He later confided in his aide, Conrad, that he hoped the war would go on for years because he believed it was what he - and Germany as a whole - was best at. He also initially objected to Kohler giving him tank crews consisting of mostly teenagers because he considered them mere children, but became moved and accepted them as his men when they began proudly singing the Panzer anthem. At the same time, he also gave help to some local nuns.Įarlier, in Kohler's headquarters, he, politely but coldly, turned away a prostitute who'd been sent to his quarters, as he had no interest in sex, only in war. The boy's father begged for his son's life and so Hessler had him killed instead, letting the child go. When a French boy attempted to shoot him, he had the boy arrested.
He could be at once supremely ruthless but also very fair-minded, but in a cruel manner.
Hessler was an extremely complicated man. He was chosen by Generaloberst Kohler to lead the armored spearhead that started the famous Battle of the Bulge using a group of newly built King Tigers. Oberst Martin Hessler was a Panzer division commander during World War II.
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