Rudolf Erich Edgar Hübner (29 April 1897 – 28 February 1965) was a German general during World War II.
Hübner entered the Army during the First World War on 25 July 1916 as a volunteer in the replacement battalion of the Grenadier Regiment "Prince Carl of Prussia" (2nd Brandenburg) No.
In this he was promoted to lieutenant on 27 September 1918 and then commanded to an officer's course, where he experienced the end of the war.
In late January 1940, he was appointed commander of the Second Battalion of the Infantry Regiment 529 and promoted to Major on 1 March 1940.
The battalion he led in the Western campaign, which ended on June 22, 1940 with the capitulation of France.
), which was distributed to the officer corps by the Wehrmacht High Command (OKW) with 300,000 copies.
Hitler was incensed by the loss of the Ludendorff Bridge during the Battle of Remagen on 7 March 1945.
[5]: 204 [6] General Hubner tried Major Hans Scheller, Captain Willi Bragte, Lt. Karl Heinz Peters, Maj. Herbert Strobel and Maj. August Kraft.
He conducted extremely brief show trials during which he harangued the defendants for their alleged command failures, and then pronounced sentence.
Except for Bratge, who had been captured, the others were taken to a nearby woods within 24 hours, executed with a shot to the back of the neck, and buried where they fell.