Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Hermann Hoth

Battles of Hermann Hoth

German general (1885-1971)

Hermann Hoth is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1939 and 1943: 8 battles and 1 siege across 4 present-day countries, most in Russia (3), Poland (2), Soviet Union (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,134 km apart end to end, 642 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eastern Front (6), World War II (2), 1939 Invasion of Poland (1).

Battle of ModlinBattle of VoronezhBattle of KalachBattle of KievBattle of SmolenskBattle of Białystok–MinskBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskThird Battle of KharkovBattle of SmolenskBattle of Białystok–MinskBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskThird Battle of KharkovKyivBudapestMinskNizhny NovgorodRigaChișinăuVilniusRostovDniproOdessa500 km51.746N, 31.766E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1939: 1 engagements1941: 2 engagements1942: 3 engagements3 in 19421943: 3 engagements3 in 194319391943
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Modlin, 1939Battle of Smolensk, 1941Battle of Białystok–Minsk, 1941Battle of Voronezh, 1942Battle of Kalach, 1942Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Battle of Kursk, 1943Battle of Kiev, 1943Third Battle of Kharkov, 194319391943
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
13 September 1939Battle of ModlinModlin, PolandGerman victory
1941Battle of SmolenskSmolensk, Soviet Union793 km NEGerman victory
1941Battle of Białystok–MinskBelarus, Poland917 km WGerman victory
1942Battle of VoronezhRussia1,385 km EAxis victory
23 July 1942Battle of KalachQ19907709, Russia448 km SEGerman victory
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, Russia77 km ESoviet victory
1943Battle of KurskKursk, Soviet Union685 km NWSoviet victory
1943Battle of KievKyiv, Ukraine414 km WSoviet victory
19 February 1943Third Battle of KharkovKharkiv, Ukraine416 km EGerman victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Moosdorf [Mossdorf], CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.