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Date error![edit]

Hello, ..."wounded on 20th Sept. 1918" can't be correct, judging from the following text. Thanks, WernerE (germanwiki), 31.1.2006

The Man[edit]

Why was he given this nickname and what was its significance? Was it a positive (I assume) or negative nickname?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 02:37, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

General Hube was nicknamed "Der Mensch" by his subordinates because of his humane attitude and acts towards each and every soldier who served under his command. As an example, my father, then a NCO in the 16th Pz Div (1940-42) owes his life as well as those of several other men of this division to 'the Man' when they were to be be court martialled for "defeatism". General Hube did not hesitate to leave the Russian front in the thick of a battle to go to the HQ in Berlin to defend the case of these "bad seeds" and won the case(s). No written records of this, only the testimony of my father who is still alive today.

Regards,

P.Heinen

Would not The Human be the better translation for his German nickname?EA210269 (talk) 06:11, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Was he killed before or after receiving his commendation?[edit]

I have read that he died en route to receive the Diamonds to the Knights Cross, not that he died on the return trip.

Can someone clarify this?

Nickname[edit]

The significance of the nickname or its substantiation is not cited within the article to WP:RS. Would there be any objections to removing the nickname from the article? K.e.coffman (talk) 00:23, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Deathplace not that correct...[edit]

Hube took off from Flughafen Reichenhall-Berchtesgaden (Ainring) in Upper Bavaria (Airport for Hitler's 2nd Headquarter at Obersalzberg, no longer in use after WW-II), not that far from Salzburg, Austria, but indeed a different place. So as Hube's correct place of death should be given near Ainring. --129.187.244.19 (talk) 12:37, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Which arm was amputated?[edit]

The English language article in Wikipedia states that Hube’s right arm was amputated after he was injured at the Battle of Verdun in 1916. Page 350 of James Holland’s Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe also states the same information.

The German and Italian language articles in Wikipedia however state that it was the left arm that was amputated and that it occurred in 1914 . While no sources are stated in the German article, the Italian article quotes page 162 of Günther Fraschka’s Knights of the Reich

At the website https://ww2gravestone.com/people/hube-hans-valentine-der-mensch/ there are two photos one of which show Hitlers shaking Hube’s right hand and the other with the right arm bent while the left is straight by his side.

The blog entry http://worldwartwo.filminspector.com/2017/11/hans-hube-greatest-german-general.html has a larger photo of Hitler shaking Hube’s right hand. It also has taken from his left side another which appears to show a missing left arm.

Therefore credence has to given to the German and Italian language articles and thus their description of his entire World War I career. John Prattley (talk) 04:56, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]