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Erich Hoepner
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 80 years ago |
Date of birth | September 14,1886 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Frankfurt An Der Oder |
Germany | |
Date of died | August 8,1944 |
Died | Plotzensee Prison |
Berlin | |
Germany | |
Service/branch | German Army |
Battles and wars | World War I |
World War II | |
Invasion of Poland | |
Battle of France | |
Operation Barbarossa | |
Battle of Moscow | |
Commands helds | 4th Panzer Army |
XVI Army Corps | |
Job | Soldier |
Army officer | |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Rank | Generaloberst |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 487698 |
Erich Hoepner Life story
Erich Kurt Richard Hoepner was a German general during World War II. An early proponent of mechanisation and armoured warfare, he was a Wehrmacht army corps commander at the beginning of the war, leading his troops during the invasion of Poland and the Battle of France.