{{Short description|German general}} {{distinguish|Harry Hopp}} {{use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox military person | name = Harry Hoppe | birth_date = 11 February 1894 | death_date = {{death date and age|1969|8|23|1894|2|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Braunschweig, Duchy of Brunswick, German Empire | death_place = Wetzlar, Hesse, West Germany | image = | caption = | nickname = ''Stan Laurel''<ref>Harry Hoppe was nicknamed “Stan Laurel” by his comrades because of his facial resemblance to the English-born actor/comedian.</ref> | allegiance = {{flag|German Empire}}<br />{{flag|Weimar Republic}}<br />{{flag|Nazi Germany}} | branch = Imperial German Army <br />''Freikorps'' <br />''Reichswehr'' <br />''Heer (Wehrmacht)'' | service_years = 1914–1945 | rank = ''Generalleutnant'' | commands = ''Infanterie-Regiment 424''<br />''126. Infanterie-Division''<br />''278. Infanterie-Division'' | unit = | battles = {{Tree list}} *World War I *World War II **Invasion of Poland **Battle of France **Operation Barbarossa **Siege of Leningrad **Italian Campaign **Operation Diadem **Gothic Line Offensive {{Tree list/end}} | awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves | relations = Christine Franziska Alice Hubertine Freiin von Eynatten (m. 1927) | other_work = }}
'''Arthur Harry Karl 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.
==Promotions== * 8 August 1914 Kriegsfreiwilliger (War Volunteer) * 24 March 1915 Gefreiter (Private E-2 / Lance Corporal) * 31 March 1915 Unteroffizier (NCO / Corporal / Junior Sergeant) * 9 April 1915 Vizefeldwebel (Vice Sergeant / Vice Staff Sergeant) ** 13 April 1915 Offiziers-Aspirant (Officer Candidate) * 24 April 1916 Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of the Reserves) * 18 March 1918 Leutnant (active 2nd Lieutenant) without Patent ** 10 December 1918 received Patent from 13 July 1915 ** 1 July 1922 received Reichswehr Rank Seniority (RDA) from 1 September 1915 (22) * 1 April 1925 Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) with RDA from 1 April 1925 (2) * 1 October 1929 Hauptmann (Captain) with RDA from 1 October 1929 (14) * 1 October 1935 Major (7) * 31 May 1938 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) with effect and RDA from 1 June 1938 (32) * 14 June 1941 Oberst (Colonel) with effect and RDA from 1 July 1941 (6) ** 28 June 1942 received new and improved RDA from 1 August 1940 (3a) * 16 November 1942 Generalmajor (Major General) with effect and RDA from 1 December 1942 (15) * 15 May 1943 Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General) with effect and RDA from 1 June 1943 (10)
==Awards and decorations== * DRA Sports Badge/Award for diverse achievements in the field of physical exercise (''Auszeichnung für vielseitige Leistungen auf dem Gebiet der Leibesübungen'') in Bronze on 25 October 1913 * Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class ** 2nd Class on 20 March 1916 ** 1st Class on 15 March 1917{{sfn|Thomas|1997|p=301}} * War Merit Cross (Brunswick), 2nd and 1st Class ** 2nd Class (BrKr2/BrK2) on the ribbon for combatants on 1 September 1916 *** Frontline Service Horse Clasp to the 2nd Class (BrKr2a/BrK2a) in 1918 ** 1st Class (BrKr1/BrK1) on 1 August 1918 * House Order of Hohenzollern, Knight's Cross with Swords (HOH3X) on 17 April 1918 * Wound Badge (1918) in ''Mattweiß'' (Silver) * Bronze Statue for Sporting Achievements on 10 July 1921 * DRA/German Gymnastics and Sports Badge (''Deutsches Turn- und Sportabzeichen'') in Silver on 12 May 1926 * Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords on 1 March 1935 * Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th to 1st Class ** 2nd Class on 2 October 1936 ** 1st Class in August 1939 * Hungarian World War Commemorative Medal with Swords * Austrian War Commemorative Medal with Swords * West Wall Medal * Repetition Clasp 1939 to the Iron Cross 1914, 2nd and 1st Class ** 2nd Class on 26 September 1939 ** 1st Class on 12 July 1941{{sfn|Thomas|1997|p=301}} * Infantry Assault Badge in Silver on 31 August 1941 * 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{{sfn|Fellgiebel|2000|p=194}} ** Oak Leaves on 18 December 1944 as ''Generalleutnant'' and Commander of the 278. Infanterie-Division{{sfn|Fellgiebel|2000|p=78}} * German Cross in Gold on 18 May 1942 as ''Oberst'' and Commander of the Infanterie-Regiment 424{{sfn|Patzwall|Scherzer|2001|p=197}} * Spanish War Cross, I. Class on 30 June 1942 * Winter Battle in the East 1941–42 Medal on 1 August 1942 * Mentioned by name in the Wehrmacht Report (''Namentliche Nennung im Wehrmachtbericht'') on 6 July 1944
==Writings== * ''Die 278. Infanterie-Division in Italien 1944/45'', Verlag Hans-Henning Podzun, Bad Nauheim 1953 * Werner Buxa / Erich von Manstein / Harry Hoppe: ''Die Deutsche Infanterie 1939–1945'', Podzun Verlag, 1967
==Sources== * German Federal Archives: BArch PERS 6/640 and PERS 6/299902 ==References== ===Citations=== {{Reflist|25em}}
===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} *{{Cite book| title = Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile | trans-title = The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches | last = Fellgiebel | first = Walther-Peer | year = 2000 | author-link = Walther-Peer Fellgiebel | orig-year = First published 1986 | publisher = Podzun-Pallas | location = Friedberg, Germany | language = de | isbn = 978-3-7909-0284-6 }} *{{Cite book| title = Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II | trans-title = The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 | last1 = Patzwall | first1 = Klaus D. | last2 = Scherzer | first2 = Veit | year = 2001 | publisher = Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall | location = Norderstedt, Germany | language = de | isbn = 978-3-931533-45-8 }} *{{Cite book| title = Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K | trans-title = The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K | last = Thomas | first = Franz | year = 1997 | publisher = Biblio-Verlag | location = Osnabrück, Germany | language = de | isbn = 978-3-7648-2299-6 }} {{refend}}
{{S-start}} {{S-mil}} {{Succession box | before=General der Infanterie Paul Laux | after=Generalleutnant Friedrich Hofmann | title= Commander of 126. Infanterie-Division | years=10 October 1942 – 31 April 1943 }} {{Succession box | before=Generalleutnant Friedrich Hofmann | after=Oberst Gotthard Fischer | title= Commander of 126. Infanterie-Division | years=8 July 1943 – 7 November 1943 }} {{Succession box | before=General der Infanterie Hubert Gercke | after=Generalmajor Paul Bornscheuer | title= Commander of 278. Infanterie-Division | years=1 December 1943 – 28 January 1944 }} {{Succession box | before=Generalmajor Paul Bornscheuer | after=none | title= Commander of 278. Infanterie-Division | years=5 March 1944 – 2 May 1945 }} {{S-end}}
{{Knight's Cross recipients of the 126th ID}} {{Subject bar | portal1=Biography }} {{Authority control}}
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