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Hermann Hoth
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1941
July
09
The Germans take Vitebsk
On 9 July 1941 Hoth's tanks broke into Vitebsk. The Germans crossed the Dvina and the Dnieper, opening the Battle of Smolensk and the road to Moscow.
1942
June
28
Key event
Case Blue begins
On 28 June 1942 Army Group Weichs struck from Kursk at Voronezh, opening the Wehrmacht’s great summer offensive in the southern USSR, aimed at Caucasus oil.
August
01
The fighting in the great bend of the Don
In August 1942 Paulus's 6th Army smashed Soviet forces at Kalach and crossed the Don, while Hoth's 4th Panzer Army advanced on Stalingrad from the south.
December
12
Operation Winter Storm begins
On 12 December 1942 a German relief force for the Sixth Army set out from Kotelnikovo. Hoth's tanks reached the Myshkova but never got through to the pocket.
1943
March
14
The Germans retake Kharkiv
On 14 March 1943, after four days of street fighting, the divisions of the II SS Panzer Corps took Kharkiv. Four days later the Germans retook Belgorod too.
July
12
The Battle of Prokhorovka
On 12 July 1943 the 5th Guards Tank Army struck the SS Panzer Corps at Prokhorovka. It lost hundreds of tanks but halted the German advance.