Herbert Loch

{{Short description|German general (1886–1976)}}

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|birth_date={{birth date|1886|8|5|df=y}}

|death_date={{death date and age|1976|10|28|1886|8|5|df=y}}

|birth_place=Idar-Oberstein, Germany

|death_place=Landau, Germany

|image=Bundesarchiv Bild 183-B10901, Tschernigow, Parade vor Generaloberst von Weichs.jpg

|caption=Generalleutnant Herbert Loch and Generaloberst Maximilian von Weichs, September 1941

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|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch=Army (Wehrmacht)

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|rank=General of the Artillery

|commands=17th Infantry Division
XXVIII Army Corps
18th Army

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World War II

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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Herbert Loch (5 August 1886 – 28 October 1976) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the XXVIII Corps and the 18th Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 June 1940 as Generalleutnant and commander of 17. Infanterie-DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 241.
  • References

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    =Bibliography=

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    • {{Cite book

    |last=Fellgiebel

    |first=Walther-Peer

    |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

    |year=2000

    |origyear=1986

    |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

    |language=German

    |location=Friedberg, Germany

    |publisher=Podzun-Pallas

    |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6

    }}

    {{refend}}

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    before=Generalleutnant Erich Friderici |

    after=Generalmajor Ernst Güntzel|

    title= Commander of 17. Infanterie-Division|

    years=1 April 1939 – 28 October 1941

    }}

    {{succession box|

    before=General der Infanterie Mauritz von Wiktorin|

    after=Generalleutnant Otto Sponheimer|

    title= Commander of XXVIII. Armeekorps|

    years=28 October 1941 – 25 May 1943

    }}

    {{succession box|

    before=Generalleutnant Otto Sponheimer|

    after=Generalleutnant Gerhard Matzky|

    title= Commander of XXVIII. Armeekorps|

    years=30 June 1943 – 28 March 1944

    }}

    {{succession box|

    before=Generaloberst Georg Lindemann|

    after=General der Infanterie Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege|

    title= Commander of 18. Armee|

    years=29 March 1944 – 2 September 1944

    }}

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    Category:German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States

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