Hermann Breith Explained

Hermann Breith
Birth Date:	7 May 1892
Birth Place:	Pirmasens, German Empire
Death Place:	Pech district of Wachtberg, West Germany
Allegiance:
Serviceyears:	1910–45
Rank:	General der Panzertruppe
Commands:	III Panzer Corps
Battles:	World War I------World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Hermann Albert Breith (7 May 1892 – 3 September 1964) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. Breith commanded the III Army Corps.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (10 September 1914) & 1st Class (30 July 1916)
• Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (28 October 1918)
• Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg (16 April 1917)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 1st Class (2 October 1936)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (23 September 1939) & 1st Class (2 October 1939)
• Wound Badge in Black (1 June 1940)
• Panzer Badge in Silver (20 May 1940)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
  • Knight's Cross on 3 June 1940 as Oberst and commander of the 5. Panzer-Brigade
  • 69th Oak Leaves on 31 January 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of the 3. Panzer-Division
  • 48th Swords on 21 February 1944 as General der Panzertruppe and commanding general of the III. Panzer-Korps

References

Bibliography

• Book: Glantz . David M. . House . Jonathan . 2009 . To the Gates of Stalingrad: Soviet-German Combat Operations, April-August 1942 . University Press of Kansas . Lawrence, Kansas . 978-0-7006-1630-5 .
• Book: Scherzer , Veit . 2007 . Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives . The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives . German . Jena, Germany . Scherzers Militaer-Verlag . 978-3-938845-17-2 .
• Book: Wegmann , Günter . 2004 . Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil VIIIa: Panzertruppe Band 1: A–E . The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part VIIIa: Panzer Force Volume 1: A–E . German . Bissendorf, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2322-1 .