Erich Kurt Richard Hoepner (14 September 1886 – 8 August 1944) was a German general during World War II. An early proponent of mechanisation and armoured warfare, he was a Wehrmacht army corps commander at the beginning of the war, leading his troops during the invasion of Poland and the Battle of France.
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14 September 1886 Frankfurt, Germany
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Died |
8 August 1944 (aged 57) Berlin, Germany
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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