Hube, Hans-Valentin (Generaloberst)
- Date of birth:
- October 29th, 1890 (Naumburg/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 21st, 1944 (Aircrash near Thundorf, 4km South West of Obersalzberg airfiled/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
"der Mensch" - "Papa Hube"
Promotions:
27.02.1909: Fahnenjunker
18.10.1909: Fähnrich
11.08.1910: Leutnant
25.02.1915: Oberleutnant
27.01.1918: Hauptmann
01.02.1931: Major
01.06.1934: Oberstleutnant
01.08.1936: Oberst
01.06.1940: Generalmajor
08.04.1942: Generalleutnant
01.10.1942: General der Panzertruppen
01.04.1944: Generaloberst
Career:
00.00.1918: recommended for the award of the Pour le Mérite
01.09.1939: Kommandeur, Infanterie-Schule
18.10.1939: Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 3
04.05.1940: Kommandeur, 16. Panzer-Division :
15.09.1942: Führer, XIV. Panzer-Korps
23.10.1943: Führerreserve OKH
29.10.1943: Führer, 1. Panzer-Armee
15.02.1944: Oberbefehkshaber, 1. Panzer-Armee
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- mit Schwertern
- Awarded on:
- 1917
Friedrich Kreuz
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1918
III. Klasse des Militärverdienstordens
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1918
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 24th, 1940
Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class in 1915.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 3rd, 1940
Had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class in 1916.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, 16. Panzer-Division, XXXXVIII. Panzer-Korps, Panzergruppe 1, Heeresgruppe Süd
- Awarded on:
- August 1st, 1941
405th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, 16. Panzer-Division
- Awarded on:
- January 16th, 1942
62nd Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Panzertruppen (Lieutenant-General of Armoured Forces)
- Unit:
- Kommandierender General, XIV. Panzer-Korps, 9. Armee, Heeresgruppe Don
- Awarded on:
- December 21st, 1942
22nd Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Panzertruppen (Lieutenant-General of Armoured Forces)
- Awarded on:
- August 17th, 1943
Ordine Militare di Savoia -Commander
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 6th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Panzertruppen (Lieutenant-General of Armoured Forces)
- Awarded on:
- January 31st, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Panzertruppen (Lieutenant-General of Armoured Forces)
- Awarded on:
- April 9th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Panzertruppen (Lieutenant-General of Armoured Forces)
- Unit:
- Oberbefehlshaber, 1. Panzer-Armee
- Awarded on:
- April 20th, 1944
13th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher/Norbert Beyerlein
- Photo: Colour photo: Willi Schumachter Collection
- Photo grave: Norbert Beyerlein - - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1997.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Kursietis A.J., The wehrmacht at war 1939-1945 the units and commanders, ISBN 907532338-7
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