Erich Hampe, the Glossary
Erich Hampe (17 December 1889 – 28 June 1978) was a German Army officer with the rank of generalmajor, who served as Chief of the Department for Technical Troops in OKH during World War II.[1]
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33 relations: Anschluss Medal, Battle of Verdun, Bonn, First Battle of Champagne, First Battle of Ypres, Free Conservative Party, General Honor Decoration (Hesse), Generalmajor, Gera, German Army (1935–1945), German Cross, German Empire, Gorlice–Tarnów offensive, Guards Corps (German Empire), Imperial German Army, Inspector general, Iron Cross, Nazi Germany, Oberkommando des Heeres, Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Sankt Augustin, Sudetenland Medal, Technische Nothilfe, Technisches Hilfswerk, The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918, War Merit Cross, Wehrmacht, Wehrmacht Long Service Award, Weimar Republic, West Germany, Western Front (World War I), World War I, World War II.
- People from Gera
- People from the Principality of Reuss-Gera
Anschluss Medal
The Anschluss Commemorative Medal was a decoration of Nazi Germany awarded during the interwar period, and the first in a series of Occupation Medals.
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Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun (Bataille de Verdun; Schlacht um Verdun) was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France.
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Bonn
Bonn is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine.
First Battle of Champagne
The First Battle of Champagne (1ère Bataille de Champagne) was fought from 1915 in World War I in the Champagne region of France and was the second offensive by the Allies against the German Empire since mobile warfare had ended after the First Battle of Ypres in Flanders The battle was fought by the French Fourth Army and the German 3rd Army.
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First Battle of Ypres
The First Battle of Ypres (Première Bataille des Flandres, Erste Flandernschlacht, – was a battle of the First World War, fought on the Western Front around Ypres, in West Flanders, Belgium.
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Free Conservative Party
The Free Conservative Party (Freikonservative Partei, FKP) was a liberal-conservative political party in Prussia and the German Empire which emerged from the Prussian Conservative Party in the Prussian Landtag in 1866.
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General Honor Decoration (Hesse)
The General Honour Decoration (Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen) was a civil and military decoration of the Grand Duchy of Hesse.
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Generalmajor
Generalmajor is the Germanic variant of major general, used in a number of Central and Northern European countries.
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Gera
Gera is a city in the German state of Thuringia.
German Army (1935–1945)
The German Army (Heer) was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular armed forces of Nazi Germany, from 1935 until it effectively ceased to exist in 1945 and then was formally dissolved in August 1946.
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German Cross
The War Order of the German Cross (Der Kriegsorden Deutsches Kreuz), normally abbreviated to the German Cross or Deutsches Kreuz, was instituted by Adolf Hitler on 28 September 1941.
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German Empire
The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.
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Gorlice–Tarnów offensive
The Gorlice–Tarnów offensive during World War I was initially conceived as a minor German offensive to relieve Russian pressure on the Austro-Hungarians to their south on the Eastern Front, but resulted in the Central Powers' chief offensive effort of 1915, causing the total collapse of the Russian lines and their retreat far into Russia.
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Guards Corps (German Empire)
The Guards Corps/GK (Gardekorps) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th century to World War I. The Corps was headquartered in Berlin, with its units garrisoned in the city and nearby towns (Potsdam, Jüterbog, Döberitz).
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Imperial German Army
The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (Deutsches Heer), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire.
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Inspector general
An inspector general is an investigative official in a civil or military organization.
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Iron Cross
The Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz,, abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945).
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
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Oberkommando des Heeres
The Oberkommando des Heeres (abbreviated OKH) was the high command of the Army of Nazi Germany.
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Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or Bundesverdienstorden, BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany.
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Sankt Augustin
Sankt Augustin (Ripuarian: Sank Aujustin) is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Sudetenland Medal
The 1 October 1938 Commemorative Medal (Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1.) was commonly known as the Sudetenland Medal.
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Technische Nothilfe
Technische Nothilfe (abbreviated as TN, T.N, T.H, Tech Nh, TeNo, TENO) was a German organisation.
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Technisches Hilfswerk
The Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk ((THW), English: Federal Agency for Technical Relief) is the federal civil protection organisation of Germany.
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The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (Das Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges 1914/1918), commonly referred to as the Hindenburg Cross or the German WWI Service Cross, was established by Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, President of the German Weimar Republic, by an order dated 13 July 1934, to commemorate service of the German people during the First World War.
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War Merit Cross
The War Merit Cross (Kriegsverdienstkreuz) was a state decoration of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Wehrmacht
The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.
Wehrmacht Long Service Award
The Wehrmacht Long Service Award was a military service decoration of Nazi Germany issued for satisfactory completion of a number of years in military service.
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Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic, officially known as the German Reich, was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.
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West Germany
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.
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Western Front (World War I)
The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
People from Gera
- Ali Ghito
- Andreas Dresen
- Anja Siegesmund
- Charlotte Hohmann
- Dietrich Peltz
- Elias Gottlob Haussmann
- Elisabeth Breul
- Erich Hampe
- Erwin Panndorf
- Eva Rohmann
- Friedrich August Schmidt (painter)
- Fritz Böttger
- Fritz Polack
- Gerhard Riege
- Gertrud Morgner
- Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line
- Heinrich Reinhold
- Heinrich Voigtsberger
- Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
- Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line
- Helga Königsdorf
- Helmut Semmelmann
- Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera
- Johann Heinrich Zopf
- Julia Scharf
- Karin Hübner
- Karl Heinrich Weise
- Klaus Kropfinger
- Livia Frege
- Mathias Kolle
- Max Frankel
- Otto Dix
- Otto Lummer
- Paul Grümmer
- Rainer Ortleb
- Richard Adelbert Lipsius
- Robby Schlund
- Rolf Schwanitz
- Rudolf Paul
- Siegmund Spiegel
- Thilo Sarrazin
- Ulrich Junghanns
- Ursula Arnold
- Wolfgang Tiefensee
People from the Principality of Reuss-Gera
- Dietrich Peltz
- Edmund Roßmann
- Erich Hampe
- Fritz Polack
- Gertrud Morgner
- Gustav Frank
- Heinrich Voigtsberger
- Heinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line
- Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line
- Joachim Blechschmidt
- Livia Frege
- Martin Mutschmann
- Otto Dix
- Otto Lummer
- Richard Bartholdt
- Rudolf Paul
- Walther Süssenguth