projection, and now Front projection available in PDF format for the print or detailed view. |
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The Tigers have not been used with their advantage of more powerful equipment. So they have been destroyed by soviet manoeuvrable and fast medium tanks T34. Large quantity of soviet tanks astonished the enemy. |
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The Germans called the Orel Bulge “the dagger, directed to the heart of Russia”. |
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Hoth, Colonel General Hermann
(1891-1971)
Hermann Hoth, the son of an army medical officer, was born in Neuruppen, Germany, in 1891. He joined the German Army and served throughout WWI.
Hoth remained in the army and in 1935 was given command of Germany's 18th Division at Liegnitz. Promoted to lieutenant general he was appointed head of 15th Motorized Corps on 10th November, 1938 and the following year took part in the invasion of Poland.
During the Western Offensive Hoth drove through the Ardennes to the Channel before entering Normandy and Brittany. His success resulted in him being promoted to general on 19th July 1940.
Hoth was head of Panzer Group 3 during Operation Barbarossa. He captured Minsk and Vitebsk before heading for Moscow. In October, 1941, Hoth was sent to command the 17th Army in the Ukraine. The Soviets counter-attacked in January 1942, and Hoth was driven back.
He took part in the battle of Kursk in July 1943, but was forced to withdraw to better defensive positions. Hitler recalled Hoth to Germany in November 1943 and for the rest of the war he joined the reserve.
After the war Hoth was arrested and charged with war crimes at Nuremberg. Found guilty, he was sentenced on 27th October 1948 to 15 years in prison. Released after six years he retired and wrote books about military history. Hermann Hoth died in 1971.
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Hermann Hoth, Commander Fourth Panzer Army |
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