Description
Unser Alpenkorps – Number 2, February 1940
Scanned pages: 12 | Instant PDF download
Historical German Gebirgsjäger (mountain corps) magazine, Nachrichtenblatt des XVIII. Armeekorps, digitized.
Cover
Snow-covered mountain slope with a light mountain artillery crew conducting a training shoot (“Übungsschießen leichter Gebirgsartillerie”); war correspondent credited: Presse-Hoffmann.
Main Articles
“Angriff auf Neu-Sandec”
An account of a mountain company’s September 1939 attack on Neu-Sandec (Nowy Sącz) during the Polish campaign, including the crossing of the Dunajec river; also includes the poem “Gebirgsjägerlied”.
Author: “Von einem Tiroler Gebirgsjäger” (by a Tyrolean mountain trooper, unnamed). Poem credited to Jg. Artur Hagen, Innsbruck. Photos credited to Presse-Hoffmann and Weltbild.
“Ostmärkische Gebirgstruppen erkämpfen das polnische Petroleumgebiet”
An account of Austrian (“Ostmärkische”) mountain troops fighting to secure the Polish oil-producing region around Jasło.
No named author. Photo (“Galizische Oelfelder”) credited to Lt. d. R. Alt.
“Schreibt uns mal …”
An editorial appeal asking soldiers to send in their own stories and photos for the magazine.
No individual author named; issued by Stellv. Generalkommando XVIII. A.K., Gruppe Ic/WPr., Salzburg. No photo.
“Das Gänseessen oder die „Generalsgans“”
A humorous anecdote about a soldier nicknamed “Franz” who is caught having eaten geese meant for a general.
Author: Unteroffizier Josef Herberholt. Photos credited to Archiv XVIII. A.K. (2 photos).
“Funker am Feind!”
A radio operator’s account of maintaining communications during the advance into Poland, including air raid alarms and the demanding pace of signals work.
Author: Gefreiter Strasser. Photo (“Funkstelle in Betrieb”) credited to Weltbild.
“Von Ost nach West”
An account of a signals unit’s journey from the eastern campaign in Poland back west through Vienna and on toward the Rhine, including the warm reception from local populations along the way.
Author: Unteroffizier H. Franke, Salzburg. No photo credit given.
“Als Norddeutscher bei den Gebirgsjägern”
A north German volunteer’s reflections on joining a Tyrolean mountain jäger regiment and the camaraderie he found there.
Author: Jäger Willi Schöttner, Innsbruck. Photos credited to Archiv XVIII. A.K. (2 photos).
“Eine kleine Erinnerung”
A short fictional/anecdotal story about a young man’s call-up to military service and a chance encounter on a train with a fellow recruit.
Author: Funker Habisreutlinger, Salzburg, member of the Reichsschrifttumskammer. No photo.
“Deutschlands Jugend in harter Zeit”
A report on the work and organization of the Hitler Youth (HJ) and League of German Girls (BDM) in the Tirol-Vorarlberg region during wartime.
No individual author named. No photo.
“Buchbesprechung: Alpenkorps im Angriff” (book review)
A review of the book “Alpenkorps im Angriff” by Gösta Nordhaus, describing soldiers’ and officers’ accounts of the mountain divisions’ campaign into Poland.
Reviewed by Lt. d. R. Kripahle. No photo.
Artists Mentioned
None credited in this issue.
War Correspondents (Kriegsberichter) Named
No individuals are explicitly credited with the title “Kriegsberichter” in this issue. Photographic credits given are agency/name attributions only: Presse-Hoffmann, Weltbild, Archiv XVIII. A.K., and Lt. d. R. Alt.