Alfred von Hubicki

Alfred Ritter von Hubicki (born February 5, 1887 in Friedrichsdorf ( Hungarian Frigyesfalva ), Bereg County , Hungary , today Ukraine , † July 14, 1971 in Vienna ) was an Austrian major general and later general of the armored forces of the Wehrmacht in World War II .

Life

After graduating from high school , he entered the cadet school in Vienna , from which he was accepted into the Austro-Hungarian army as an ensign in 1905 . In 1911 he became a first lieutenant and attended the kuk war school . He joined the General Staff three years later . There he spent most of the First World War . He was also in command of a battalion of the kk mountain troops on the Italian front , where he earned awards for bravery and was accepted into the nobility.

After the war he continued his career as an officer in the armed forces , but also studied law at the University of Vienna , which he completed with a doctorate . In 1935 he was appointed major general to the Army Ministry to serve there as a general staff officer at the army inspector, as a teacher on general staff courses and as commander of the motor vehicle brigade. He was given command of the Rapid Division in 1936. When it became the Wehrmacht's 4th Light Division (from January 3, 1940 9th Panzer Division ) after Austria was annexed , he remained its commander.

With this division he took part in the campaigns against Poland , France , the Balkans and Russia . Because of the success of his division in the Balkans, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . On April 15, 1942, he gave up his command and was transferred to the Führerreserve . In August 1942 he took over the Schelde General Command , later converted into the LXXXIX. Army Corps. As a general of the armored troops, he became the commanding general of the refreshing staff in June 1943 , before taking over command of the special staff II in the OKH in July. At the end of July 1944, Hubicki succeeded Fritz Schlieper as German General at the Slovak Ministry of Defense and head of the German Army Mission in Slovakia . After the dissolution of this department due to the Slovak National Uprising , he was again transferred to the Führer Reserve on October 1st. On March 31, 1945 he finally retired from military service.

Awards

Order of the Iron Crown III. Class with the war decorations and swords
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on April 20, 1941
German cross in gold on April 22, 1942
Medal Winter Battle in the East 1941/42

Web links

Biography of Alfred von Hubicki on Axis Biographical Research

Individual evidence

↑ Theodor von Zeynek, Peter Broucek (ed.): An officer in the General Staff Corps remembers, Böhlau Verlag, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2009, ISBN 978-3-205-78149-3 , p. 274.
↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 407.

personal data
SURNAME	Hubicki, Alfred von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hubicki, Alfred Ritter von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian general
DATE OF BIRTH	February 5, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Friedrichsdorf
DATE OF DEATH	July 14, 1971
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Theodor von Zeynek, Peter Broucek (ed.): An officer in the General Staff Corps remembers, Böhlau Verlag, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2009, ISBN 978-3-205-78149-3 , p. 274.

[2] Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 407.