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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, rising to the rank of General der Panzertruppe.
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 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.
In the present-day German Army, there is a General der Panzertruppen, which is not a rank but a position, who is usually a brigadier general (Brigadegeneral). The General der Panzertruppen commands the Armoured Corps Training Centre. In the Nazi-era Army, the equivalent position was called Generalinspekteur der Panzertruppe.
General der Infanterie Dietrich von Choltitz (30 Sep 1943 – 21 Oct 1943) General der Panzertruppe Heinrich Eberbach (22 Oct 1943 – 14 Nov 1943) General der Panzertruppe Hermann Balck (15 Nov 1943 – 4 Aug 1944) General der Panzertruppe Walther Nehring (4 Aug 1944 – 19 Aug 1944) General der Panzertruppe Fritz-Hubert Gräser (19 Aug 1944 ...
General der Panzertruppen Hermann Balck Deployed along coast from north to south of Naples: 15th Panzergrenadier Division (Generalleutnant Eberhard Rodt) Panzer Division Hermann Göring (Generalmajor Wilhelm Schmalz) 16th Panzer Division (Generalleutnant Rudolf Sieckenius) [a] LXXVI Panzer Corps General der Panzertruppen Traugott Herr
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.
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 .