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Georg Otto Hermann Balck (7 December 1893 – 29 November 1982) was a highly decorated officer of the German Army who served in both World War I and World War II, ...
Hermann Balk (died March 5, 1239, Würzburg), also known as Hermann von Balk or Hermann Balke, was a Knight-Brother of the Teutonic Order and its first Landmeister, or Provincial Master, in both Prussia and Livonia. From 1219 to 1227, he served as the Deutschmeister in the Order's Province of Alemannia.
Command passed to General Hermann Balck on 23 December 1944. [29] In December 1944, one of the 6th Army's subordinate units, the IX SS Mountain Corps , was encircled in Budapest . [ 30 ] IV SS Panzer Corps was transferred to the 6th Army's command [ 31 ] and a series of relief attempts, codenamed Operation Konrad , was launched during the 46 ...
Hermann Balck, who served as an Oberstleutnant with 1st Panzer Division during the Western Campaign, in 1941. The operation began the following day under French artillery fire, which Guderian blames on an action by Von Kleist and Air Force General Hugo Sperrle which had taken away resources from anti-artillery actions.
He was relieved on 21 September by General Hermann Balck. [6] By mid-September. Fifth Panzer was positioned on the left wing of the German line north of the Swiss border. From there, Fifth Panzer with elements of First Army attacked US Third Army, while the much reduced 19th Army opposed the French First Army and the United States Seventh Army. [7]
Like them, Balck was a devotee of the work of Carl von Clausewitz. In Weapons and Hope (1984), Freeman Dyson rather unconvincingly contrasted Balck with Alfred Jodl. Of Balck, Dyson wrote, "he went on winning battles, just as Picasso went on painting pictures." Publishing details:Balck, Hermann (2015).
Hermann Balck (son) Konrad Friedrich August Henry William Balck (October 19, 1858 in Osnabrück – July 15, 1924 in Aurich ) was a Prussian officer and military officer who reached the rank of Generalleutnant [ de ] during World War I .
It was then ordered by 6th Army commander Hermann Balck to fall back, triggering outrage with Herbert Gille, the commander of IV SS Panzer Corps. The fundamental cause behind Balck's order was the lack of infantry in the corps, which meant long and vulnerable security lines. [8]