Julius Ringel

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Julius Ringel as major general in 1941

Julius "Papa" Alfred Ringel (born November 16, 1889 in Völkermarkt , Carinthia ; † February 11, 1967 in Bayerisch Gmain , Bavaria ) was an Austrian and German officer , most recently a general of the mountain troops and commander of several large units in World War II .

Life

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Julius Ringel attended from 1905 Landwehr - cadet school in Vienna , where he on 18 August 1909. Ensign was promoted and in the kuk Landwehr Infantry Regiment 4, a mountain infantry unit , came. In 1910 he was promoted to lieutenant .

First World War

During the First World War , Julius Ringel fought as a first lieutenant in Galicia and on the Alpine front with the Gebirgs-Schützen-Regiment 2. He was taken prisoner in Italy after the end of the war .

Interwar period

After his release from captivity, he took part in battles against Yugoslav irregulars in Carinthia and was then accepted into the newly created armed forces. In 1930 Julius Ringel achieved the rank of major . After his promotion to lieutenant colonel in 1932, he joined the staff of the 5th Mountain Brigade. He was a leading member of the illegal National Socialist Soldiers' Ring (NSR) founded in 1936 . When Austria was annexed, he showed himself to be a staunch National Socialist . He was taken over into the Wehrmacht and chief of staff of the 3rd Mountain Division , which was commanded by Major General Eduard Dietl . On February 1, 1939, the transport was made to Colonel and was commander of the infantry - regiment 74th

Second World War

With the beginning of the Second World War on September 1, 1939, he became First General Staff Officer of the 268th Infantry Division and from October 27, 1939, Commander of the 266 Infantry Regiment. He was used with this regiment in the 1940 campaign in the west .

After he returned to the 3rd Mountain Division on June 14, 1940, he was commissioned to set up the 5th Mountain Division from October 1940 . He was promoted to major general on November 1, 1940. With this division he took part in the war against Greece , penetrated the Metaxas line and advanced via Saloniki and Thermopylae to Athens . In May 1941 parts of his division took part in the airborne battle for Crete , in which the island was conquered. On May 23, 1941, he stipulated retaliation against the Greek population as a measure for the murder of a soldier. During his time in Crete he endeavored to bring excavation finds to the University of Graz . At the beginning of September 1941, for example, a box with broken fragments is reported, which Arnold Schober sent from Knossos to Graz on request . From late November to mid-December 1941, he continued excavations in Knossos, which the British had abandoned.

Julius Ringel and his unit were then transferred to the Eastern Front, where they took part in attack and position battles on the Neva , Volkhov and Lake Ladoga , and on December 1, 1942, he was promoted to Lieutenant General. In addition, he received the oak leaves for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on October 23, 1943 for his achievements . After defensive battles with heavy losses, he was transported with his troops to Northern Italy in November 1943 and took part in the Battle of Monte Cassino , where he also reached the Gustav Line . In February 1944 he gave command of the 5th Mountain Division. From April 1, 1944, he was Commanding General of the LXIX. Mountain Corps in Croatia , which was subordinate to Army Group F under General Field Marshal Maximilian von Weichs . Julius Ringel was promoted to general of the mountain troops on June 1, 1944 and on June 22, 1944 to commanding general of the deputy XVIII. Army corps and commander in military district XVIII (responsible for Styria, Carinthia, Tyrol and Salzburg) appointed. In contrast to the Vienna Military District XVII , he did not take part in the assassination attempt of July 20, 1944 , although his chief of the general staff sympathized with the conspirators.

In military district XVIII, from February 1945, Ringel formed the Army Corps Ringel from the units there , with whom he went prisoner of war. In the last months of the war Ringel engine was behind the efforts of the penetration of the Red Army in the Steiermark to prevent. He mobilized many units of his military district and sent them to the area around the Semmering Pass and to the Oberwart district on the imperial border. The 9th Mountain Division (East) was formed from the alarm units in the Semmering area in the last days of the war . The associations sent to the Oberwart district were largely destroyed in the fighting in early April .

Ringel was one of Hitler's loyal followers . On January 30, 1943, the 10th anniversary of the seizure of power , he was awarded the Golden Party Badge of the NSDAP .

Awards

plant

  • Hurray the goat! A memorial book for the soldiers of the 5th Mountain Division . Leopold Stocker , Graz , 1958.

literature

  • Anton Kreuzer : Kärtner: biographical sketches of the 20th century , Volume 6, Kärntner Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, 1995, including p. 1277 ff.
  • Gordon Williamson: German Commanders of World War II (1): Army . Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012.

Web links

Commons : Julius Ringel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 266 ( google.de [accessed on April 22, 2019]).
  2. ↑ a b Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 269 ( google.de [accessed on April 22, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Eberhard Rondholz: The earth above the graves was still moving . In: The time . November 20, 1987, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed April 21, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Ralph Klein, Regina Mentner, Stephan Stracke: Murderers under the Edelweiss: Documentation of the hearing on the war crimes of the mountain troops . Papyrossa, 2004, ISBN 978-3-89438-295-7 , pp. 38 ( google.de [accessed on April 21, 2019]).
  5. ^ Florian M. Müller: Archaeological university museums and collections in the field of tension between research, teaching and the public . LIT Verlag Münster, 2013, ISBN 978-3-643-50448-7 , p. 232 ( google.de [accessed on April 21, 2019]).
  6. ↑ a b c Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 270 ( google.de [accessed April 22, 2019]).
  7. ^ Roland Kaltenegger : Battle of the mountain hunters for the western Alps and the Semmering. Chronicle of the 8th and 9th Mountain Division ('Kampfgruppe Semmering'). Leopold Stocker Verlag 1987. ISBN 3-7020-0521-8 . P. 175.
  8. ^ Roland Kaltenegger: Schörner. Field Marshal of the last hour. Munich 1994. p. 394. Note 41.
  9. ↑ 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. 631.
  10. ^ Klaus D. Patzwall : The Golden Party Badge and its honorary awards 1934-1944. Studies of the history of awards. Volume 4. Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. Norderstedt 2004. ISBN 3-931533-50-6 . P. 83.
personal data
SURNAME Ringel, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ringel, Papa (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian general of the mountain troops in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Völkermarkt , Carinthia
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1967
Place of death Bayerisch Gmain , Bavaria