Ludwig Kübler

Ludwig Kübler was a German General der Gebirgstruppe who commanded the 1st Mountain Division, XXXXIX Mountain Corps, 4th Army and the Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral during World War II. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his actions commanding the 1st Mountain Division during the invasion of Poland in 1939. He also commanded the division during the invasion of France and the Low Countries. As commander of the XXXXIX Mountain Corps, he took part in the invasion of Yugoslavia and the attack on the Soviet Union. In December 1941 he was appointed to command the 4th Army, but was dismissed from this post in January of the following year, and placed in the Führerreserve des Heeres. In July 1943 he was appointed as the commanding general of the Army Group Centre Rear Area on the Eastern Front; in October 1943 he was appointed to command the Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral, based in Trieste on the northern Adriatic coast. After being captured by Yugoslav forces at the end of the war, he was tried and executed for war crimes.