Herman Hoth Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Herman Hoth, based on 9 World History Database records associated with Germany.

9 records1941–19426 events9 places

Chronological biography

1941

Siege of Minsk27 June 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of 4th Panzer Army · Minsk

Hoth & Guderian encircle Minsk trapping 300,000 Russian soldiers

Battle of Kursk28 June 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of 4th Panzer Army · Kursk

Sweeps forward to the north of Kursk

Siege of LeningradAugust 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of 4th Panzer Army · Leningrad

Ordered north to help with the attack on Leningrad

Siege of MoscowNovember 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of 4th Panzer Army · Moscow

Pushes across the Moskva-Volga canal

1942

Battle of StalingradJuly 1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of 4th Panzer Army · Kotelnikovo

Reaches Kotelnikovo 125 miles south west of Stalingrad

Siege of Voronezh5 July 1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of 4th Panzer Army · Voronezh

Reaches Voronezh

Battle of StalingradAugust 1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of 4th Panzer Army · Stalingrad

Attacks Stalingrad from the south West

Battle of StalingradSeptember 1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of 4th Panzer Army · Kuporosnoye

Advances across the Volga into the southernmost suburb of Stalingrad

Battle of Stalingrad25 December 1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Commander of 4th Panzer Army · Kotelnikov

Zhukov drives Hoths army back across Kotelnikov

Titles and roles

Commander of 4th Panzer Army

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.