Description
Unser Alpenkorps – Number 7, October/November 1939
Scanned pages: 20 | Instant PDF download
Historical German Gebirgsjäger (mountain troops) magazine, XVIII Army Corps newsletter, digitized.
Cover
“Befehlsausgabe am Gefechtsstand einer Gebirgsdivision” — officers issuing orders at a mountain division’s command post in the field. Photo credit: Archiv XVIII. A.K. No war correspondent credited by name.
Main Articles
“Bayerische Gebirgsjäger auf Sturmfahrt durch Polen”
War diary of a Bavarian Gebirgsjäger regiment’s rapid advance through Poland — the border crossing, the drive on Lemberg (Lviv), the siege and its defense against Polish counterattacks, and eventual withdrawal to the demarcation line.
Presented as “Aus dem Kriegstagebuch eines Gebirgsjäger-Regiments” (regimental war diary), no single author named. Photo credits: Archiv XVIII. A.K.; Lt. d. R. Alt; Scherl-Bilderdienst. Includes a memorial poem, “An den Gräbern des 9. November,” signed H. W. Dehn.
“Der Marsch einer Tiroler Gebirgsdivision auf Lemberg”
Account of a Tyrolean mountain division’s 18-day, roughly 420-kilometer advance march toward Lemberg (Lviv) during the Polish campaign, including combat at the San river crossing and Przemyśl.
No individual author credited; presented as a unit/division account. No photo credits given.
“Frankfireurkrieg”
A dramatic first-person narrative describing night fighting against irregular (franc-tireur) resistance in Polish villages, culminating in an artillery bombardment of a burning village.
Author: Kanonier H. Klaushofer, Salzburg. No photo credits given.
“Aus meinem Kriegstagebuch”
Personal war-diary entries dated from Grodek (15.9.39), describing artillery observation, an assault on Polish positions, and skirmishes near the front.
Author: Uffz. (Unteroffizier) Doppelmayer, Reichenhall. Photo credits: Aufn. Stellv. Gen.Kdo.; Aufn. PK-Wagner-Scherl-Bilderdienst (PK = Propagandakompanie photographer Wagner).
“Mit der Gasmaske gegen einen Bienenschwarm”
A humorous wartime anecdote about soldiers of the 4th Company of the Klagenfurt Battalion using gas masks to raid a beehive for honey while marching through Poland.
No individual author credited (billed as “Ein heiteres Polen-Erlebnis der 4. Komp. unseres Klagenfurter Bataillons”). No photo credits given.
“Steirische und kärntnerische Gebirgsjäger in Polen”
Describes the advance of Styrian and Carinthian mountain-jäger units through Poland toward Kraków and beyond, including engagements with Polish forces and the difficulties of the march.
No individual author credited. Photo credit: Archiv XVIII. A.K. (captioned photo, “Polnische Parlamentäre vor Lemberg”).
“Peter Oppacher geht auf Urlaub”
A dialect short story about an aging Kaiserjäger soldier, Peter Oppacher, going home on leave and dealing with a difficult neighbor before returning to the front.
No author credited. Photo credit: Archiv XVIII. A.K. (captioned “Abschied vom Heimatstandort”).
“Wiedersehen mit Salzburg als Soldat”
A personal account of a soldier’s emotional return to his hometown of Salzburg while in uniform, marching through the city at night with his unit.
Author: Fr. Roth. No photo credits given.
“Wir hören den Führer”
Describes soldiers listening together to a historic speech by Hitler (delivered in Danzig) and their reflections on duty, homeland, and the war.
Author: Jäger Fritz Kutschera. Photo credits: Presse-Hoffmann (photo of the Führer during the speech); Archiv XVIII. A.K. (photo of soldiers listening to the speech).
“Brief an einen Frontkameraden!”
A letter written to a comrade serving at the front, describing a day of field-combat training exercises (“Angriff auf befestigte Stellungen”) back at the training grounds.
Author: Scheiber. Photo credit: Archiv XVIII. A.K.
“Wie der Soldat in der Heimat den Film \”Der polnische Feldzug\” sieht!”
Describes soldiers’ reactions upon viewing the newsreel/documentary film about the Polish campaign while stationed in Bregenz.