Jakob Huber (officer)

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Gravestone in the Jonen cemetery

Jakob Huber (born November 1, 1883 in Jonen , † March 11, 1953 in Brienz ) was a Swiss professional officer . He was Chief of Staff of the Swiss Army from 1940 to 1945.

Life

Assessment of the German Wehrmacht on the person Huber

Jakob Huber was born in 1883 as the son of the farmer Johann Arnold and his wife Elisabeth Huber (née Rüttimann) in Jonen, Canton Aargau . He completed a degree in chemical engineering in Winterthur and then worked as a chemist in Aarau, Zurich and France and as a surveyor in Tunis and Egypt.

Huber later began a career in the military. In 1911 he became an instruction officer. Two years later he was assigned to Germany to the 38th Artillery Regiment in Stettin . From 1926 to 1930 he headed the 6th Division as chief of staff . He then commanded Artillery Brigade 5. From 1933 to 1934 he was chief of staff of the 3rd Army Corps . The following year he became the commandant of the Saint Maurice fortress. In 1937 he took over the management of the Section for Rear and Fortifications of the General Staff Department. At the end of 1937 Huber was the sole deputy chief of staff and deputy chief of staff. He was promoted to Oberstdivisionär , but felt disadvantaged by the appointment of Colonel Hans Frick as Deputy Chief for Front Affairs in 1938 and the rejection of his reform proposals by Chief of Staff Jakob Labhart. In November 1939 he asked General Henri Guisan for a transfer. Guisan transferred the command of the new 4th Army Corps to Labhart and appointed Huber chief of the general staff, initially ad interim. On March 23, 1940, Huber finally took over this office and held it until 1945. At the end of the year Huber was promoted to Oberstkorpsommandanten and retired as an official of the General Staff Department. Alongside Guisan, Huber is considered the most important Swiss military during the Second World War .

Works

  • Report from the Chief of the General Staff of the Army to the Commander-in-Chief of the Army on active service 1939–1945. Federal Office for Printing and Materials, Bern 1946.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hans Senn: Huber, Jakob. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data
SURNAME Huber, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss professional officer
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Jonen
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1953
Place of death Brienz