Hermann Breith

Infobox Military Person
name=Hermann Breith
lived=birth date|1892|5|7|df=y — death date and age|1964|9|3|1892|5|7|df=y
placeofbirth= Pirmasens
placeofdeath="Pech" district of Wachtberg


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nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire (to 1918)
flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Heer
serviceyears=1910-1945
rank=General der Panzertruppe
commands=III. Panzerkorps
unit=
battles=World War I
World War II
awards=Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
laterwork=

Hermann Breith (7 May 1892 – 3 September 1964) was a German general of the Panzertruppe, serving during World War II. Breith commanded the "III. Panzerkorps".

Awards

* House Order of Hohenzollern
* Wound Badge in Black
* Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st Class
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
** Knight's Cross (3 June 1940)
** 69. Oak Leaves (31 January 1942)
** 48. Swords (21 February 1944)
* Mentioned four times in the Wehrmachtbericht

References

*cite web|title=das-ritterkreuz.de|work=Hermann Breith| url=http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de/index_search_db.php4?modul=search_result_det&wert1=666&searchword=breith|accessdate=25 November| accessyear=2007
* Berger, Florian, "Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges". Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2006. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit: "Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II" (The German Cross 1930–1945: History and holders, vol. 2). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.

External links

* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/B/BreithH.htm Hermann Breith @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht]