Karl Höfer
- Birth Date:
- 29.12.1862
- Death date:
- 12.05.1939
- Length of life:
- 76
- Days since birth:
- 58931
- Years since birth:
- 161
- Days since death:
- 31038
- Years since death:
- 84
- Extra names:
- Karl Hoefer
- Categories:
- General, WWI participant
- Nationality:
- german
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Karl Höfer (also Hoefer; 1862 – 1939) was a German officer. During World War I he became known as the Held vom Kemmelberge (Hero of Kemmelberg) for his actions at the Kemmelberg.
Retired as "Generalleutnant a. D.", Höfer defended German Upper Silesia against Polish insurgents in the Silesian Uprisings in 1921. The Freikorps leaders had agreed upon Höfer as commander; he led them to success in the Battle of Annaberg. In the international press, he was referred to as "General Hoefer" or "Teuton Commander Hoefer".
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02.05.1921 | Third Silesian Uprising began
The Third Silesian Uprising (Polish: Trzecie powstanie śląskie) was the last, largest and longest of the three uprisings. It included the Battle of Annaberg.
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