Johannes Hintz
Appearance
Johannes Hintz | |
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Born | 1 October 1898 |
Died | 21 May 1944 Paris | (aged 45)
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service | Luftwaffe |
Rank | Generalleutnant (Posthumously) |
Commands | 4th Flak Division III Flak Corps |
Battles / wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Johannes Hintz (1 October 1898 – 21 May 1944) was a German general during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Hintz was injured in a car-accident on 14 May 1944 in Paris and died on 21 May 1944. He was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant.
Awards and decorations
[edit]- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 July 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Flak-Regiment 101[1]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 188.
Bibliography
[edit]- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Categories:
- 1898 births
- 1944 deaths
- Military personnel from Metz
- Military personnel from Alsace-Lorraine
- Luftwaffe World War II generals
- German Army personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Road incident deaths in France
- Condor Legion personnel
- Lieutenant generals of the Luftwaffe
- 20th-century Freikorps personnel