__NOTOC__ Johannes Hintz (1 October 1898 – 21 May 1944) was a German general during

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. He was also a recipient of the

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. Hintz was injured in a car-accident on 14 May 1944 in

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and died on 21 May 1944. He was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant.

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on 29 July 1940 as ''

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'' and commander of Flak-Regiment 101Fellgiebel 2000, p. 188.

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