Hans-Valentin Hube was a German general during World War II who commanded armoured forces in the invasions of Poland, France and the Soviet Union. In the course of the war, Hube led the 16th Infantry Division, XIV Panzer Corps, and the 1st Panzer Army rising to the rank of Generaloberst. He died in an air crash on 21 April 1944.
Hube (centre) in 1942
Günther von Kluge, Heinrich Himmler, Karl Dönitz and Wilhelm Keitel (from left to right) at Hube's funeral
Hube's grave on the Invalids' Cemetery, Berlin
The 1st Panzer Army was a German tank army that was a large armoured formation of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
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