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Hoppe, Wolf-Horst (schwere Panzerjäger-Abt.519)

Date of birth:
July 2nd, 1909 (Frankfurt am Oder/Brandenburg, Germany)
Date of death:
July 6th, 1997 (Süderbrarup/Schleswick-Holstein, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Promotions:
April 1st, 1940: Hauptmann (RDA -41-);
January 1st, 1943: Major (RDA -47c-)
March 1st, 1945: Oberstleutnant.

Career:
?: Kraftfahr-Abteilung 3;
November 1939: Panzerjäger-Abteilung 12;
January 1942: Kommandeur Panzerjäger-Abteilung 24;
June 1st, 1943: Führerreserve OKH;
?: Panzerjäger-Ersatz-Abteilung 43;
October 25th, 1943: Kommandeur Panzerjäger-Abteilung 519;
November 10th, 1944: 17. Regimentsführerlehrgang, Führerreserve OKH;
December 1st, 1944: m.d.F.b. Panzer-Regiment 31;
March 1st, 1944: Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment 31.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Führer, Panzerjäger-Abteilung 12, 12. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
January 16th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 1942
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