Anton Legler

Anton Legler (born July 13, 1919 in Batsch , Yugoslavia , † December 3, 2011 in Hofstetten-Grünau ) was an Austrian military historian . From 1964 to 1981 he was head of the military science department of the Military History Museum in Vienna.

Life

Legler did military service with the Royal Hungarian Honvéd after attending high school in Novi Sad . He studied history at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich , the University of Zagreb and the University of Vienna and was in Vienna in 1956 with the Eastern Europe Dissertation (story) frontier disputes between Austria and Hungary from 1491 to 1526 to the Dr. phil. PhD.

After the formation of the Austrian Armed Forces , he joined the Federal Ministry for National Defense in 1957 . From 1964 to 1981 he was the head of the military science department, which at the time was subordinate to the director of the Army History Museum in Vienna, Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck . Legler retired as a real councilor ; his successor was Othmar Tuider , also a civilian. His main focus was the Second World War and the Vietnam War .

Legler was jointly responsible for numerous “aids” in the department and for extensive index card documentation. He published u. a. in the Austrian Military Journal and translated from Serbo-Croatian and Russian .

Awards

Gold medal for services to the Republic of Austria
1994: Decoration of honor from St. Hippolytus III. Class (bronze), Diocese of St. Pölten

Fonts (selection)

The war in Vietnam. Report and bibliography . 5 volumes, Bernard & Graefe, Frankfurt am Main 1969 ff.

Volume 1: with Kurt Hubinek : Until September 30, 1968 (= writings of the library for contemporary history . H. 8). 1969.
Volume 2: with Frieda Bauer : October 1968 - September 1969 (= writings of the library for contemporary history . H. 11). 1971, ISBN 3-7637-0211-3 .
Volume 3: with Frieda Bauer: October 1969 - September 1971 (= writings of the library for contemporary history . H. 13). 1973, ISBN 3-7637-0213-X .
Volume 4: with Frieda Bauer: October 1971 - January 1973 (= writings of the library for contemporary history . H. 16). 1976, ISBN 3-7637-0216-4 .
Volume 5: January 1973 - May 1975 (= writings of the library for contemporary history . H. 18). 1979, ISBN 3-7637-0217-2 .

with Othmar Tuider and Hans-Egon Wittas (edit.): Bibliography on the history of the field divisions of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS 1939–1945 . Part 1, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna 1976.

literature

Legler, Anton . In: Peter Broucek , Kurt Peball : History of Austrian Military Historiography . Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-412-05700-2 , p. 495 ff.

Individual evidence

↑ Anton Legler reminder card.pdf. Retrieved February 27, 2019 .
^ Gerhard Hanusch : Eastern Europe Dissertations 1955-1958. German-speaking area, Northern, Western, Southern Europe, North America . In: Yearbooks for the History of Eastern Europe NF 6 (1955) 4, pp. 153–194, here: p. 157.
^ Peter Broucek , Kurt Peball : Trends and Goals since 1945 . In: Dies .: History of Austrian Military Historiography . Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-412-05700-2 , pp. 107-180, here: p. 153.
^ Peter Broucek , Kurt Peball : Trends and Goals since 1945 . In: Dies .: History of Austrian Military Historiography . Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-412-05700-2 , pp. 107-180, p. 139.

personal data
SURNAME	Legler, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian military historian
DATE OF BIRTH	July 13, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	Batsch , Yugoslavia
DATE OF DEATH	December 3, 2011
Place of death	Hofstetten-Grünau

[1] Anton Legler reminder card.pdf. Retrieved February 27, 2019 .

[2] Gerhard Hanusch : Eastern Europe Dissertations 1955-1958. German-speaking area, Northern, Western, Southern Europe, North America . In: Yearbooks for the History of Eastern Europe NF 6 (1955) 4, pp. 153–194, here: p. 157.

[3] Peter Broucek , Kurt Peball : Trends and Goals since 1945 . In: Dies .: History of Austrian Military Historiography . Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-412-05700-2 , pp. 107-180, here: p. 153.

[4] Peter Broucek , Kurt Peball : Trends and Goals since 1945 . In: Dies .: History of Austrian Military Historiography . Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-412-05700-2 , pp. 107-180, p. 139.