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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, ...
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 ...
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]
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]
Freikorps (English: Free Corps) were German volunteer military or paramilitary units. The term was originally applied to voluntary armies formed in German lands from the middle of the 18th century onwards.
The attack began just after 7:00 am with an attack from Gonnos towards the 2/2nd Battalion; [7] later, around noon, German units led by Lieutenant-Colonel Hermann Balck attacked the NZ 21st Battalion. Balck had previously pushed back the 21st some days earlier at Platamon where they had been surprised by the appearance of German vehicles due to ...
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.
Hermann Balck Hans-Valentin Hube Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin: XIV Panzer Corps (also: XIV Army Corps or XIV. Armeekorps) was a corps-level formation of the ...