Malaria kills more people each year but yet we don't close down for that just saying.
Malaria kills more people each year but yet we don't close down for that just saying.
Yep I thinks that the boy!
I was looking for Generalmajor because it says Maj Gen on the pic but of course Kubler is listed under his final rank of General der Gebirgsjaeger! He did however, command 1 Gebirgs-Division based around Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the rank of Generalmajor which fits nicely.
He is another Bavarian who had a barracks named after him in the '60s despite being a convicted and executed war criminal (Yuogslavia). That barracks was also renamed in the '90s.
I have noticed that every picture I could find bar one (taken from several metres away) is angled towards his right profile. I expect that is due to facial scarring he sustained during WWI.
He does look a bit like Huttner though but I suppose they were both "picked from the same meadow".
I find it fascinating to put names to these faces. It's a pity it is mostly only the "celebrities" we can dig out!
Regards
Mark
Last edited by Watchdog; 11-03-2020 at 10:06 AM. Reason: Typo
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
I would say the German photos date from Western campaign in 1940. Very nice collection of items.
Thanks black cat and watchdog thank you for all the info on the General. Gary
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