Anton Dostler was born on the 10th of May 1891 in Munich then part of the German Empire. In June 1910, Dostler, then 19 years old, joined the 6th Infantry Regiment of the Bavarian Army as a cadet and 2 years later he was promoted to lieutenant. The First World War began on the 28th of July 1914. In January 1916 Dostler was promoted to Oberleutnant which was equivalent to First lieutenant and in October 1918 to Hauptmann which was equivalent to Captain. For gallantry in action, he was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross and the Bavarian Military Merit. Order which was the kingdom’s main decoration for bravery and military merit for officers and higher-ranking officials. Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party came into power in January 1933. During the invasion of the Soviet Union which was codenamed Operation Barbarossa and started on 22nd of June 1941, the German army provided logistical support to the Einsatzgruppen as they carried out the systematic mass murder of 1.5-2 million Jewish men, women, and children throughout the East. The army was fully aware of the activities of these units through liaison officers and its own reports. Almost no officers voiced objections to Hitler’s barbaric orders regarding the “ideological war” against the Soviet Union. Before the start of the Operation Barbarossa, the main criticism the Wehrmacht officers had for Hitler was about not being able to keep to the original schedule for the invasion.
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