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General of Gebirgsjäger.

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Hello to all :D; could anyone here tell me who is this General? Could be General Lanz? TIA. Cheers. Raúl M 8).
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It sort of looks like Gen. Hubert Lanz:
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Seemingly you've right. Thank you Guy. Cheers :beer: . Raúl M 8).
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Great picture of General Hubert Lanz. He was pretty outstanding on the Eatern Front. In June 1941, he led his division in the invasion of the Soviet Union. On 30 June, his division conquered Lvov. There, the Germans discovered several thousand bodies of prisoners who had been executed by the NKVD, as they could not be evacuated. Lanz continued to command the 1. Gebirgs-Division during its advance in the Soviet Union, participating in the breakthrough of the Stalin Line and the advance to the Dnjepr and the Mius River. In May 1942, Lanz's division fought in the Second Battle of Kharkov and then participated in the offensive through southern Russia and into the Caucasus (Operation Edelweiss) In a symbolic propaganda move, on 21 August, Lanz sent a detachment of his men to raise the German flag on Mount Elbrus. Relieved of command on 17 December 1942, he was awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross on the 23rd.Following the collapse of the German front after the Battle of Stalingrad, on 28 January 1943 Lanz was promoted to General der Gebirgstruppe and placed in command of the Army Detachment "Lanz" (Armeeabteilung Lanz), a formation made up of various German forces after the collapse of the Italian 8th Army, including the elite troops of the SS Panzer Corps under General Paul Hausser. Lanz was tasked by Hitler to hold the area of Kharkov, even though he was outnumbered by almost 4:1. Following the loss of the city to the advancing Red Army, he was again dismissed on 20 February, although the decision to abandon the city without a fight had been taken by Hausser against Lanz's orders. On 25 June he was appointed provisional commander of XXXXIX Gebirgskorps in the Crimea, a post he retained for a month.

Source: Lanz, Hubert (1954). Gebirgsjäger. Die 1. Gebirgs-Division 1935 - 1945

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Thank you very much for that complement Benoit :wink:. Cheers. Raúl M 8).
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Helllo to all :D; more................................

General Hubert Lanz.

Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/D1000-No-H-12-1 ... 2550697319

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