He was senior general of German army very highly decorated and commanded divisions! corps in Balkans and was tried after WW II at Nuremberg for war crimes by US military tribunal in hostages trial and was sentenced to life term. but he was released early due to ill health in 1951. He was known for massacre of Serbs as reprisals whenever German soldiers died or injured In partisan activities. For every German soldier killed. Local civilians were killed 100 in numbers. And for one injured. Fifty were killed. he claimed that killing locals in high numbers initially will not make essential to kill again later as fear would develop among them.
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