Harry Hoppe

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Years of service 1914–45 Service/branch German Army Nicknames Stan Laurel		Name Harry Hoppe Rank Generalleutnant

Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradItalian CampaignOperation DiademGothic Line Offensive Died August 23, 1969, Wetzlar, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France Commands held 126th Infantry Division, 278th Infantry Division

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Harry Hoppe (11 February 1894 – 23 August 1969) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (20 March 1916) & 1st Class (15 March 1917)

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (26 September 1939) & 1st Class (12 July 1941)

German Cross in Gold on 16 May 1942 as Oberst in Infanterie-Regiment 424

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 12 September 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 424

Oak Leaves on 18 December 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 278. Infanterie-Division

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